10/26/16
This weekend after a whisky drink or two, I pulled the trigger and signed up for a triathlon. I’ve been playing with the idea for a month or two now, primarily because I am starting to get burned out on running. Of course I couldn’t start small and do a Sprint, which tends to be around 300-700 meter swim, 9-15 mile bike ride and a 5k. Noooo, I decided to jump right in and signed up for what I thought was a ‘half distance’ tri. Well, technically, it is, but turns out, it’s really a 70.3 aka: half an ironman. Actually, I’m not sure if I can say it’s an Ironman...copyright infringement? Any whoodle, It’s a 1.2 mile open water swim, a 56 mile bike ride, and a 13.1 mile run. All in order.
4-10-17 Y'all may faintly remember that I did the Texas Ragnar; running from Batrop to Luckenbach with 11 other women in a single van. Van trip down We stayed the night in a roach-coach in Bastrop and while I slept like a log, 2 of the girls in our group did not sleep a second. Something about me having to kill roaches in the room really freaks some people out. That 4am wake up call came early. Our start time was at 5:45am, but naturally we had to be there an hour before hand to get "prepped" and to hear the safety stuff. I was runner #2 *heh*, so I received the slap bracelet (baton) around 6:30am and took off on my first leg. Leg 1: 4.20 miles Actual distance/time: 4.5 miles in 48 minutes (10:38 pace) It was beautiful and now I wish I'd taken a few photos. I ran as the sun was coming up and through fields of wild flowers. There was mist covering the pastures and scenic bridges and cattle abounding. I was fine with this because I star...
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