Swim: CHOPPY and over measured. I have never had a problem with open water, in fact I love open water! But this time I felt like I was in the middle of an underwater mosh pit. Some feisty ladies I was mosh-swimming with!
Transition was transition... though it seemed like I had already run a 5k just coming in and out of T1 and T2! Then once we cleared the racks with our bikes we still had to run them like a mile down the road! I was disappointed.
Bike: As much as I don't want to re-live it. :( I started really weak, with a headache, and sick to my stomach. Figured it was normal and kept pushing. A mile or so into it I got yelled and cussed at by yet another feisty lady for being on the left of the lane while I was TRYING TO PASS SOMEONE TOO!!! I mean really, I want to pass this guy and not get penalized for drafting just as much as you do! The rest of the bike was just bad. So glad it was only 18 miles. For on it was HOT but also my back hurt so bad again that day I could barely use my drops. I should look into that...
Run: Part of me says it was great! Part of me says it was horrible. See, I did feel really really good running, but it was so. so. so. slow. There was some fuss about the second and third miles being waaaay long too. So maybe it wasn't that slow for a 5k! ;) And of course, hot. But They did very well with giving us plenty water... They had a table almost every like 1/4 or 1/2 mile and sprinklers and freezing cold, soaking wet rags! :D
I actually added up what I drank and it came to 96 ounces of gatorade and 60 ounces of water! I still wonder where all of that fluid went....
My finish time was 2:09:44. UGH! It could have gone better, it could have gone worse. I definitely know what needs to be worked on now!!
Despite my awful performance it was so much fun! Pre and post race were much more relaxed for me than usual. (Though we made a couple wrong turns trying to find the place :/) Clif Bar was a huge sponsor and they had people walking around in transition just giving stuff away! It was awesome!
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| And I did get a cool medal!!! |
