Triathlon by the Numbers!

It is done. I know I haven't updated everyone on my Tri-training, to be honest it was way more of an undertaking than I expected. So, I decided to shut my pie-hole and train. I finished yesterday and really enjoyed it. Instead of writing a lengthy blog about how it changed my life and boring ya'll, I decided I would write a quick "By the Numbers" post. My wife is going to write a longer post, which is good because she is a lot funnier than me and a much better speller.

I am skipping to show them just how great I feel!

Finally, I want to thank everyone for the support. I truly wouldn't have been able to complete this without everyone's support. With that... tri by the numbers:

• Total miles covered: 4402 miles...give or take. This is the distance from Anchorage, Alaska to Ruby, South Carolina. 
• Total time it took me complete the tri: 5 hours and 35 minutes.
• Total hours trained overall: 395 - Total hours with tri 400.5 (the time it takes one of our students to complete an internship). 
• Number of calories burned - around 4500 (rough estimate)
• Fluids consumed during final two weeks before Tri - 56 gallons.
• Pints of cherries eaten by my wife and I on the ride home - 2.
• Time it took to drive to Door County - 6 hours and 50 minutes.
• Number of bathroom breaks during Tri - 3! This is below how many times I use the bathroom in five hours at work. Probably because I am easily distracted. 
• How many times people have asked me if I will do a full Ironman - a little less than a billion (still not sure). 
• How many water bottles I dropped because my hands were asleep - 5.
• How many times my Dad freaked out in the coffee line during the Tri - 1 (yeah, they had a coffee line - great race!)
• How many people laughed when Elaine wouldn't get him coffee because he left the line - everyone!
• Number of Shotblocks I ate during the bike - 12.
• How many beers I have drank since finishing 3......and now I am opening number 4. 
• How many times I checked to make sure I brought my goggles prior to the race- 50ish. 

And with that, everyone can breath easy. You will not have to listen to me talk about training for a long time. I appreciate you all embracing my neuroses. 

A picture of me eating my pulled pork prize.