I have not run in two months, but I have over 15 years of triathlon experience, so I figure, I can survive a 3.1 mile run race. The bike is a 15 mile Time Trial and the swim is .75 mile. My strategy is to go out strong on the swim and stay with the front guys. Then hammer the bike and make some time. Then hold on for dear life on the run and try not to get caught.
Night before the race we get an email from the race promoter; Swim Canceled. Bad water quality. Instead, they are substituting a one mile opening run to the race. Now it is a a 4.1 mile run. Uh oh…but I learned the lessons of Thursday's Sea Otter debacle and decide, no excuses. I am racing!
First mile is fast and five or six guys get away from me. I run a 6:25 mile, but those guys ran about 5:20. I have some work to do. I hammered the bike. Not sure on average speed yet, but it was about 22 to 23 mph for the TT. I moved into first place at the end of the bike.
Final run hits and one guy goes by me pretty fast. I start to question if I can hold on, but again refer back to the lessons learned. I hang on for 2nd place. Feel much better about myself and get a cool beer glass and a large bottle of IPA for the effort. By the way, the awards were handed out by Becky LaVelle, who is a big time pro triathlete and top Hawaii Ironman finisher. So that was cool too!
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