Tuesday, May 3, 2011

This sport is good.
One of my favorite things about triathlon is the camaraderie and friendship. I recently met a new friend, Morgan, at a small race in Missouri. I absolutely love getting out of town, racing different terrain, and meeting new people. We met in transition- became instant friends-hung out after the race. That is how life should be all of the time.

Morgan grabbed 1st and I grabbed 2nd for the day. The race had the coolest chain ring trophy for the fastest female bike split, so I was completely stoked when they called my name as the winner. When splits were posted the next day, Morgan and I realized that she had beaten me on the bike by 13 seconds and was the actual "bike preme" winner. We had a good laugh, and I am going to box up that cool trophy and ship it her way. Good times, good times.

So, good race. I still can't swim, but I still love to swim so that is positive. As usual, my Achilles heel in the race as far as "racing" goes.

No bike computer- went completely by feel, which I LOVE. Hard is hard and too hard is too hard- don't need anything to tell me what that feels like. I am not riding hard at all in training, so I am never really sure what I will be able to do in a race, but everything is feeling good.

The run had some typical "Damie" characteristics...like squatting down and peeing in front of a church because I couldn't hold it anymore. Otherwise, I visualized Emma Moffatt and Emma Snowsill while running and just tried to get it done like an ITU girl. I thought it was a good effort for having logged 0000 days of speedwork since January.

Next post I will tell my big story of the past weekend, and why I am ordering a Road ID right this second. Oh, and life insurance. I am going to make sure I take care of that tomorrow as well.

:)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love that you are rawking it!

runningyankee said...

woowooo!!! way to roll thru that race. the peeing in front of the church....not sure about that one.. seems just wrong :) ha.

Anne-Marie said...

Congrats!! I love the traveling/meeting new people aspect of triathlon too.

Angela and David said...

Awesome that you met Morgan! And she is an incredible cyclist so being within 13 seconds of her is really impressive. Congrats on a great race.