Its been a fantastic journey so far. Thinking back about my first trip to Mallorca and my first triathlon camp, it really is unbelievable that I have gotten this far. My friend Madde, challenged me into signing up for this 187 mil (300k) bike race, 2012. Crazy. And since I barely had biked or knew how to bike she had this great idea, that we should participate in a triathlon camp in Mallorca. Sounded like fun. I had never been to the island before, so I was really exited. Shortly before landing I was looking out the window from my window seat and realized that Mallorca was all mountains. " Madde, we are not going to bike there now?????" The expression on her face... "Oh yes we are" ... My first thought was "hell no!" But said and done, I biked those damn mountains and every single biker passed me, all sizes, colors, ages and shapes. I didn't have a chance. But I did it, and Madde was really patient with me. She fixed my chain when it jumped cause I didn't want to get my hands dirty and she waited for me to blow my nose in paper towels ( real cyclists blow there nose while cycling, this is never going to happen with queen Blomberg, that for sure!) Not only that, I had to learn how to swim (another story)
2 weeks ago I completed my first ever triathlon race, Olympic distance. 1 mile swimming(42 minutes) , 25 mile cycling (1h 24 minutes) and 6,25 mil run (53 minutes) 1,5k swim, 40k bike, 10k run. Total time including transitions 3h 10 minutes. I still feel Happy. I have never done anything more fun athletic wise. All the photos taken of me, I have this goofy smile. So Ironman here I come. I have a year to train for a 2,4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26,2 mil run. Can I do it? Answer Yes, I can. With commitment, brains, health and lipgloss anything is possible. So please follow me and my journey towards Ironman 2014.
Here are some pictures from my first Triathlon Camp 2012.
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