This morning was my second sprint tri this pregnancy. I am now over 17 weeks and still feeling quite good. The course for this race is significantly more challenging then the race a couple of weeks ago. The location can be very hot and windy at times. Johanna and I were praying that it would not be 100F today... We got our wish. We woke up and it was RAINING! It rarely rains in Denver - in fact this is the second Saturday of the entire summer that we have had rain. At first I was nervous about riding my bike on slick roads however once I got out there and it was only misting, there was no way I was not going to race.
I squeezed into my wetsuit - thankfully this will be the last time I wear that horrible thing this year. I have a hard enough time getting into it normally let alone when I am gaining weight! I felt like a cabbage roll... As we waited for the person by person swim start (5 seconds apart) it started pouring. We were miserable and could not wait to get into the water so we could warm up. The water was super choppy so when you went to breathe you would drink a mouthful of water instead. It was only a 500 yard swim so it was over very quick (~12 mins).
T1 was humorous. They had wetsuit strippers so these 2 girls about 13 years old are trying to peel me out of this rubber suit! Lovely. I then wasted time getting my jacket out of my backpack, trying to get it on, and then deciding not to wear it because it had stopped raining. Yeesh I could have been much faster there...
I finally start the bike. The course is very hilly and on the first hill I dropped my chain. I was so annoyed when the 5 ladies I had just passed, I flew past me as I fixed my chain. Then I could not get into my large chain ring. I just decided that I was not supposed to go as fast as I could on the bike - and I was ok with it. On the second half of the bike I finally coaxed my chain into the large chain ring and started to make up some time. I thought the course was only supposed to be 12 miles but according to my bike computer it was over 14 - not a big deal but still...
The run was fun actually. The course was also slightly hilly which makes it a little more interesting. My running has gotten slower since the pregnancy but I was faster on this course then the last one - I averaged 9:10 minute miles.
My final time was 1:38:22 which I was happy with. Johanna did not do the last tri with me. She and I are ultra competitive and I was positive she beat me with all the mishaps I had. We compared our unofficial times and I believe I beat her by 20 seconds :)
This is my last tri for the season. I need to figure out what to tackle next...
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