Sportspectrum River Cities Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

For the first time ever, I started to the front. Got hit a bit, but had clear water after about 100 meters. Just tried to work hard. I kept reminding myself that this race was why I've been dragging myself to masters classes this past year.

Nothing.

Straightforward.

Nothing.

While 22nd in my AG, I've never ever averaged 19.3MPH. EVER. I have to say that riding with lots of other riders made the bike route really short, mentally. Just a fun ride and I was blown away with my bike time.

Due to the number of riders on the course, I really had to work hard to avoid drafting. At times this required hanging back, and at other times to just go for it. It really was a balance between racing your race and following the rules. Felt like I made some good decisions. I did have a couple of wheel suckers which is pretty funny. If you're going to draft, I ain't your man. They could do much better than me.

Nothing.

At the end of the bike I got a cramp in the arch of my left foot. So at T2 I actually sat down to put my shoes on and stretch my foot. I knew it was taking time, but hey. Gotta deal with the cramp.

If I knew I'd need to sit down, I would have brought some sort of stool/cooler or something to sit on.

The run was fine and we were really blessed this year with moderate temps. I'm not a fan of off-road and sand running so I did the best I could to finish strong, yet uninjured.

Nothing.

Looked for family members and BT friends.


I surpassed even my stretch goal for the race so I can't quite think about how I should have gone faster. I can't even explain how well I did.




It was so much fun to finally meet several BT'ers. The bear? Cajun pussycat, really (sorry...my comments are direct, yada, yada, yada). The bear's wife rocks. She really needs to start posting here. She's beautiful AND funny. I'm a het girl, but I always love the combo. Oh, and the bear had a great race as well.

OldAg? Total stud. He'd be a Junction Boy in the day. Wish I could have talked to him more but post-race craziness (trying to find my family)....He did really, really well. Javelin should be paying him. Really.

Waskelton y esposa? Totally cute. Yes, you're a stud, too, Wa. Were you the one who kept passing me on the bike? You always talk like you're a sausage, but you so aren't. You looked great today. Really. Your beautiful wife really needs to step up and kick both of our a**es at this tri thing. She sure looks like she could.

And Michael, Michael, Michael. Could anybody get more unlucky?! Three flats? Congrats, your next three years will be glitch-free. Promise. Thank you for being the Shreveport ambasador; I can't think of a better representative. Michael is the best.