Thirsty Thursday

The epitome of thirsty Thursday was yesterday! :)  Busy day, early morning swim, work and meetings in the AM, quick nap, and then off to the races- literally.  There was a local triathlon last night, 500m swim, 10.75 mile bike, 3.1 mile run.  It was a beautiful day, and the water was so warm I didn't need to wear a wetsuit.  That was the first time I raced without a wetsuit, and it was all kinds of wonderful!  The absence of stress of getting out of the damn thing was a beautiful thing!  Third female out of the water, 9 minutes to swim and transition out onto the bike.  The bike was excellent, the temperature perfect, I biked at about 19 mph, and felt good going into transition.  The run was hard in the start, but got better and I felt really strong the second half and was actually able to push at the end.  Bike transition and run took 32 minutes, taking transition out, probably just under ten minute miles.

What a great race, I felt so good at the end.  Looking at results today, I was 62nd overall (out of 92), 23rd in the swim, 60th in the bike and 83rd in the run.  HAHAHAHA.  What I am finding is while I have been very happy with my run times, they are a little bit of a joke when compared with the rest of the field.  Now the truth is that I am a swimmer who learned how to bike, so that is where the majority of my workouts go, but its going to be time to start working on the run a bit.  Trimming just a couple minutes would make a really big difference, we'll see if I can do that before Niantic.

The real challenge for the evening was not indeed the race, but the race and the 10 hour night shift afterwards.  Yes, that may not have been my wisest decision, but, I'll tell you, going in, I had a heck of an adrenaline rush, but I hit a major wall at 1am.  I made it through until 7, and drove home, somehow managing to stay awake.  By the time I hit the door, I was ready to hit the bed... and did! :)  As far as thirsty goes, I had stayed well hydrated all day, but during the race, didn't drink much.  As I was driving into work I drank 72 ounces of water in an attempt to catch up.  Around Midnight I had to pee so bad I couldn't even see straight :)

All in all, I made it, I did it, and I had a blast while I was at it.  What's next?  Who knows?!  But for today, I think its time for a day off- and perhaps a nap.