He wanted a whale-shark face painting |
Meeting one of the kid drivers |
I’ve had nightmares about this race from last year’s version
which was so, so, so hot and humid. The
run was a complete meltdown slog-fest that was not fun at all. Luckily for us
this year, it was not going to be nearly as bad. Just normal summer hot. No
issues race morning, just some miscommunication about the actual sprint race
start which led to me getting absolutely zero warmup for the swim. And then I was a Manny/Doug sandwich for the
first 75 yards before I stopped and decided to lose time but go wide and be
able to swim more comfortably. I didn’t feel good until the last 100 yards.
Then I got into transition and managed to get my swim skin stuck on my chip.
This was my first time wearing it in a race and am pretty sure any time I
gained wearing it was lost dilly-dallying with it stuck around my ankle. The bike was meh. At least I went faster than
last year. Also had a car pull out right in front of me towards the end but I
saw the little old lady from afar and was prepared for my escape route. I was
in the lead coming off the bike and was not feeling all that great so was
hoping to just cruise the run so it didn’t hurt too bad.
The run is an out and back, basically flat course. I trudged to the turnaround not feeling it
and then saw Liz coming the other way all spunky and bouncy and thought
“Noooooo, now I’m going to have to pick it up.” Actually, I really thought she
was going to pass me quick, but she didn’t and when I hit the 2 mile mark I
realized I didn’t feel that terrible anymore so decided to press the gas a
bit. I was able to hold her off for the
win.
I tried several times to put in a podium picture of the top 3 but the photo wanted to be upside down no matter how many times I rotated and saved it. So just pretend that it's here.
I’m going to try and be a little more serious and consistent
with my training over the next 4 weeks and feel better at The Battle at
Buckhorn (race #5 for the series for me).
I’d like to actually feel like I’m racing and be able to dig instead of
just going through the motions out there.
Me being serious will mean hitting up a few group rides, possibly making
it to Master’s and doing some track workouts. Hopefully this crash course will
do the trick. Now, our travel schedule
over the next few weekends is going to be the hardest thing to get around, but
hopefully my supportive husband will help me get what I need in.
Just another day in the life with Logan |
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