Race Reports/Encouragement/Kudos for July 9 - 13

[Big Vic]

Wednesday, July 9th

9 - windwalker (Dave) Sunset 5K; Bowling Green, KY

Friday, July 11th

11 - wellesleyprincess () St. Jude's 5k, Florence, AL
11 – Jacobsmommy11002 () – Kennebunk Free Library 5K, Kennebunk, ME

Saturday, July 12th

12 – MiaBands (Michelle) – Tri for Fun, Sacramento, CA

Sunday, July 13th

13 - disneybelle (Darcey) Philadelphia's Women's Triathalon; PA (750m swim, 17 mile bike, 5K run)
13 – scoolover (Scott) Sailfest 5K, New London, CT
13 - Stitch lover Sith (Erin) Mussleman Half-Iron Tri; Geneva, NY (Swim 1.93 kms/Bike 90.12 kms/Run 21.08 kms)
13 - tinkerbell of winter (Christine) Boilermaker 15K; Utica, NY

:jumping1: GO! WISH Team GO! :jumping1:

[Big Vic]

WWDave - I apologize for missing your race date. How'd you do?

[RedDragon]

Good luck everyone!!!!

[TnTsParty]

Good luck WISH team!!! You guys ROCK

[Tiger Lily 03]

Go WISH Team! Have fun!
WWDave, I hope to hear that you did indeed have fun!

[BamaEd1]

Have fun y'all!!!!

[escape]

Go, WISHers, GO!

Lots of Tri's going on this weekend. Goodluck everyone! Hope the weather cooperates for ya!

[princessrunner]

BEST OF LUCK WISH TEAM!!
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[twoWDWfools]

Go WISH Team Go!
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Everyone have a great time out there!

[wfloyd]

Go WISH team!!!:cheer2: Good luck with all the races.

Bill

[FatElvis]

Good luck everyone! Can't wait to hear the reports!

[Caseydilla]

Best of luck, WISHers! :banana:

[wellesleyprincess]

So today was my first race.

I made the classic rookie mistake of starting out waaaaaaay too fast. I hit my personal best of an 7:50 1st mile; however, it resulted in the worst side stitch ever and walking a significant portion of the second mile. Lesson learned.

It was also still 90 degrees (at least via heat index) at 7 pm. Not good.

I finished right around 31:30. This was a small town race so there was nothing but gun time and my watch. I placed second my age group, but overall results aren't out yet. All and all it was a great learning experience and I'm proud of myself for completing it.

[JacobsMommy11002]

I too ran my first race today! I was absolutely petrified going into it. I am NOT a fast runner by any stretch. I usually average anywhere from 13-14 mpm. Also, although the course was advertised as "flat", that is highly debateable. A fairly large portion of it involved a gradual uphill....not huge, but enough to make it a challenge. We couldn't find a babysitter, and since it was a run/walk, they said DH could push the kids in the double jogger as long as he stayed out of other peoples way. He did that and managed to finish while pushing 100 lbs extra in 26:26! WTH??? Anyhow...I started out pretty good for me. Got through the first 2 pretty easy, and then I had to take a small walk break. Started running again, and finished in 43:12. It wasn't chipped, and it took us about 20 seconds (by DH's watch) to get to the start line. So really it was more like 42:52. But I did it! We are definately signing up for the race again next year...it was fun, my first, and they had a fabulous goody bag with tons of stuff in it! The only downside is the shirt has the Stop and Shop logo on the back...which is almost enough for me to not wear it...but I'll deal, since its my first race shirt.

I got a PM from Erica from Maine saying she'd be at the race, too. I looked for her and never saw her. So Erica, I tried!

[MouseDogMom]

WellesleyPrincess - Great job! :cool1: It's hard not to make that mistake the first time (or the second time, or the third time...) Our group director told us this morning that if you feel comfortable after the first mile, you're going too fast!

Johanna - Congratulations! :banana: You did a great job too. And what an amazing finish for DH too!

Jackie

[dsnyfan21]

Welleslyeprincess and Johanna: CONGRATS TO YOU BOTH!!!!

[Tiger Lily 03]

First race congratulations!

Welleslyeprincess, good job!

Johanna, good job!