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<\/p>\nWe found out a buddy of ours was doing his first triathlon at the Lifetime Indoor Tri, so we reswizzled our plans and decided to end our first week back with a good solid effort.<\/p>\n
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Team kit = reimbursement for the race. \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n There was zero taper for this, in fact, I was pretty darn wiped from over 10 hours before I even woke up Sunday morning.\u00a0 I wasn’t going into this as a “this is a test of my athlete worth” mindset at all.\u00a0 This was a hard effort to kick off IM training and to support a friend, that’s it that’s all.<\/p>\n It’s a good thing because I bungled a lot of the setup and things and went into both the swim and the bike frazzled.\u00a0 But overall, I’m pretty happy with the day.<\/p>\n It started with sleeping in a *little* longer than I had hoped (I was up really late on Friday and my sleep schedule was a little wonkified).\u00a0 We got there with enough time but I farted around too much in the locker room, I guess, because I got to the pool and got rushed to a lane and was still putting in my earplugs with 20 seconds to go.<\/p>\n I didn’t get my garmin started properly, and I was stuck with whatever music popped on my swimp3 player (and it was EVERY SLOW SONG from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack).\u00a0 Zliten and I were sharing a lane and he started pulling away from me, but I know I go through 3 stages on a hard swim:<\/p>\n This was no exception, and at 5 minutes my form came back and I felt less like a flailing fish, and I got half a lap ahead by the end.\u00a0 Sadly, I ended up at 19 laps, which if it was a 25m pool, is pretty darn slow for me, especially at a *effort* – for example, yesterday, I swam 1:50\/100m over 30 mins and I wasn’t close to redlining like I was Sunday.\u00a0 Ah well, we’ll never know if it was me or the pool. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Swim: 10\/32 – 40 points<\/p>\n This time, I remembered how hard it was to put on a sports bra while wet, so I wore it under my swim suit.\u00a0 That was a good decision.\u00a0 I actually got out before Zliten but I waited for him and we walked up together and they were like OK, get your bikes set up go go go go and I did.<\/p>\n I got going and tried to start up my phone with my kick ass turkey trot playlist… and since I haven’t used it since then, for the life of me, I couldn’t find the music app.\u00a0 I asked Zliten but he didn’t remember either.\u00a0 I spent the first 5 minutes cycling looking for my playlist and cursing (sorry random guy next to me), until I finally gave up and listened to Spotify.\u00a0 I had to keep hunting and pecking for songs on my Most Played playlist.\u00a0 I listened to Rise twice, Dirt off your Shoulder three times, Bad Habit twice… but it worked better than nothing.<\/p>\n As a product of being a little angry and also all the bike training lately, I was able to push a decent amount of watts and ended the 30 minutes with 10.4 miles.\u00a0 I figured there was NO WAY I beat Zliten but he only got 9.1.\u00a0 I actually went back and looked at 2015’s results and I would have been 1st place female overall by far with that bike so I’m pretty stoked.\u00a0 Oddly enough, if you focus on something, you get decent at it.\u00a0 Who knew?<\/p>\n Bike: 1\/32 – 51 points<\/p>\n We had a little break getting set up on the treadmills and Zliten helped me find my playlist.\u00a0 Whew.\u00a0 I was honestly looking forward to this part the least.\u00a0 If I’ve neglected something the most, it’s been run speed.\u00a0 My plan was to start at 6.0 and go from there.\u00a0 I started… and 6.0 was actually tough.\u00a0 Ugh.\u00a0 And then my playlist failed after one song.\u00a0 Let this be a reminder to check your equipment before every race!<\/p>\n I’m might have had a little boost if I wouldn’t have had to expend the mental energy dealing with my music, but let’s face facts.\u00a0 Last week, I’ve did a 11 mile run and an almost 4 hour TT bike ride, my longest swim in a while, plus a bunch of other stuff.\u00a0 My run game is not especially strong right now.\u00a0 I hung on and ended with 2.08 miles in 20 minutes (9:36 pace), and my heart rate was at 175-180 which is my redline heart rate, so I did all I could.<\/p>\n Run: 9\/32 – 32 points<\/p>\n It was a solid hour of sprint triathloning, and great way to kick off tri training, and the start of a great day.\u00a0 I came home, and ate all the things, and actually even passed the heck out for an hour after stretching and rolling.\u00a0 Appropriately enough, I dreamed about biking.<\/p>\n And… after waiting for 3 days for results – I got 3rd overall!\u00a0 I’m pretty excited about that, and it proves that the bike matters the most. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Save<\/span><\/p>\n\n