Race for Sight - May 7,2006

I woke up early and got to the race site around 6 or so I think. I put my bike and bag in the transition area and then just kind of shuffled around talking to people.

Finally, I made my way into the pool wearing a fastskin with legs since I had a feeling that it was going to be cold like every other year. The swim went pretty poorly. I lost my goggles almost immediately and couldn't see the walls which kinda sucked but oh well, so my time wasn't the fastest... but then again, its not like I was putting in time in the pool training either so what could I expect. Jessica beat me out of the water but I was expecting that too.

Transition was quicker than I thought since I didn't end up putting any extra clothes on. The sun was shining and I really wasn't cold, so I grabbed my bike and ran with it... plus I still had "pants" on to keep me warm.

Once out on the bike, I realized that I hadn't been on it for over 2 weeks and I could definitely tell. The hills took everything out of me but I managed to keep it above 18mph regardless... I was focusing on catching Jessica for part of the time but never found her so I figured she was beating me on the bike too... (I later found out that I actually beat her out of T1).

Onto the run, which hurt like hell but I managed a 7:15 pace which made me happy.

I won my age group... I don't know how... I hadn't done one single bit of training in over a week... but I'll take it anyways.