It was a cool rainy start. My last tri was the Amica 19.7 Newport...this race is all about just finishing up the 2012 Tri Season with a good FUN race!!!!!
I had only slept a couple of hours...I have not slept very well the last couple of days..Not quite sure why...but it is what it is.
Up at 430 am. I had prepped everything the night before as I always do. Loaded up the Jeep and headed to Newport. Pulled out of the driveway at 5 am.
Arrived at second Beach in Newport at 545 am..unload the Jeep and took my running gear to T2...
Yeah this race has two different transitions...One at 3rd beach (T1) where we swim and the other from 2nd Beach (T2) where we run from and finish.
630 am After setting up T2, I pack the "gear" bag the race official gives us so that our gear from the swim will be returned to the finish area for us, then I return the rest of the stuff to my Jeep.
Running around saying Hi and checking with the other Tri NE Teammates! and several other people I know...We all know how I like to chit chat!!!!
645 am: I take Pippy (for those who do not know this yet: Pippy is my bike) and "gear" bag and walk to T1. Sparky and I walk over together.
655 am: arrived to T1 and rack my bike and start to wiggle into my wetsuit...wearing the FULL suit cause it is chilly out but the rain has stopped...
715 am: a small swim to get started... the end of the boat dock...is a nice drop off...watch that last step!!!!!
725 am: the race official calls us all out of the water to line up and start the swim waves....
I am in the 5th wave...we are the last ones to go out....even before we start our swim the first swimmer from the elite are already out onto the bikes....
A good swim for me: 18:09 for a half mile, the water was cool but the air was cooler. I am shivering again!!!
T1 was long at 4:06...I had a tough time getting the wet suit off again and then layering the tops..I wore my team shirt covered by a long sleeve running top.
On the Bike and a nice wet road for the next 16+ miles....There are a few crappy hills and A LOT of TURNS....every time I get up to a good speed, I have to slow down and take turn. Nothing too impressive about the bike. ( I am going to be working hard on that BIKE form and endurance this WINTER!!!) Bike is done in 58:26 for 16 miles!!! T2 is 2:32... off with long sleeve shirt and change helmet for running cap.
Out on to the run..so to see this run you do not think of it as hard run....just a wee bit of a hill to start....turn out on to the road run about a tenth of a mile or so and take a right and then it is all up hill for about a mile or more... Thank GOD what goes up must come down.... I do not feel like I running at all..it just feels like my legs are solid pieces of cement going up and down.
Top of hill and a quick left then about a 1/3 of mile to the turn around and return to the "HILL". Thank goodness it is now DOWN HILL!!!! At the bottom of the hill is a left turn to the last bit of a run, I can see the finish line....There is a young lady behind me and her friends and family are calling out her name.."KATIE"..SO I turn my head back and start to call out to her "Come on Katie, do not let this old GRANDMA beat you!!!!!" Now lots of people on both sides of the road are call out to Katie....it is so cool...I later find out that she had a goal to finish in less then 2 hours!!!!
Guess what Katie did it....less then 2 hours...How do I know this...Cause my run was 30:55 and my total time was 1:54:07. That is 3:11 faster then last years time!!! Yeahhhhhh. Thank you, Coach Tara !!!!!! You Rock COACH!!!!
Now it is your turn to get out there and GET IT DONE!!!! Cause you Can NOW!!! Pictures to come....
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