Congrats to the ladies of ASW!

On Saturday several women, including Jill, took part in the Linz, Austria sprint distance triathlon. It was everyone's first tri except for one woman. They trained all Spring, borrowed and bought wet suits and rented big clunker bicycles (of which the tri-staff laughed at during check in!!!). It was an open water swim in a mostly men's field of 500 people... and this video should give you an idea of the brutality they suffered through just to get 50 meters into the water!

Jill finished the .75 KM swim, the 25 KM bike and the 5 KM run in 2 hours even! Weather was perfect, around 75 F and sunny.

Huge congrats to mom's first triathlon, and first major physical (and mental) challenge since giving birth to Iza 16 months ago!

(One of younger gals asked Jill if the race was harder than giving birth, "Um, hell no!" was Jill's response ;-)

Congrats again, ladies!

Update!
Here's Jill's info:
Rank - 339th
Country - USA
Class - Women's 40 (??? Not quite yet!)
Class Rank - 12th
Times:
.75 KM Swim - 23:41 Rank 350
Transition #1 - 5:01
25 KM Bike - 1:01:30 Rank 345
Transition #2 - 1:02
5 KM Run total- 28:48 Rank 316
Run 0 to 2.5 KM - 14:16
Run 2.5 KM to 5 KM - 14:31

GRAND TOTAL TIME - 2:00:04

Average speed 14.87 KMs/Hour
Average minutes per kilometer - 4:02

As dad and daughter were, sadly, not there to cheer mom on, we hope to get pics and videos from others from Warsaw and add them soon.

WAY TO GO, JILL!

The next tri will be in Borneo!