2012 Sundridge Triathlon

If you have ever thought of trying a triathlon and live in Ontario I strongly recommend giving this one a try.  Last year I did the Try and Tri, which is a much shorter triathlon and all very realistic distances to complete.  They also have a sprint tri, relay tri and events for kids aged 6 to 15.  Sundridge is a small community just a few hours north of Toronto.  I am always pleasantly surprised with the hospitality when I go.  People from the community watch the event and cheer you on with such amazing enthusiasm, you will not see this anywhere but in a small community.  If this interests you check out www.sundridge-triathlon.com

This year I was part of a relay team.  My husband was our cyclist and my coworker was the swimmer.  Here is a picture of our team post event.  I ran a good pace for the half we plan to do, not so great for a 5k, but who cares, I did it.  Knees were good and without pain, blister on the arch of my foot, not so good.  But for me to participate in an event without some crazy injury would just be wrong.

Now one would think I would try to rest as not to make the blister worse, but they would be wrong.  I attempted to officially start my half marathon training tonight but 1 km in could really feel the blister.  Much to my surprise I actually opted to turn around and come home, a week off will do some good and I can try again next week.