A Quick Update - Today's Tri

[Veronica]

Some stats:

Swim was by my reckoning 29 minutes. I'm happy with that as I am not working the swim at all. I haven't been in the pool in 2 weeks.

Bike was 1:24. I'm pretty happy with that as well. It's an average speed of 17.5. I was a little faster on the way out than on the way back. Not bad for a regular road bike and riding on the hoods most of the time.

The run... well it started off okay. My first mile was 10:31. the second was 11:33. It had gotten hilly. The third was 12, which frankly, is what I expected to be doing. But somewhere between mile 3 and 4 my stomach informed that I had had way too much water to drink. I walked probably 3/4 of the rest of the run course. My students have always complained that I'm a fast walker. Today, I think that's a good thing. My overall run time was about 1:17. I had been hoping for about 1:12. I kept thinking about that article Wahine found after her tri and how she was able to run at slower pace, but still run. I'm looking forward to the day when I have a fast pace and a slow pace.

But I'm happy to say that in spite of the run not going well, I don't loathe running like I did after the Tri for Fun. The first three miles were tough, a lot of hills and gravel. I HATE gravel. I'm going to make a point of running on gravel this winter - hilly gravel. I have a goal of being able to run up my mountain bike trail. I've been told that will make me a running goddess. But in spite of the gravel and hills, the first three miles were good. AND I felt that way before I found out that I had gotten second.

I estimate my total time was around 3:15. I was so disappointed when I came to the finish and the clock said 3:40. I knew I had been slow on the run, but still... When Thom said that I'd done well with a 3:15 finish, I was kind of confused. Apparently a little bulb flashed over my head, because then I realized, "Oh yeah, I started 25 minutes after the first wave."

I'll have pictures in a day or two. Official times will eventually be forthcoming I'm sure.

V.