Today, my body is beaten and bruised (either that, or just plain old) after doing my first sprint triathlon. I was woefully underprepared for this, and boy did my results show it! Other than the biting cold (I'm guessing high fifties/low sixties) and gusting winds (I'm guessing 20mph+), and you know, running across the parking lot naked and wet in those conditions after the swim, and trying to bike uphill into a headwind while not being able to feel my toes, it wasn't all that bad.
So weather conditions were far from perfect, but the sun did start to come out just as I was finishing the bike course and it was a lot of fun. (At least, it was a lot of fun in hindsight.) I was fortunate that the turn-around point for the run was in my neighborhood. Supermodel Wife and the Hacker Kids came out to cheer on daddy as he did his run. That was a lot of fun. Now that the weather is warming up and a project at work is winding down, I'll have to do some training and get myself into shape and try a few more tri's this season.
In workshop news, Hacker Dad, Hacker Father-in-Law and I have finished hanging the drywall, taping the seams and bedding all of the joints. It actually looks like someone built this room on purpose! I have to sand down the joint compound and paint the room before I can move my stuff out of storage back into the shop. If Supermodel Wife will allow me the time I'll try to get that done during the week this week. Then I can move in next weekend before another bill at the self-storage place comes due.
January 4, 2012 – 3:51 pm Looks great! They make such a difference, don’t they? This was a prcojet that we put off for far too long too, then once we did it, we were kicking ourselves because it was huge impact for minimal effort.