Bloke Free Triathlon a Success! Kind of :)

Well, not quite the margin of success I had hoped for, but I encountered a new experience on the run....I got the Stitch right at the beginning of the run....and it was not great...had to walk it out a little at the beginning (about 500mtrs walking), then decided to just run anyway...which was pretty painful...but I survived and hopefully the time did not suffer too much...but my pace was quite short as a result, as I was trying to avoid increasing the heart rate as that just hurt more, and made it harder to breathe. Bummer I had not thought of something like the stitch getting in the way, not sure if there is a special way to avoid that happening, and it was a little strange as the Swim and Bike went fabulous! Really awesome relaxed breathing in both of those sections, and good times too. So my overall time was 56min 39seconds, and I know it's kind of mean to want to beat my sister in a "fun" triathlon...but.... I did manage to squeak in ahead of her by 4 seconds. Close one!!! I guess I will always have a competitive streak in me, even when my sister is the best sister a girl could ever wish to have, and is so supportive of what I have accomplished. I get the feeling she also has that competitive streak...and that although we will always both support each other, we also like a bit of healthy sibling competitive spirit! So I had better watch out for the next time we do one. What was also cool about this triathlon, was we both managed to score a spot prize (a nice towel, and a book on triathlon training for me, and a nice monogrammed "bloke free tri" for Lynn) So maybe having the book will give me a competitive edge next time.... Anyway....I will take that 4 seconds! and run with it! as 4 seconds is like a really long time in "sports time"