June Bugs (Page 58)

MDHillSlug - 2009-06-21 3:00 PM I had a bad, frustrating ride today: wet roads, strong winds, 2.5 miles of recently milled roads, didn't feel 100% even at the start, and I dropped my chain twice. After the second drop I was ready to throw the bike into the ditch! I thought I finally had it all working properly. I guess I'll drop it at the LBS tomorrow and see if they can do something with it.

victoria.petridou - 2009-06-20 10:50 PM

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kcarroll - 2009-06-20 5:00 PM OK, did a bit of post padding, ordered pizza and poured the vino. Time to fess up to this morning's debacle.  Nice, easy training race sponsored by local tri-club. I signed up for the long course:  0.5/19/5   Low key and fun.  About 200 participants.  Weather turned out nice, in spite of forecasts. Everything should have been great.  Surf was pretty rough, so I got out for a warm up swim and practiced diving under the waves.  Still feeling good.  Was in the 3rd wave to go out and it went to &*^^# from there.  Got really beat up trying to get through the waves, but made it.  Started for the first buoy and after about 10 mins found myself waaaay off course.  My sighting was fine, but I was in a current getting pulled north.  Couldn't get out of it....along with a bunch of others.  Could tell the lifeguards were crazy busy and hearing lots of cries for help.  Really started to freak me out. (Heard afterwards that they had to pull 30+ people out of the water.)  After 25 mins in the water and still not making it to the first turn, I decided to head to shore.  Absolutely killed me to do it, but I was getting seriously tired and going nowhere.  Took me another 10 to get out of the water.  I went to T1 and saw both my friends bikes were out and threw myself a major pity party, even indulging in a few tears.  I was soooo disappointed in myself.  I never quit....never.  Guy racked next to me stumbled in. He was also a mess, but had finished the swim, and decided I was his project for the morning.  He convinced me to keep going, even if I decided to only do the short course.  So, off I went.  (what can I say, I'm a sucker for guys with shaved legs and sexy bikes.)  I didn't really push myself that hard for the rest of the race, in fact, I think I mentally quit about 100 times.  But, I did the 19 on the bike and ran the 5 (entered in our spreadsheet) and finished in 2:40. My first DNF.   

Pizza's here.  This DNF bug signing off.