Stronger than I think

Our local fitness center put on a sprint triathlon called "Sweaten with your Sweetheart!"  It was a 400 yd. swim in the pool, 12 miles on the spinning bike, and a 3 mile run on the track.  My hubby and I thought it sounded really fun until we saw the price to enter and decided that we already had a membership to the center and we could still do it on our own a different day.  So the following Saturday we went and did the same course and it was a lot of fun!  At the last triathlon I did, I felt incredibly disappointed with my self because during the run (which was last), I ended up walking a little because the pain in my legs. So this time I had only set one goal and that was to finish the run the best that I could without stopping.  I found that I was stronger than I had thought because amazingly enough I average the run at an 8.5 minute mile. When  I train, usually I run at 9.5 minute mile, so I was incredibly proud of my self.  I guess the training is well paying off! I had heard that triathlons are addicting and I am starting to feel that way my self.  I am now in full swing and focused on training for my half marathon in May, but I plan on doing a couple of triathlons this summer.