Mini Race Blog

Will write a full report later on, am too tired to think about race in minute detail right now. Highlights included getting clawed by what I can only hope was a female during the mass swim start. This was my first swim start that had mixed waves. But I was brave and got right out in the thick of it and now I have red talon like tattoo to prove it! :) Bike course was slick and full of bumps, pot holes and other dangerous obstacles. Was dead freaking slow, not happy with bike at all. Freaking 14 mph average. Disgusting! (and not in a I'm cool, bad ass kind of way) Run was way better then I expected. I could so do a half marathon, maybe not right now...but eventually. I actually really enjoyed it and that was the part I was thinking about throughout the swim and the bike. I've never done a brick workout of more than 3.5 miles, so 5 seemed like a lot. But the scenery was gorgeous, I was nice and warmed up by then and it was actually fun! :) I had some steam left in the engine at the end. And I didn't walk up this massive hill that practically everyone in front of me walked up. So overall it went pretty well. I wanted to keep it under 2 hours, missed that target by a bit (2:15 and some change) but I survived in one piece and my shins didn't bother me at all, nor do they bother me now! :)