Race Reports for Tough at Clough Triathlon

Race Reports for Tough at Clough Triathlon - CANCELLED 2006

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Comments: My first DNF. I'm not real happy to report this, but I'm not too upset either. Last week, I came down with a nasty flu that kept me off my feet for five days. Finally, after five days of waiting it out, I went for a run to try and sweat it out. I thought I had succeeded because I went to work the next few days, and started running again. I didn't feel 100%, but felt pretty good. I took Friday off to "taper" for my end of season final local triathlon. On Friday night, I was woken up by a 30 minute coughing fit, and ended up tossing my cookies as a nice bonus. I got up on Saturday morning feeling OK, but not great. I delayed, and delayed making my mind up if I should even got to the race. I waited until literally the last minute I could, and then went for it. I was the last person to get there, and ran to the water as they were counting down to the start. I had a pretty typical MOP swim, and got out feeling like crap. I jogged to T1, and got my bike (after searching for a bit),

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Race rating (3)

Comments: scary wipe-out for Karen Nault, and it took way too long for med help to get there - about 20 mins. before ambulance, which was not on site and had to battle traffic

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