It was freezing cold. Freezing cold. Had trouble putting helmet, etc. on after the swim. The sun had come out at the beginning of the day, so I opted not to put on a jacket. Bad decision. 4 laps of 20 km were brutally cold in my tri suit.
My teeth were chattering uncontrollably and I kept monitoring my core to see if I would have to drop out. I used all kinds of self talk to try and relax and get through the bike.
Felt AWESOME and strong on the fourth leg -- so good!
Run was my first race attempt with a camel back. There was one dude that had made a semi-snide comment about my camel bak as I arranged my stuff in transition before the race. You have got to hand it to the guy though -- I passed him (I didn't even know it) and he shouted "Great job!" the two times I saw him. :) By the way -- I loved having the camel bak and am definitely going to use it again!
Results: A touch faster than last year but like Sara said, "It's not indicative of your current fitness." Last year, I tapered pretty hard, this year, I raced at the end of a hardcore camp with no taper. All is good -- in fact all is great! Everything is lining up for Ironman Coeur D'Alene!!! YAY!!
I am staying in Victoria with my coach for another week to get more REAL hills in. And train, train, train.
3rd in age group -- I got a hat!! YAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next stop...IMCDA!!!! :) :) :) :)
16 comments:
Great job Julie, keep up the training we're alllllllllllllllllllllmost there!!!!
A hat. For freezing your ass off. It had better be a damn nice hat.
Congrats on the podium!!! Yay!
You are hardcore. After standing on the side of the road in the rain and wind for 4 hours for Graeme's bike race on Saturday I made the decision not to race. I do NOT do well in cold and was worried about hypothermia! Conrgats on doing the race and the 3rd place!
Nice work Julie!! A HAT!!
So when you win something at a race does that make you a pro?
And I don't think I knew you are up for IMCDA!!! How exciting! Can't wait to watch you ROCK IT out there!!!
I can almost feel how fast you typed that out!! Well done and no kidding - to go faster in a tired state - awesome!!
How does one spell ROCKSTAR!
Beth -- seriously, you made the right decision -- it was very cold, and like you said, if you have problems, Sunday would have caused serious problems.
great race lady! I am so jealous you get to stay in Vic! Enjoy!!!
Congratulations Julie!!! You are so ready for CDA. Go kick some butt!!!!
Go girl! Enjoy Victoria - we're still biking in snow here! Turned to rain though today - that's progress, yaaaay!
we used the camel backs all the time in the adventure races. great idea that! :-)
fantastic job julie!!! i'm so proud of you. you are going to ROCK imcda!!! it's a brilliant race course!
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congrats on the poduim finish!!!
Congrats, Jules. You look adorable in your new hat. Awesome! I was cold for you reading this-yuck! Way to stick it out and throw the hammer down. I guess I didn't realize you were doing C'da. GOOD LUCK. Wow you are going to kick some boo-tay!
Um, how cute are you in that picture???????!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats on such a strong race! You are just going to crush IM CDA. And I can't wait to hear all about it.
PS- glad the guy was nice when you passed him. :)
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