My Teeny Triathlon

Somehow (not many hours of sleep and most of it being of crummy quality?!?), between going to bed last night thinking, "I need to leave here at 9 to be able to bike to the start of the ride by 10" turned into, "I need to be there by 9." This then turned my thought of, "I'll take Haley for a longer-than-normal walk before the ride" to "I'll need to run with Haley to get in some decent distance." And thus, my friends, the foundation of today's triathlon was established. After running and biking, I thought, "I should swim, too," but I also need to get home soon. So, I waded in Haley's pool. That technically is a water sport, right?!?

Straight off the bike, sunglasses on my forehead.
And no, that is not a gremlin holding my leg.
That's the shadow of a milkweed. Also, my
legs look uneven because the wind was
blowing ("like a smoke machine") to the side
my non-bikey shorts I rode in. In which I rode.

Granted, none of my distances are the types of distances you'd see in an official event. But they are mine, uniquely all mine.

I stopped and started my Garmin
three times on the bike ride.

Astute readers may ask, "But wait, so what happened when you got there an hour earlier than intended?" I actually got there 75 minutes earlier than intended because it didn't take me as long as I'd budgeted. The ride start was at Urban Growler Brewery, so I ended up riding around the U of M St. Paul Campus which is so pretty and shady. I sure enjoyed taking classes there as an undergrad. I had to use a bathroom, so then I went to a cute little neighborhood by campus (where there was a 5k run, but the little neighborhood 4th of July parade had not yet started), and got a coffee and a cookie to pass the time and to justify my use of their bathroom.

I picked a chocolate cookie with powdered sugar that ended up landing all over my shorts. 

I then rode to the start of the ride, saw the Urban Growler owners who said, "Too bad we're closed today - this would be a great place to have lunch and a beer at the end your bike ride!" Then another rider rode up and said, "Did you see the ride has been cancelled because the brewery is closed?" What? Anyhow, four of us were there (including the ride leader who had officially cancelled so no one had false hopes of the brewery being open), and we ended up doing the route, but in reverse, so that we could stop at the Como Park Pavilion for some lunch and a beer before heading home.

Nothing played out exactly the way I had planned, but nothing bad happened. And it was a good day. A hot, good day! 

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