So, I am way overdue on posting this post, no doubt. Last week I was in St Louis for work and it was a crazy busy week ... so busy it feels like the week didn't even happen. 'Cra-cra' to quote my buds April & Janet.
Ok. Count 1. Peachtree Supersprint - I did indeed sprint to the finish. And sprinted into 2nd place overall female, much to my pleasure. It was a fun race, and I had a blast. Well, at least as much fun as you can have racing for about 52 minutes in zone 4-5. :) Tons of SF teammates racing, and I enjoyed cheering them on as much as I did racing myself. Turns out though that the folks running the race don't know how to either a) measure distances accurately or b) advertise distances honestly. When I exited the water and saw 9:xx on my watch, I was mightily confused to say the least. No matter how slow I claim to be on the swim, I would have had to swim backwards to take that long to swim 300 yards. For pete's sake, my t-pace the thursday before the race on my last 100 of the set was 1:40. do the math. And yes, it's true I wasn't "quite" on course ..hehe.. my right goggle flooded on entry, and so it was hard to see, but still... After the single buoy turn, I simply couldn't see the flags, swam to the yellow 'end buoy', which turned out *not* to be the right direction, exactly. Oops. I eventually made the course correction, but still, even that could not have doubled my time. As I headed out on the bike, I admit I did start to get a little worried...but saw Klafter within the first 2 miles. This was about where I expected to pass him (we started together), so I figured I was fine. Turns out the consensus is that the swim was almost double. Klafter took 7.5 minutes, instead of the 4.5 he should have spent. We figure the course was really a 500 yard swim. Still a short course - but on both ends of the spectrum, kind of a problem. On the one end, we have Beginners, of which there were many, probably freaking about how long it was taking and not really prepared, and on the other end, those of us trying to win, our pacing was thrown way off. At any rate, it was what it was. The bike was fine, only frustrating part was the prohibition of passing in the first section - which was actually quite long. Bike was slightly longer than advertised. And I almost missed the entrance back into transition. (can you tell I wasn't taking this race very seriously...need to fix that). Run was also fine. Though, Tracy Palmer, not what I would call 'flat as a pancake'. But, per my agreement with Degan, I was not a 'ho', and pulled out 7:30's in the first two miles, and a 6:30 in the last (unadvertised) quarter mile. ;) let me tell you, when your heart rate is 180+, a quarter mile is a LOOOOONG way. But I busted it out (don't be a ho, don't be a ho, don't be a ho was my mantra). My goal of 47ish minutes was not achieved, obviously because it was a longer course than I expected. So 52 and change was the final tally. Didn't quite make it to 22mph on the bike, though I think that would have been achieved without the 'no pass zone'. And I pulled out better than I hoped for on the run. Congrats to all the other SF athletes that represented so well on the podium, including 1st and 2nd OA female, and all the SF team members who raced, especially those for whom it was their first triathlon!
Now. Count 2. 10 days is all that is left to get to Kansas 70.3, my only A race this season. All the long workouts - Done. My body will get it's promised rest starting about noon on June 10. Just hang on a little longer hip flexor, ankle, rotator cuff, and whatever else is lurking in the shadows ready to pop out. Thanks to Dr Sadri, as always and my new massage therapist Tiffany, for keeping me able to do anything for the last month. 10 more short days, 1 super 5 hour effort, and we are there. To the land of doing what I feel like for a few months, and maybe racing a few more supersprints. :)
Happy Training!
Kat
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