Yesterday's Race Day

First off, in reply to Natalie’s comment, I do apologize for all of the typos in some of my posts. It is a struggle to get on the computer because my daughter Emma is going through a very clingy strange and if I am on the computer then she wants to be a well. So these posts are usually rushed. On top of that, this blog site doesn’t quite think as fast as my multitasking brain (haha) so when I am typing fast sometimes it misses some of the letters ad I have to go back and fix it. Very annoying!
Any ways...
About the triathlon yesterday...
I won first place in my age division!
My overall time was 1Hour and 22minutes compared to 1:27 last year. This bike ad run coarse were longer than last year too, so I would have been interesting to see how much I really improved. I thought long and hard about doing the cooper sprint tri again this year (next month) but I think it is best to focus o long-distance training for September Olympic Triathlon in Austin.
I felt pretty good about the race except my run. The swim was pretty strong. I finished in 5:49. My goal was 5:15 which is what I did in practice, but there were a few complications. I passed three men during the swim and one guy was really big and I had a hard time passing him. I was stuck behind him trying to get around and dodge oncoming swimmers and finally when we stopped at the wall he let me pass. I think I missed a least 3 flip turns because of people in my way. The transition to the bike was good except my sock got bunched up- that was annoying during the ride I passed about 8 people on the bike route and one past me in a fancy thousand dollar tri bike. My second transition to the run I was totally brain dead. I fixed my socks and switched out of my bike shoes and Craig told me from the side lines to get a drink. He meant from the water people on the run but I thought he meant from my water bottle before I left it, so that took more time, and I put my shirt on at transition instead of while I was running like last year. I lost a lot of time there and my legs were really heavy on the run. I felt like I had been going at least 3 miles when a lady said I had just gotten to the 2 mile marker. BLEH! My training buddy Julia caught up t me and passed me by, I had hoped to catch up to her and hold her hand at the finish line but didn’t gain the energy back. My goal then changed, to just not walking and finishing strong. I passed 3 more people on the run, but two others including Julia passed me. My bike time was 41:57 and my run was 32:41 which is an 8.47mile pace (that isn’t too bad for me). The bike ad run coarse were pretty hilly but I was much more comfortable on my new bike. I also missed one of the turns because it was poorly parked so I had to turn around, but that only cost me a couple seconds. There were a lot of really sharp turns on the bike route. I read someone’s blog from last year’s race who had broke her collar bone in an accident caused by one of those turns, so I was extremely careful and took the turns really slow. I averaged at 17mph. Had it been a more flat course that would have been a lot fast I am sure! I feel proud of m times and so proud of my training partner Julia who placed 3rd over all females! It was a great race for both of us! After wards Craig and I went on a date to see the new Pirates movie and I pigged out at my favorite restaurant Red Lobster. I have a client from my exercise classes who gave me a gift card there to say than you! That was pretty cool. Well this week I am taking off, and then starting next week I begin my base training for long distance. Call me crazy but I am really looking forward to that! =) Hope to see yall atone of my upcoming races!
K-k-k-katie