The Philly Triathlon-- well, I'd have to say it- it was a tough race for me. Those of you who follow my performances can see that I had a great swim! And a decent bike (was in 6th off the bike)!! But... what happened on the run? I think the race results has me as finishing the race with a run time of 1:12 or something like that... well- unfortunately I did not finish the race. I made it through the 3 mile mark and came into a situation where I was either going to start throwing up or have massive diarrhea. So I motioned to a USAT official and a volunteer (who graciously escorted me to the port-a-let to "due my duties") and then went straight the the med tent. I had caught a bug either earlier that morning (I remember seeing a lot goose poop floating in the water of the Schuykill River as I dove in for the warm up) or I had something working on me and it came out race morning. Bummer! I was upset at first but more relieved that I was out there running-- that could have been a disaster!! Or up on the top of my list of most embarrassing moments!
SO Philly- not so good. But did I learn something? Yes. I learned that I need to work on pacing on the swim- going hard, settling in, and going with the surges (even if it hurts A LOT!!). I also regained a new respect for every volunteer at any race- they are 110% there for YOU and more than willing to help out at any given time.
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