Show Me State Games Tri
"Not too shabby..." would be my summary for today's race. There were definitely more participants than last year which is pretty nice to see. I won last year and I wanted to win again this year.
The swim started out pretty messy. I got battered and beaten by men twice my size which wasn't very fun. I know that my time was slow although I didn't even look at my watch to see. I would later learn that I had beaten the important people out of the water (Kim M. and Jen R.).
But the reason that I know I beat them out of the water is because they proceeded to pass me on the bike. Jen Reisdorf caught me just before the flat corn fields and I should have repassed her as I'm very strong on the flats and that's about all that I can use to my advantage these days. I tucked (legally of course) in behind Jen and pretty much just figured that I could follow her in on the bike and then take her on the run. Wrong. Kim Mouser decided that she would pass us both on the hills (I have got to work on those big time...). Right before the rolling hills on U, Mouser dropped her chain for about 5 seconds and I yelled at Jen "Let's go get her!" With my breaking issues (I don't want to talk about it), the Gillespie Bridge turn was killer and I got repassed by Kim. Jen, however, stayed behind me for the rest of the race. I battled to catch up to Kim the rest of the way thinking that I could real her in on the run.
Well I was right. I probably had a quicker transition than Kim and I was running faster. I could see the gap closing between us on the out and back 5K course. And then we hit the turn around where I lost my advantage. Kim saw me coming and saw how much ground I had made up. Needless to say, she poured it on over the next 2.5K and she won. I came in 2nd probably between 30-40 seconds back.
See you out on Sapp and Easley and running hills...... grrr
The swim started out pretty messy. I got battered and beaten by men twice my size which wasn't very fun. I know that my time was slow although I didn't even look at my watch to see. I would later learn that I had beaten the important people out of the water (Kim M. and Jen R.).
But the reason that I know I beat them out of the water is because they proceeded to pass me on the bike. Jen Reisdorf caught me just before the flat corn fields and I should have repassed her as I'm very strong on the flats and that's about all that I can use to my advantage these days. I tucked (legally of course) in behind Jen and pretty much just figured that I could follow her in on the bike and then take her on the run. Wrong. Kim Mouser decided that she would pass us both on the hills (I have got to work on those big time...). Right before the rolling hills on U, Mouser dropped her chain for about 5 seconds and I yelled at Jen "Let's go get her!" With my breaking issues (I don't want to talk about it), the Gillespie Bridge turn was killer and I got repassed by Kim. Jen, however, stayed behind me for the rest of the race. I battled to catch up to Kim the rest of the way thinking that I could real her in on the run.
Well I was right. I probably had a quicker transition than Kim and I was running faster. I could see the gap closing between us on the out and back 5K course. And then we hit the turn around where I lost my advantage. Kim saw me coming and saw how much ground I had made up. Needless to say, she poured it on over the next 2.5K and she won. I came in 2nd probably between 30-40 seconds back.
See you out on Sapp and Easley and running hills...... grrr
posted by Nikki Reed Difani at 11:13 AM
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