Saturday, June 23, 2012

Red Raider Sprint Triathlon

This morning was race 1 of 2 in another double race weekend- or as my fellow blogging friend Steve put it perfectly - my own triathlon version of the Goofy Challenge.

It went well - but, I'd be lying if I didn't say I sit here a little nervously about what lies ahead tomorrow. I just keep reminding myself that it's not going to be easy, but that it's also not supposed to be easy. There's nothing to do now but put on my game face and get it done.
This is my game face.
Yesterday Dan and I made the long 6 hour drive to West Texas, picked up my packets in the most chaotic packet pickup ever, stopped by to visit Dan's family who lives here and/or is visiting and made it back to the hotel around 9 pm. My race didn't start this morning until 8:53 am, so we got to "sleep in" until 6 am, which was nice.

On to the race. The most important thing to me was that I finally got my goggle problem solved. It cost me $30 for a pair of goggles that don't fog, but it was totally worth it. I was able to swim without having to stop and de-fog my goggles and it's amazing how much better you can swim when your momentum doesn't keep getting interrupted.

Results:
500m swim/8:29 (1:42/100m) - I think the swim was a little short. While I felt I had a much stronger swim than last week, I doubt it was an almost 3 min faster effort. If not, then perhaps my new goggles had magical powers.

17.6 mile bike/1:00:17/17.6 mph - hills and wind. I'm in for a treat tomorrow.

3.1 mile run/21:34 /6:58 pace - The run was pretty flat, just hot.

Overall: 1:34:12 / 4th female/ 1st age group
Age group award - hard to see but it's Yosemite Sam!
After the race, we hung out with family and celebrated Dan's parents 45th Anniversary! Now, I'm back at the hotel for some R&R as tomorrow's wake up will be at the shining hour of 4 AM.

Here we go. See you on the flip side.
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7 comments:

  1. Though you may not get this until after, I have some thoughts for you. Think about why you signed up for tomorrow (Sunday). Was it to go all out and win (some category) or was it to try to see how you do compared to last year (since we know those were rough racing conditions)? Or was it to have another race to do and enjoy? That should be the motivator.

    With that all said, I still think however you do for any reason is still amazing. Your ability and drive are amazing. When you feel like you didn't do well, two free to compare your results to me.

    Whatever treason, do a great job and have fun!

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  2. Thank you so much for your thoughtful and kind post, Lexi! I think it's combo of wanting to improve on my previous time at this race - the moment I finished I wanted revenge on that course. And, it's also to just have fun and enjoy the race. I love racing, I love triathlon, and I am thankful I can do it - I know that won't always be the case - so I want to soak it all in (the great moments as well as the painful moments). Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!

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    1. I can relate on the wanting to do better. After my half last year I said never again. Within a week I was disappointed in my performance, not my time. That's the reason for this second half. Lofty goals for myself this time around. Just hoping I end happy with my running.

      Hope the race went well (I know you are asleep now).

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  3. Congrats on today and good luck for tomorrow!!

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  4. You are a rockstar! I hope you are having a great race day today!

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  5. Hey, really really late on this but awesome job!

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