Whoo, hoo! Race #1, complete….and I’m still alive.
Well, today was it! what an exciting experience. wowee! I ranked 148 out of just over 200 individuals…eek. wish it could’ve been better, but but but, my rank at the swim split was 104. I got in front of the crowd in my wave… I decided that I would bust it a little to get out in front during the swim, as it is my stronger discipline. In fact, I caught up with the trailing first womens (experienced) wave as I neared the exit of the water… Now that was cool, coming out of the water for the first time, people cheering, hearing my number 28! being called out as I ran across the time mats… and it was also a nice thing to get to Transition 1 and see a TON of bikes still on the racks….. alright! I thought I can live with THAT! SWEET… slipped into my bike shoes sans socks, pulled off the speedo, and rode the bike in my tyr tri bikini… very cool cause it has built in padding, and I didn’t have to worry about putting on more clothing… Okay, the bike… YIKES! that was killer, HOWEVER very enjoyable too. I sure did get passed alot.. the distance was 16 miles.. my split time was just over 63 minutes… um, that hybrid is a heavy frame… oh wait am I coming up with excuses here? well okay, i’m sure with more experience and a faster bike in the future, I’ll be able to cut the bike time down…. but the most difficult transition is going from bike to running! OMG! I had no idea… I got out of T2, started jogging, and I just thought I was going to die… I ended up walking a major portion of the first half of the run… damn it! I was pissed because I’d been working so hard at accomplishing running 3 miles straight in my training, but it is a totally different “animal” when you’ve just biked your ass off for 16 miles… So, I ran most of the second loop… came in at a total time of approximately, 1:50:50…. I will post my official times and ranks once the results are posted on the website….
Ha ha, now we’re considering registering for the sprint tri in Jacksonville on June 14th…. so much fun, and I’m sure I will only get better with each race…
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Whoo, hoo! Race #1, complete….and I’m still alive.
June 1st, 2008 3:06 pm
gatorgirlmaggiemay says:
congratulations! that is so exciting. you should be so proud of yourself! i do my first tri next sunday and am excited and nervous. awesome job!
June 1st, 2008 3:07 pm
greenking17 says:
EXCELLENT!!!!!! That is so great…glad you had fun….I cannot wait til my first one in July, now you got me wanting July to come that much quicker (i”m not ready for the swim though). Really nice work Faye! I hope you have a great day…
GK17
June 1st, 2008 5:10 pm
seashell says:
Congrats!
Jump on into that race in Jacksonville!
June 1st, 2008 7:32 pm
auggiesdad says:
sounds like someones got the race bug! Congrats TRIATHLETE! AWESOME JOB! Yes, you need to jum on the Jacksonville one, cause you need a new countdown clock.
Great Job!
June 2nd, 2008 9:30 am
andreabona says:
congratulations! thanks for sharing your experience with us. looking forward to hearing about the next one!
June 2nd, 2008 10:34 am
Brad Hefta-Gaub says:
Congrats on your race!
June 2nd, 2008 11:46 am
steve301 says:
Congratulations and great job! Now comes #2!