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Patriot Half Triathlon - Triathlon
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Comments: Relay, Dude. Totes easy. Put that timing chip on me and here I go, Sucka's! THRILLED that the timing chip was on rubbery material. I think I still have the scar from the timing chip 2 years ago that grinded into my soul - and infected it with tri-fever, Son. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Kudos to Patriot for not shredding many layers of my skin only to have non-recognition of the fact that I am cooler than that baseball guy. Can you say, broken toe, nerve damage AND bloody sock? Eat it, Mr.Baseball man. No, I don't even know his name. Too busy sporting to watch him sporting. Sorry, sports fans.  Bike
Comments: I was in nearly the top gear for almost the whole ride. Equipment does make a difference for the bike - so I'm happy with my results. I'd love to ride a more tri-specific bike someday just to see what a difference it would make but for now I'm grateful for my 5 year old used $800 wonder <3 What would you do differently?: Possibly train more, but in reality this is as good as it gets in our family set up. I'm grateful to be a part-of. Period. Transition 2
Comments: Relay transitions rule. Kelli took my timing chip off and ran away like the freakin' champ she is. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Relay 4-EVAH!  Run
Post race
Warm down: Warm-down included me realizing I couldn't put any weight on my right foot. Hm. Thanks, nerve damage and old badly healed broken toe. I got the broken toe from my bike trainer trying to train for THIS race. Yeesh. Within 5 minutes I could put weight on it again. Then I put on sneakers and had to go through this process again. I realized the 'finish' fro me in a relay is VERY anti-climactic. No medals, pats, water bottles, we towels. Nope. But a VERY sweet text from the hubbs who was following me on line! Sorry, bike - course dude, no course stalking can compare with my man ;) What limited your ability to perform faster: Training opportunities were sparse but I must say I made the most of them and used my head by readjusting my 'difficulty barometer' by riding only hills the week before. Event comments: Patriot Half Iron-distance totally rules the schoolyard. I just love it. Amazing job again, Patriot. The timing chips were a GREAT improvement. I loved the hats we got 2 years ago better than the swag from this year but that is a very minor thing. Also, it's summer - so short-sleeve shirts next time, K? <3 XO XO XO XO <---for you, Patriot, some PDA. BOOM. Last updated: 2014-06-15 12:00 AM
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 2014-06-15 10:45 AM |
Veteran  293  |  Subject: Patriot Half Triathlon |
| 2014-06-16 12:21 PM in reply to: #5012461 |
Master 3195   Just South of Boston | Subject: RE: Patriot Half Triathlon Nice job, Grace! Hope the toe is feeling better today. Didn't realize you were back again. There were a few of us there on Friday night having dinner at the Fireside Grille (spot we hit last time) and it was fun. Next year you need to go back and take on the full again!  Mike |
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Age Group = RELAY TEAMS
Age Group Rank = 4/6
Well, after only 4 hours of sleep in the crappiest hotel imaginable (Extended Stay America - OMG) where I had to put the TV on to drown out sex noises/blasting music/smoke smell to finally fall asleep at 12AM for a 4AM wakeup, things started going pretty well. Besides the fact that the television I had turned on was OFF when I woke up (so f'n creepy...) I slept well for that 4 hours. Because this facility was equipped for an 'extended stay', it had a microwave. I heated up my pre-mixed oatmeal with dried fruits, nuts and maple sugar. Yum. I didn't even mind the funky smelling water I had to add. I made coffee in the questionable little machine and had two cups with powdered creamer and real (!) sugar. Whatta' treat. This all means, however, that I approximated my normal wake-up food. Which is a good thing. I was off by about 5 minutes when leaving the hell hole and I ended up being about 15 minutes late to meet my beautiful team mates. They were pretty gracious about it but my mind was clearly scattered. I needed help doing the most minor mental tasks, like turning left when walking.
The warm-up was realizing that someone who's longest bike ride this year was 26 miles who is about to do a 56 mile bike should probably stay as still as possible. I met a bunch of amazing chicks who tri for LIFE, man. These ladies are the bomb. One even has a tri-ing RV and most of them have pretty intimidating equipment. I was in the presence of greatness. Oh, and I jogged the ins-and outs of the transition area and took some pretty sweet pictures of my bike with our team name - FEMME FATALES.