So it's 4 am on race day. I wake up to absolute pouring rain. That's not a good sign. It was my mom and I in Winona, Minnesota for Lifetime Trinona. We went down to the breakfast area to get some substance in us for the long day ahead. When we got down there, a fellow racer (in guessing) asked us if we knew that the transition opening was delayed from 500 until 530, so thankfully he told us that. We had to stand in the rain for less time, or more like sit in the truck in the rain.
We decided that we would rather go park near the transition area and wait for it to open. At 530 I decided, screw it, I needed to get out and get my stuff going. I was going to rack my bike and everything the night before, but you know, rain.
So I stood underneath a tree with my bike behind the truck and set her up. It was pretty miserable. Then we walked up to the transition area only to find out that they weren't opening up until 600. Wow. Just awesomse. So I stood in the rain for another 20 minutes until it magically stopped!
They let us in and I finally got to set up transition. Which takes me like 5 minutes, I don't know why it takes people so long he set up transition. I put my shoes in a bag just in case it decided to start raining again, which would cause problems later. the socks for running debate is never ending.
So fast forward to the swim start. I was in wave 7. we were supposed to start at 6:53 but because of the rain delay , the first wave didn't start until 715, so I started at 7:25. it was a time trial format for everyone but the Elite athletes.
When I finally got to take off, I had it out for the first buoy. there were to large tetrahedron buoys that were the markers for turning hand about five littler Bouys as guide marks. I exited the water in a new PR for the Olympic distance swim. next was the bike.
So we started off on a bike and went about 6 miles over some nice rollers until we reach the turnaround. after the turn around we headed to the battle for the bluff, now this was a hill. the climb was over a mile long at an average grade of 9%. I averaged about six and a half miles per hour all the way up the hill. needless to say I was happy when it was over. we climbed for about 5 more miles until around mile 17 then we finally got to descend back into transition area. Winona is kind of a valley city, so we climbed out and then descended back in. back to mile 17 where the downhill descend was awesome. I think my max speed going down the hill was 42 miles per hour. I had my hands on the hood and my chin on my water bottle not in the aero bars the whole time unlike some people. I just like the feeling of going so fast but I still want to be able to run. coming back to the park where the transition area is I ate my second gel and got ready to dismount my bike. it was a fast T2, I don't understand why some people put all their stuff on in transition it take so long. my shoes and socks and hat and race bib we're in that little plastic bag so I decided to screw the socks and run barefoot in my shoes. and I was off on the run.
I took off unusually fast and ran at 6:36 mile for the first mile. I then settled into my pace and ran around a 705 the rest of the time. I was very pleased with my run performance because my overall split time was 654 per mile. that was the fastest 10k I'd ever ran, open or race. I saw a couple friends on the run course which is always fun. I ran a new PR I swam a new PR, and biked well.
I got 2nd in my 20 to 24 age group. and got a cool metal and stone trophy. Next race is RochesterFest. June 21st
See you then!
Catch me if you can.
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