So the first tri of the season came and went with all the anticipation and nerves I was so happy I did it even though I knew I was in no shape what so ever to do this. I had been in the pool 2x and on the bike 2x prior to this and had no business being out there. But guess what I did it anyway! And I'm glad I did. There were a lot of friendly faces out there cheering for us. Knowing a lot of people in this community can be both comforting and terrifying at the same time. It was so awesome hearing them cheer for me and uplifting when I needed it most! But I also knew I had let myself get more out of shape this winter than I ever have and I was letting it all hang out!!! Ahhhh after I let the adrenaline and burning lungs take over I quickly stopped caring about what I might or mi
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ght not look like in my tri suit. Or that after the bike there was snot in places I never thought there would be! Considering all this I was only 1 minute slower than last year which isn't bad considering how out of shape I am and that last year I was in the process of training for a HIM in May.
The weather was nice, warmer than last year, took the arm warmers off half way through the run. The course is always fun and I love seeing everyone out there. It's a reverse tri but in this case with wave starts and a nice big olympic pool to swim in it was pretty easy going. Sorry for the person I kicked in the gut when trying to push off the wall, really I'm so sorry did not see you there. I thought for half a second of turning around to apologize but quickly changed my mind because I knew they would already be going and not hear me, it's just hard to fight the instinct. The biggest surprise for me here was my run. I had been only running and lifting all winter and had improved my 5k times to somewhere around 24 mins. breaking that once even. So I was really surprised to see that my 5k time was the exact same it had been for this race the last two years prior 26 and change. My bike I feel like I took it too easy on myself I could have pushed myself a lot harder. I'm still not use to the new wheels my father got me and on the last downhill before the turn around was holding on for dear life scared to death of the crosswinds. As the guy yelled at me to slow down for the turn around I was thinking I'm TRYING!! Then of course the swim killed me as it always does for this one. My arms were not working at ALL so I kept yelling at myself to kick damn it, if your arms aren't working then kick!
So here it is by the numbers: AG 4/10 OA F 20/72 OA 67/161
R 26:34 T1 1:10 Bike 45:36 T2 :51 S 10:11
After the race I met a friend for a nice flat 22 miles. I'm glad she put up with me and my tired legs because I need some more training! The problem is my training has been all or nothing. Not on purpose. It's just usually life either gets in the way and I go several days during the week not doing anything or I have some extra free time because it's not my sons night/day with me so I try to fully exhaust myself to not think about it by filling it up with training hence a workout after a race. But one thing I really want to do for myself and my training is find a masters swim class that might actually fit into my schedule two times a week. I feel I would see huge improvements if I did this. I think the bike will come along since I have a training buddy for that every Sunday and she doesn't let me take it easy on myself!! My running I guess I just need to incorporate some speed work.
HAPPY TRAINING!!!
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