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Duanerice said:Great story Richard. You should be proud, not just of the story but for your recovery.
Betsy, finally get top swim! That is going to feel so good. Or hurt, who knows
John, I missed you at the start. Everyone looked the same with their red caps.
I had a great 2/3 of the race. Swim was real good, bike was solid but the run was terrible. Started to get nauseas around mile 40 on the bike so I ended up a little short on nutrition. Started the run and I’d go a couple hundred yards and feel like I was going to get sick. I’d have to walk for lord knows how long until I felt better. Run a short time then walk a while. This was for the first two laps only taking water and a bit of Perform. It was brutal, especially seeing everyone pass me. By the 3rd lap I was finally starting to feel better and had a much better lap.
It was disappointing because I really wanted to do good in this race. Last year was a touch race too and I wanted revenge. We’ll there is always next year. I’ve had enough good races in the last year, I guess 1 bad one is not the end of the world.
I have a few sprints this summer but nothing big until Austin 70.3 in October.
Take care all,
Duane
First rule of triathlon, theres no such thing as a good bike followed by a bad run. Means you pushed too hard on the bike. having said that and despite it being the first rule its the second most common thong said after a tri. The first is, the swim was too long, not measured right. Lol. We love to make excuses. My personal favorite excuse I hear more and more is, this is training for my A race.