ANOTHER IN THE BOOKS

USAT Mideast Championship-- 5k run / 40k bike / 10k run

Put another duathlon in the books for me. I made it.

Pre-race- For some reason, I was really nervous for today's race. It was the mid-east Championship, Tri-club championship, and world qualifier. Everyone seemed so serious. The highlight was waiting in the Port-a-john line. The man in front of me who was 65 and in the Tri struck up a conversation. He wanted to know why did the Du and not the Tri. I explained that I could not swim. He was surprised because I have so much built in flotation in my body. (I am fluffy but what an idiot)

Run 1- 33:59/ 10:57 paceIt was already getting hot at 730 am. We took off and I found myself running with another lady. It was her second Du. We ran together at a nice pace and she talked the entire time. I just listened and it went fast. I was surprised at my time. Faster than what wanted. Luckily there was alot of cloud cover.

T1 - 2:04 I tried to get a couple of shot Blox in me but choked myself and skipped it. When I got on my bike the chain popped off.

Bike - 1:35:04 / 15.7mph ave speed. The sun came out and things heated up. Sugar gave me a great ride. It wasn't the bike that I had hoped for.

T2- 2:53 My legs did not want to go. Temperature up to 89. Got a quick drink. Took off my Evil Garmin as I've hit the wrong button again.

Run 2 - 1:31:02 / 14:42 pace My legs felt like cement and the first half mile was bad. I went to a 4 run: 1walk ratio. Alot of the Tri people were passing me. Everyone that went by gave me words of encouragement. It was awesome. I knew that I would finish but I was slowing down quickly. Every mile had a water station and I stopped at every one of them. With under 2 mile to go, a man in the tri was beside of me and told me that "We own this race now!" And he was right. I know I gave it everything that I had. Sometimes I feel like don't give it my all and I have too much left at the finish. I know that today this was not true. I had nothing left.

Total time = 3:45:19
2nd place in F 50-54 age group

Waddling with a trophy and alot of satisfaction...............