Lake Saint Louis
So I still had no car to get myself anywhere... got a ride into St. Louis with my brother. Borrowed the big green van from my parents to get to the race Saturday morning...
Got to the race site at about 5:15 as usual... I don't know why I have to get everywhere so early but it was nice since I the transition area was virtually empty. I didn't really get anything set up for a while since I was so cold; I really just wanted to go back to bed. I finally had to get everything set out since I had to get out of the transition area nearly an hour before I was due to race.
The water was decently cold but I had an okay swim... running to the transition area has been a real pain (literally) the past two years since my bare feet are not fans of the sidewalk. Had a quick first transition and then everything fell apart...
I was overconfident in regards to my familiarity with the race venue and failed to realize that the course was now a loop versus the out and back course of previous years. So needless to say, I had some trouble, missed two turns, didn't put out as much effort as I had wanted... blah, blah, blah. I learned some valuable lessons.
T2 was pretty worthless. I neglected to put on my race number with the ghetto timing strip so I was worried about that during the whole run. I had this guy who I later met, Chad, on my heels the whole time. He introduced himself after the race and thanked me for pacing him since he claimed he had nothing left... yeah, until the last 10 meters when he blew by me at the finish. I had to track down the fleet feet guy and have him put in my race number since I obviously didn't had the timing strip.
Officially, I came in second in my age group and something really horrible overall... but my time was +4 minutes somehow (I checked out Chad's time for quick comparison). So technically speaking I probably should have gotten first in my age group but it was my own fault so there is nothing to do but learn from my many many mistakes.... until next time.
Got to the race site at about 5:15 as usual... I don't know why I have to get everywhere so early but it was nice since I the transition area was virtually empty. I didn't really get anything set up for a while since I was so cold; I really just wanted to go back to bed. I finally had to get everything set out since I had to get out of the transition area nearly an hour before I was due to race.
The water was decently cold but I had an okay swim... running to the transition area has been a real pain (literally) the past two years since my bare feet are not fans of the sidewalk. Had a quick first transition and then everything fell apart...
I was overconfident in regards to my familiarity with the race venue and failed to realize that the course was now a loop versus the out and back course of previous years. So needless to say, I had some trouble, missed two turns, didn't put out as much effort as I had wanted... blah, blah, blah. I learned some valuable lessons.
T2 was pretty worthless. I neglected to put on my race number with the ghetto timing strip so I was worried about that during the whole run. I had this guy who I later met, Chad, on my heels the whole time. He introduced himself after the race and thanked me for pacing him since he claimed he had nothing left... yeah, until the last 10 meters when he blew by me at the finish. I had to track down the fleet feet guy and have him put in my race number since I obviously didn't had the timing strip.
Officially, I came in second in my age group and something really horrible overall... but my time was +4 minutes somehow (I checked out Chad's time for quick comparison). So technically speaking I probably should have gotten first in my age group but it was my own fault so there is nothing to do but learn from my many many mistakes.... until next time.
posted by Nikki Reed Difani at 3:24 PM
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