So, I just got back from my triathlon. I'm a little tired and weary, but not too bad. Everything went well, except for being woken up at 4am with food poisoning. AGAIN! I don't know what's up with my stomach, but I think I'm becoming more sensitive in my old age. I pretty much had the same excruciating pain as a few weeks ago, which made getting ready for my triathlon very difficult. I actually thought I wouldn't be able to compete, but thought it would be a waste of all those months of training if I didn't. Luckily, after a few hours (and just before the start of the race) I felt much better. I couldn't eat anything, which made me nervous about fueling up, but it worked out fine.
I have to say, this time around felt much different than my last Sac tri. It was the same distance, but felt so much easier. I thought it was all in my head, but now that I've compared my times, I realize it wasn't. Here are my times compared to last year.
SWIM (400m):
2007 - 8 minutes 16 seconds (ranked 85th place)
2008 - 5 minutes 44 seconds (ranked 33rd place)
BIKE (8 miles):
2007- 44 minutes 26 seconds (ranked 108th place)
2008 - 39 minutes 36 seconds (ranked 50th place)
RUN (2 miles):
2007 - 27 minutes 40 seconds (ranked 121st place)
2008 - 22 minutes 34 seconds (ranked 71st place)
OVERALL TIME:
2007 - 1 hour 20 minutes 22 seconds (ranked 112th place)
2008 - 1 hour 7 minutes 55 seconds (ranked 56th place)
I shaved almost 13 minutes off my time!
So what can I improve on for next year?? Nothing. I'm pretty sure I'm as good as I'm going to get ;)
Special props to Carolyn and Maggie (Kathryn's dog) for being my cheering session. We forgot my camera, so no pictures. At least until they post the ones taken of me during the race and those are NEVER pretty.
My next tri will be in June in Fremont. I'll keep you posted on how that one goes.
No comments:
Post a Comment