August 20th brought me to my 14th race of the year! Another triathlon in Pleasanton! I was hoping to beat my time from June!
Let's rewind to the night before the race....I decided it would be a good idea to take my bike for a spin and to use Alle's bike pump to pump up my tires! So I headed to Bryan and Alle's house, for what seemed like a torturous mile. I got there and discovered why! My tires were extremely flat, not only that but the back tubing had sprung a leak....uh oh! Alle and I drove raced over to Sports Authority, but they did not have the tube we needed. It was nearly 9:00 and we raced over to Sports Basement in Walnut Creek. The doors were locked, but they let us in!!! I love Sports Basement and will only go there from now on! We purchased the tube and a spare one as well and were on our way!
Dad accompanied me to this race. I was excited because I knew he would see me break another record!
Race morning arrived and I had decided to leave later than I should have...lesson learned.
I headed to registration grabbed my race number, had my number written on me and then headed to get my bike from dad. I set up my station and we headed over to the starting line.
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| Before I got into the water! |
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| I'm out there standing in the water...try to find me! |
The swim took me 11 minutes, I was behind my time from last time by 1 minute, but it was alright because I felt great as I stepped out of the water!
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| I have to get to my bike!!! |
I made a quick transition in the transition area and I was off!
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| I love this picture because the background looks fuzzy and I look so clear! |
I felt so much better this ride probably because my tires were pumped up! I know the course was the same as June, but the course didn't feel that way. It seemed easier and like there was less incline.
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| Find me! I'm on the other side of the crowd coming in! |
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| Trying to put my bike back before I start the run! |
Now it was time for the run, I was feeling very confident because I was beating the time I had in my head for this part of the race. I grabbed my bib holder put it around my waist and set off. I was glad to see that right away there was a water stop because I was very thirsty.
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| Here I go! See you in 3 miles! |
The first little bit of the running my legs always feel like Jello! It's an interesting sensation. Once I finally got my legs back I felt like I was on fire. I know I'm not the fastest person out there but I was on a roll, and I felt great. I continued to push myself telling myself that I can not walk that I need to run, and that this race really isn't all that far and I can do it. Before I knew it I was crossing the finish line with a time of 1:34! A whole 11 minutes faster than June!!!!
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| Race 14 is complete! |
I could not believe that I had beaten my time by 11 minutes, I did not think I was going to do that great!
I was so hungry just like every other race, that I had to make my first stop the refreshment table.
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| Just enjoying some oranges! I'm hungry! |
This was a great race and I can't wait til my next tri in Sept.
Next Race: Disneyland Half Marathon! September 4th!
