So I said yesterday that I was a bit upset after the swim. A friend, who started 3 waves behind me, passed me in transition. Another friend, in my wave, was swimming breast-stroke and keeping up with me (even though he really wasn't- I thought he was). When I looked at my watch, I thought I was in the water for 50 minutes. O.K., "a bit upset" is an understatement.
I was pissed off.
I got on the bike and hammered it for 56 miles. The friend who passed me in transition got passed back within the first mile on the bike. I never saw the other friend again. I passed my cousin at mile 20- but didn't notice him (sorry Brad), apparently he said "Hi Pa..." as I went past. I didn't hear it. I just kept riding. Angry.
Actually, about a third of the way through the ride the anger turned to joy. This due to yet another mistake. When I reset the bike computer, I accidentally set it to read "Maximum Speed" instead of "Current Speed" or even "Average Speed." I thought I was looking at my average speed when I looked down and saw 27mph! Like I said, I was feeling pretty good about myself at that point. In my mind, I was going to finish the bike portion of the race in just a hair over 2 hours! Even with the 50 minutes in the water (that was really 40 minutes) I could do a 2 hour run and still come in under 5 hours!
It was about 10 minutes later that I realized my mistake- when a ride down a small hill changed that "average" speed to 30 mph. Thankfully at that point I just laughed it off and kept riding.
In the end I did have a really good ride. I finished the ride in just over 2 hours, 30 minutes, good for 9th place on the bike. I had to pee really bad by the end, but other than that- I felt good heading into the run. The pee thing made my second transition not so good. Well that and the fact that I tried to change my TRI top into a nice lightly colored tech-shirt. I couldn't get the TRI top off, so I had to run with it on. Not a big deal, but I would have been a little more comfortable in the tech shirt.
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Next up is the Marquette...
John Fogerty is making the talk show rounds this week, stopping in to see David Letterman Tuesday and Wednesday, and the ladies of "The View" on Thursday.
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