Instead of a bike ride this week, I competed in the Fat Rabbit Racing Triathlon yesterday with a very good result. I set a new personal record by almost 18 minutes over my previous fastest sprint triathlon time. I also learned that I need to run like I stole something if I want to finish with a respectable time in the Olympic distance triathlon I have coming up in 3 weeks. There's something about running after getting off a bike that is just impossible to me. I ended up running 11.5 miles for the 3.1 miles yesterday, and will have to run 6.2 miles in the race on 7/19.
The real story of the day yesterday was Jenni's performance. I talked Jenni into this triathlon on the way to Cincinnati in May where she was running the Flying Pig Marathon, and her stress level has been in the red since about it since that day. Well yesterday, she did exactly what I said she was going to do. She finished in 1:35:30 (almost 3:50 faster than me) and got 3rd in her division. When I told her we needed to stay around for the awards presentation because she could win something she didn't believe me, until they called her name...
Now it's back to a lot of running, a lot of bike, and some swimming to get ready for the triathlon in a few weeks, and Pelotonia in August.
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