Jennifer Lopez completed the Nautica Malibu Triathlon in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 38.8 seconds
on Sunday.

The singer, 39, pumped her arms in the air and smiled broadly as she crossed the finish line of the swimming-running-biking event.

“Thank you guys so much,” she told the crowd. “This is an amazing day.

“I feel really great and so glad I finished and that I made it out of the water but more amazing than that, I feel really great that we raised $127,000 for the Children’s Hospital [of Los Angeles] and hopefully it’ll go to good use,” Lopez added.

Husband Marc Anthony was on the sidelines being supportive. The couple kissed between the biking and running portions of the race.

After finishing, Lopez joined her family and Matthew McConaughey, who came in before her, in the VIP area. McConaughey was accompanied by his girlfriend Camila Alves and their newborn son Levi.

McConaughey’s race time was 1 hour, 30 minutes and 44.7 seconds.

Lopez’ participation raised $127,000 for the Children’s Hospital of L.A. and the entire event raised $950,000.

Lopez and Anthony are expected to return to NYC after the event to host his 40th birthday bash Sunday night.

Fans and fellow participants were seen cheering on Lopez and giving her high-fives.

Lopez was inspired to run a triathlon while eight months pregnant with twins Max and Emme, who were born in February.

“I was beached like a whale,” Lopez — Self magazine’s Most Inspiring Woman of 2008 — said on ABC’s Good Morning America last month.

“I was watching TV, and I saw a triathlon and I said, ‘You know what? I think I could do that, that would be great for me to do. Maybe I’ll do it this year,’” she explained.

“Swimming is a killer,” Lopez admitted. “I’m not going to lie.”

She also joked that she is determined to finish the race even if she “has to crawl across that finish line.”

Here is what Jennifer had to say about training for the event:

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