Congratulations, tribogota. You did it!!!! You stuck it out through THREE FLAT TIRES and terrible heat and might not have made your goal time but you made it!Days like that often lead to a lot of DNFs (and some people that don't even START).
I too loathe running in the heat. You ran more than I probably would have. Bring on the clouds!
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07-20-2009, 10:45 AM #1
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07-20-2009, 12:17 PM #2
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I'm sorry this race had so many challenging obstacles between flats & the heat. But, like the other ladies have said YOU MADE IT & toughed it out when a lot of other ppl. wouldn't have or didn't. Kudos to your determination, that is awesome!!
As far as not doing another 70.3 or ever considering a 140.6 unless you've tried it's hard to know what your distance preference is. Now you know where your strengths/preferences are and can build off of that, which is great.
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07-20-2009, 05:30 PM #3
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Congrats on overcoming so many obstacles, tribogota! That sounds like one brutal race.
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07-20-2009, 05:46 PM #4
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Wow, congratulations for finishing under those conditions! You did great!
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07-21-2009, 12:45 PM #5
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I think that's an awesome time give all the crap you had to deal with. That heat is brutal.
Enjoy your recovery.
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07-21-2009, 12:51 PM #6
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3 flats? I don't know about you, but that would account for not finishing in under 6 hours. Time to slow down and realize you had a flat, time rolling into aid station to change it, time changing it, time to get your legs moving again after stopping to make the change, etc. -- I would say you probably would have beat your goal time without that!
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07-21-2009, 06:12 PM #7
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I used to live literally a BLOCK off the run course. I only ran that route when I felt the need to torture myself!! I felt your pain when I was reading your report. There is literally no shade, and that part of the course has lots of nasty little steep climbs. IMO it is a horrible course, but my guess is they are trying to keep La Crema winery- a major sponsor- happy by running through their winery. I used to run an aid station on the run course every year, and I also got to enjoy a day of baking in the sun.
Anyway, sorry the race wasn't all that you wanted. And the bike mess, but hope you at least got to enjoy the area.
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