Friday, November 19, 2010

Timberman 70.3

It's been a while since my last post...I was so busy racing I didn't have time to write and then I was so happy to be done the last thing I wanted to do was write! I guess I'll just start where I left off.....Timberman 70.3
It was not not the race I was expecting. I was a little more than disappointed with my performance. I still don't know what really went wrong. I felt great in the swim. No SIPE. I kept my power exactly where it was suppose to be and followed the plan to the "T" both pace wise and nutritionally. Despite that, I had terrible cramps about 15 miles in on the bike. I've never had cramps on the bike!! Maybe it was the hills? I'll never know but they continued and when I hit the run they we're brutal. The last couple miles of the run I could have sworn I had picked up the pace. I thought I had finally gotten a rhythm going. I looked at my watch only to see > 9 min pace. At first, I thought there was something wrong with the GPS. My perceived effort was telling me I was running at least 7 min mile.... maybe it was the tree cover. But no, not so....my perception was so askew I was truly running 9:45's. It just hurt so bad it felt like 7:00's.
Oh well..... Like it or not, The first one is in the book.
The best part of the race was staying with friends and teammates. We rented a fabulous house for the week and we all just had a great time. I had the pleasure of meeting a Power-Tri teammate Mr. James Lawrence who by the way is now the official world record holder for the most 70.3's in one season.....22!! He does it all to help build dams in Africa. You can check out his website www.triandgiveadam.com
Great guy!! I can't wait to see what he does in 2012. He's planning to break the world record for the most Full IM's in one season. One month he will have to do four in a row....Ouch!!
Thanks to all my friends and family who donated almost $1000 for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Those donations also allowed me pre and post race access to my own private bathroom. Let's not kid ourselves people, we all know this was a huge motivator! But as I was sitting in that deluxe private port-o-potty, I looked around at all the pictures. Sweet innocent children whose last wishes were being granted...It brought tears to my eyes.

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The beginning.... Back in Nov 05 I was probably the most out of shape I'd ever been in my life. I really wanted to change my body. I wouldn't even wear shorts. I thought my legs were too fat. I ordered an exercise program I saw on an infomercial called The Firm. It arrived the week of Thanksgiving. The day it arrived my husband happened to be home and when I got home from work I got an earful. "Why did you order that? You'll never use it! It's just a waste of money." That's all it took!! I made a commitment to myself to start the day after Thanksgiving. All week he kept taunting me.. " When are you going to start? I told you it was a waste of money ".... blahh ..blahh..blahh. Well, the day after thanksgiving I started and haven't stopped. I did it three times a week.... and I never missed a day.....no matter what. I don't mean to make him sound un-supportive. He's really my biggest fan. He's been a competitive cyclist for years and that spring I told him I was thinking about getting a bike so I could start riding a little. I think within an hour we were leaving the bike shop with my new bike and helmet. More to come...stay tuned.