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Big Blue Off-Road Triathlon, California
A great race. I know I didn't push it as hard as I could have becuase the bike and run coming out of the TA's felt fine. (I should have been hurting). I didn't wear my HR monitor but I don't think my HR was ever all that high.
So I ended up 1st in my age category and 3rd overall in the females and 50th overall out of a field of 86. 19 of which were females.
race (Big Blue off-road tri) 2:52:00 [4]
Swim:(1.2k w/ wind whipped water) 19:14
The swim was horrendous. The wind out there was blowing hard and I think I swallowed half of the lake. Thankfully it wasn't in the ocean! The water was cold, too, 55F. Enough to give you an icecream headache. Thanks to Michelle for letting me borrow her wetsuit!
Bike: (18mi w/ tons of climb!) 1.53:20
Then a quick TA to the bike. Course desc. was 2 loops of ~9 mi with total 1000m climb. Hm, more like 16mi with 5000m climb! Technical, too! Lots of ruts and steep drainages that if you were to fall off the trail, you'd be screwed!
Run: (6mi relatively flat) 39:35
Finally, to the run...Another quick TA, I felt pretty good, considering all the climb, but wary of what the run course might consist of! Ended up not being very tough at all, though, fairly flat with patches of sand, a few river crossings and some sidehilling (which, without socks in my shoes, gave me some wicked blisters!). I felt like I could have moved faster, but there weren't any runners ahead to me to chase. If only I knew there was the second place chick only a few mintues ahead of me!!