waking up is hard to do. especially when your alarm is going off at 3:45am & you know that in just a few short hours you will soon be suiting up & swimming {nearly} a mile, riding 24.8 miles & running 6.2 miles. oy vey! once again, what have i gotten myself into? luckily, i have my handy dandy team sparkle skirt on hand to keep me motivated. call me silly, but when you’re racing pretty – everything else just seems to fall into place.
1.5 K lake swim: 39 minutes & 1 second
40K bike ride: 1 hour 35 minutes & 21 seconds
10 K run: 1 hour, 6 minutes & 43 seconds
total time: 3 hours, 27 minutes & 25 seconds
not exactly my best race ever. in fact, i was nearly 10 minutes slower than my last triathlon… placing me 18 out of 23 in my age group & 531 out of over 600 overall. sure, there may have been some “lady” cramps involved, but all-in-all i had a fabulous time at the oc triathlon. once again i LOVED racing in my signature turquoise sparkle skirt (just thinking about it now makes me smile). while i may not have podiumed, my friend elise did – she’s amazing! when i grow up, i want to be her. but to be honest, i don’t race for results… i race to survive. eleanor roosevelt once said “do one thing everyday that scares you.” & trust me, racing triathlons still scares me to death.
