Well the first race of the season has come and gone, and to my complete surprise I didn't drown, fall off the bike, or hyperventilate on the run! My feet were blocks of wood the entire time, but it was only for 1 hour. I've found you can put up with almost anything for an hour and still live to talk about it...thank you to without limits productions, my neighbors, for putting on a great race, check them out at: http://withoutlimitsproductions.weebly.com/
So the water was cold, colder, in my personal opinion than the advertised 61 degrees, in an effort, no doubt, to keep the panic levels to a minimum. Hands and feet were bricks almost instantaneously, however I finally started to warm up and get into a groove with about 100 yards left in the swim. ahh, the sprint tri is a unique experience...Coming out of the water, feet were blocks of melting ice, heart was racing, proceeded to climb on the bike a little cold but no worse for wear.
With no water (forgotten in the fridge at home), I set out on the bike, a very fast bike! Borrowed a disc wheel and 100mm front wheel from a guy I know here in Boulder, and they were much faster than what I am used to, as well as my new Kestrel which flew along with an ease that was great to discover! Got thirsty about half way through, a little disappointed there was no water out on the bike course, but it's my own damn fault, so drooling and foaming at the mouth I arrive at T2 to get ready for the run...
Putting new shoes on, set out for a fast run, and finally got some liquid about 1.5 miles though and finished strong!
Throw away the watch and go as fast as I could was my motto for the day.
Did pretty well for a first effort of the year. 10th overall, 2ndin age group with a time of 1hr 9 seconds....Very happy with the result and I feel ready to tackle Ironman Kansas 70.3 in a couple of weeks!
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