Beer Drinkers Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2023 Mentor Group - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 33)

Originally posted by Rollergirl



I guess it’s an acceptable reason not to do the sprint.
So Nicole will have to do the oly too then…

Originally posted by drfoodlove

Super sprint was great! I wanted to go sun-60’. Finished in 52 and some change. Won 2nd AG and 1St AG was 3rd overall, so I’m feeling pretty good about that race! One more in the morning, and I’m hella glad that I didn’t sign up to run the open 10K at 7, before the sprint tri at 9 (a thought I had this week!). Back at the hotel with feet propped up and a hot chocolate…because when it is 100F, you need hot chocolate!

Originally posted by drfoodlove

Nat! Your band sounds awesome!!

Originally posted by jmhpsu93

Rock Star Nat!!

Originally posted by jmhpsu93

Today was 2250 in the pool and 6+ miles walking on the multi-use path with a little jogging mixed in.  Tomorrow will be about a 30 mile ride with a 14-mile segment at Oly race pace, which will be my last significant effort before next Saturday's race. 

Originally posted by nicole14e



Not gonna lie, I've considered it. I think it would be really good practice for my Ragnar that's about a month later. Mike, will let you know if I end up doing the Oly!

Originally posted by Rollergirl That would be cool! Place your bets, who will win the battle of the BDAS’ses?

Originally posted by drfoodlove

Nat— 1st AG is first in age group. You’ve said before that they only tend to award overall by you, but a lot of places divide the field into five year increments and give awards to 1-3 in AG, plus overall. So, in this case, I was the second fastest woman aged 40-44 and the fastest woman 40-44 was also the third fastest overall.

Originally posted by drfoodlove

This morning’s race went really well, until it didn’t. But then it did again.

Swim was fine. Bike was great—right up until the 18km mark. That’s when I took one of the speed bumps a little too aggressively and my rear tire flatted out (which is super irritating, because I should have been running tubeless). Anyway, I wasn’t carrying anything, so I rode on the flat a little bit to the next intersection, where they called for help. Someone showed up with a flat kit he found on the side of the road (abandoned by another racer) and I grabbed it from him and started changing my tire. I got it all changed and just needed air by the time the course support arrived. They aired it up and put it back on, but something was wrong. I don’t know what, but I made it about another km before my rear wheel stopped spinning. I didn’t see anything obvious and easy to fix, so I stripped off my shoes and shouldered my bike to run it in the last km(ish); fortunately, it was mostly downhill. Then I had a pretty good run, considering. At some point yesterday I stepped on something and cut the bottom of my foot on the outer edge (exactly where you can’t see it!!). Needless to say, it has been a right pain through these races, but today was particularly bad—guess it was the barefoot km. :D

Anyway, I had a great weekend. Even with the extra km of run, my moving time was 9’ under my goal time (and I think I was even pretty close to goal with the mechanicals—results haven’t been posted yet). Certainly no podium though—two of the top three overall were in my AG. That makes it tough. I did learn today that I was the only woman who did all three tris this weekend. There were only three men who did all three.

Originally posted by jmhpsu93

Got in a 30-mile ride yesterday with the middle 10 miles at a little harder than Oly race pace (IF ~ 0.87...normally I race around 0.83-0.85 for Oly races depending on the course), then did a quick 1 mile transition run at race pace.  Both went well so on to taper.