Congratulations DC. Great job! James
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:04 AM, david caudle <[email protected]>wrote: > The morning started out very early. The air temp was cool but warmer > then expected. Arrived at Jordan Lake at 5:45 and learned that it was > going to be wetsuit legal (yes that mad my day) Not sure how the water temp > was 75 degrees but Jason at FS Series must have found the right spot. Swim > started just a little after 7:00. I felt great on the swim and tried to > hold back just a little because I knew it was going to be a long morning. > Coming out of the water I look down at my watch to see 21 min…I thought I > was seeing things. (21:48 was the official time) It was at that point I > knew the swim course was short or either this wetsuit had a motor on it. > Either way it made me feel good. T1 was slow, but I wanted to take my > time and be sure not to forget anything and catch my breath. I figured I > could make the time up on the bike anyway. Off to the bike course. At > the race briefing Jason explained that the bike course was a little > challenging. The first 40 miles had its rollers, but there were also > some really fast sections. The last 16 miles would be very hilly and > to be sure to save your legs. Wow was he right. The first 40 were fast > and the last part was very challenging (and head wind). I even had to > drop to my small ring on 3 hills…..(I was having flash backs of the last > mountain ride I did) I did drop a bottle along the way that had G2 in it so > I was not happy about that. There were a few really bad sets of bad RR > tracks and that must be where I lost it. In on the bike in 2:37:12. Now > the fun (or torture for me) begins. The damn run…… I got all my gear and > I’m off. I quickly notice that I had dropped my salt tablets and I can > already feel my quads starting to cramp. So after a few bad words I just > keep going. At the first water station I got some coke and water and > that seemed to help. Linda was there to support me and during my ride > she said she was going to go for a run. On my way out on the run she > comes up behind and runs a little while with me. At this point she had > run like 14 of her planned 19 mile run. Not sure how friendly I was to > her since I was already really tired, but it was nice to have the company. > lol The first loop was not so bad. The run course was a little hilly and > yes I did walk more then I had planned. The second loop was tough…..but > I was able to pull it all together and get to the end. > 5:06:29/2nd in age group/17 overall/only barfed twice after I was > done/still wondering why I do this to my body > DC > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
