Ok, yes, I'm aware that this race was nearly 2 months ago. I'm slow, sue me. This is my 4th tri and I was using it as a warm up for Rocky Point which was 2 weeks later.
Pre-Race:
Got there early to drop off the TTG tent and setup my stuff. We had a TTG bike rack going until some clueless guy decided to invade our purple space. Watched the first couple waves go off and then headed to the dive pool to warm up.
Swim:
I got out of the warm up pool kind of early and froze my patooty off waiting to get in the pool. Finally they started letting us in when the lanes were clearing out. I discovered the warm up pool was much warmer than the competition pool. Swam a couple lengths to try and get warmed up again. Finally our wave started and naturally I went out a little too fast. I slowed down quickly and got comfortable. I had put an expected finish time of 19:00, but was hoping I could bring that down closer to 17:00. I finished in 18:32, got pulled out of the pool and headed off to T1.
T1:
Nothing too exciting. Jogged to my spot and got my bike stuff on. Paused for a minute to contemplate my windbreaker, started to pull it on, realized it would be too difficult and took off without it.
Bike:
Headed out with the goal of eating a CarbBoob block & drinking at every other corner. I'm terrible about hydrating (and eating) on the bike so I figured this would help at least a little bit. Thanks to being in swim wave 3, the bike course was actually fairly empty while I was out there. I had no real issues and took up a mountain biking style to get through Euclid. It wasn't quite as terrible as some people had made it out to be, but still bumpy. I suppose part of this was because there were so few people out there, I was able to manuever around the bike lane a bit more without worrying about people coming up behind me. Bike time was 47:55, just over my goal of 45 mins.
T2:
In and out, nothing to worry about at this point since I was dry and warm.
Run:
This is where I really wanted to see how things played out. I wanted to beat my Rocky Point time from last year (1:42:34) which had a shorter swim and bike. I also had finally figured out that I could run for more than 1:30 at a time. So my goal was to run 1 mile, walk 1 min. And walk the aid station of course. The first lap wasn't too bad except it was getting hot and since the mall is exposed - I was getting hot. I was very excited when I rounded the corner by Old Main and got a bit of shade. Saw lots of TriGirls out on the run (some who passed me....), which gave me some motivation to keep going. I hate walking in front of people who know me! The second loop seemed REALLY LONG! But I pressed on and managed to keep jogging for a mile at a time. I did take a little bit longer to walk on the last section before you turn left to the finish. Partly because I couldn't remember quite how far it was to the finish and lord knows you have run the finish. People can see you! Total time - 35:13 - Fastest 5k in a tri and 2nd fastest 5k overall
Overall:
Good race. It was great having all the purple out there. Especially in Tucson, lots of people recognize our purple jerseys and offer some encouragement.
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