the text to go with the photos :)
LJ was acting weird so I couldn't really add text to my photos. oh well. new post!
I wanted to say something like...
hot pink hair? check!
new Blue Seventy speedsuit? check!
new Cervelo P2C? check!
new Avia running shoes? check!
finishing strong? CHECK!!!
At first I wasn't that happy with my race because I was frustrated that the times didn't reflect how much I've improved. The non-wetsuit swim in jellyfish infested waters (I got stung pretty bad 5+ times) where I swam completely by myself as I was dropped by the pro pack (as expected) resulted in my slowest half iron swim time in YEARS.....42 minutes OUCH!
the bike was not as flat and fast as advertised (or I'm just weak?!). it was pretty windy being up on the freeway. wah wah.
the good stuff:
my run ended up being a PR! even after I ran a PR marathon on the track 5 days before the race (3:44 with the last 200m walking with Boss Coach). HA! the best part of my run split was that it was only 3-5 minutes behind all the other pro women (except the winner). WHAT?!?! and my bike split was within 5 minutes of 6th and 7th. Just the swim was shockingly bad then.
it's hard to compare different courses and conditions. Boss Coach says it was the best race of my life by a large margin. So despite missing my 70.3 PR by 12 minutes I'm very pleased after looking at all the other times on the results page. And the girl that won (who is kinda fat, for real) said it was really hot and humid. I didn't think it was very hot and humid personally but that probably played a role in why my times were slow too. That's what Boss Coach says...when I get home I'll be "slicing and dicing" my times!!
I wanted to say something like...
hot pink hair? check!
new Blue Seventy speedsuit? check!
new Cervelo P2C? check!
new Avia running shoes? check!
finishing strong? CHECK!!!
At first I wasn't that happy with my race because I was frustrated that the times didn't reflect how much I've improved. The non-wetsuit swim in jellyfish infested waters (I got stung pretty bad 5+ times) where I swam completely by myself as I was dropped by the pro pack (as expected) resulted in my slowest half iron swim time in YEARS.....42 minutes OUCH!
the bike was not as flat and fast as advertised (or I'm just weak?!). it was pretty windy being up on the freeway. wah wah.
the good stuff:
my run ended up being a PR! even after I ran a PR marathon on the track 5 days before the race (3:44 with the last 200m walking with Boss Coach). HA! the best part of my run split was that it was only 3-5 minutes behind all the other pro women (except the winner). WHAT?!?! and my bike split was within 5 minutes of 6th and 7th. Just the swim was shockingly bad then.
it's hard to compare different courses and conditions. Boss Coach says it was the best race of my life by a large margin. So despite missing my 70.3 PR by 12 minutes I'm very pleased after looking at all the other times on the results page. And the girl that won (who is kinda fat, for real) said it was really hot and humid. I didn't think it was very hot and humid personally but that probably played a role in why my times were slow too. That's what Boss Coach says...when I get home I'll be "slicing and dicing" my times!!