Yay another one finishes the Mayor's Tri! Good job, sounds like you did well even without your gum

Congrats on finishing your first tri. You did great. Are you the woman who was standing with Katie Collins before the race started that I was talking with?

Yes! That was me! Good job to you on your race! Wasn't it a blast?
I have decided to do the Sprint in Plattsmouth on the 12th...very excited!
I did an open water swim with my aunt (the other gal with me in the purple suit) and it was slightly less dreadful, though still in the horrifying category. :-)
Do you do a lot of OWS?

lol. gum is imperative to my performance! isn't that silly?

Other than my front tire wobbling during the ride and not realizing it until after the race was done it was a very enjoyable time. I knew something was wrong early on in the bike but I chalked it up to my legs being tired from the swim. I knew something was really wrong when I finished my second lap a few minutes faster than I had completed the entire three laps a week earlier. Oh well, live and learn.

I did a total of 4 OWS prior to the Papio tri. One at Hansen Lakes, two at Lake Manawa, and then when I competed in my first tri in Des Moines). I didn't do an OWS between that tri and this one, which in hindsight, was probably a mistake.

I'd love to do the Plattsmouth tri on the 12th but I don't think it's going to happen, but we'll see.

How do you know Katie? She's the PT for the school that I'm a principal at. I didn't know that she was a triathlete until just before the start of the Des Moines tri, in the midst of 1700 people, we ran into each other. She did great on Saturday!

That sucks about the bike. You did so great in spite of it!
I had just met Katie as I was standing there, terrified to walk into the water. She is so cool! I am trying to get back in touch with her, as we have PT and Yoga in common. One of the things I teach in yoga is therapeutics, so we chatted about combining forces with some different entities in town. She did such an awesome job...I hope to medal someday. I was seconds away from third in my age group, so it's something for which to strive!
If you would, tell her hello for me!
Do you aspire to the longer tris...1/2 and/or full?

I'll see Katie in the coming weeks as school gets started here. If this was your first tri, you are well on your way to medaling. Keep up the good work.

I'd like to do a 1/2 IM next year and then a full IM the following year but we'll see how the training for that goes. I really liked the Olympic distance that the Des Moines one was. You should definately consider competing in that one next year. It was really amazing to be one of 1700 participants.

the papillion tri was my first also. Coming from a cycling background, that was definitely the strong suit for me. the open water swim was a trial of confusion and disorientation. It felt more like a mosh pit then a swimming event. I got kicked square in the face and lost my goggles at the first bouyee, and ended up having a bad swim, had a great bike passing people left and right, but I had a problem with my left lower leg the weekend before the race and hadn't ran on it all week, not wanting to completely roach it before the race. So my leg let go at about 2.5 miles and I had to walk it in. I set a goal of 1:30 and finished 1:29. I passed so many people on the bike to watch them all run back past me on my 31 minute run. sniffle sniffle! But it was a blast. I am planning to do the black squirrel on the 25th. Hopefully will meet some of you there. I staged right by katie Collins at this race and talked with her quite a bit. She is a great person!