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2nd 4:09:44
Swim 28:28 10th
Bike 2:14:14 1st
Run 1:24:28 2nd
Sunday morning I jump on Shivy and pedal the 9km down to race start while Jared scoots down on Snail (our 50cc scooter). It's good having a local race. No packing & unpacking my bike, no flying and a hometown advantage!
At 7:08am we are off. After I survive the initial washing machine I find myself in the calm waters of the Boulder Reservoir swimming with one girl to my left. The course is one triangular lap. As I approach the end of the first straight I move ahead of the group I'm in and start to swim down a competitor up ahead. I catch her half way across the next straight then we swim side by side the entire last stretch. On my way back, as I lift my head to sight, I try to catch a glimpse of my main rivals Liz and Leanda, two gun swimmers, up ahead. If I come out 2min behind them I'd be over the moon. Three minutes is the most I hope they can put into me. I can't see ANYONE up ahead. As I run out of the water and up the sand I don't hear any times being called out. In T1 I'm getting out of my Blue Seventy wetty and I hear quite few people yell out to me... 4minutes was the general consensus. FOUR MINUTES! You've got to be kidding.
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The past three weeks training has been going really well. I'm over my injury and building up my running. Since my last race I've been able to add in a couple of faster sessions and two longer runs. I was hoping this training would increase my run fitness enough to be able to run strong through 21km in this race but I guess it takes a little longer to absorb the work. I think everyone in my race faded in the run on the second lap as it was really getting hot and the altitude makes it a long tough day. But I did also and I was only able to match Liz's run time.
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So that's three races down for me this US season and three second places. Last year I won all my races so this year I thought I'd try something different - maybe I'll see what second place feels like. You know what... I think I prefer first place so if you all don't mind I might go back to winning from now on ;-)
Next up is Hy Vee 5150 US championships! Then Vegas - World 70.3 Champs.