Subaru All Women's Tri-San Diego

I was not able to race the LA Intl. Triathlon in September because of blisters from backpacking in Yosemite...so my UCSD teammate Amanda recommended this race she was doing, saying it could be a good last race of the season. Two weeks out I decided to race here in San Diego.

The race started at 7:00 meaning it was a very early morning. My roommate Tania got up with me and we picked Richard up on our way to Mission Bay in the dark. Richard let us out near transition and parked the car. It was still pitch black. I realized I had not pumped up my tires that morning, but I was able to borrow a pump from a very nice man in the parking lot. Phew.

I got in a good warm up, probably one of the best I've done. Since the roads were already blocked off there was a nice stretch to do laps on.

My frequent Tuesday/Thursday training partner Marisa and friend and neighbor Neily were also racing, and I found Amanda on the boat ramp after warming up for the swim. I was not excited to swim in Mission Bay, and don't ever want to know the official results of water quality tests done on it...It smelled like tadpole pond water and I could still smell it on me while I was on the bike.

My family came down for the race and I saw them as I was walking to the water. It was great to have them there, and to get to spend the evening before with them celebrating my brother's birthday. After the gun went off I had been swimming for about 3 minutes and when I breathed to the right I saw a familiar large yellow sweatshirt across the bay and it was my friends Katie and Jon who had come out to cheer me on. (I was really focused, I know....) Later on Ellen was cheering for me on the ride and run. Thanks guys!

My swim was decent and my bike felt good. I came into the race thinking I wanted to ride hard, because I don't usually ride hard enough. I was able to catch some girls and I could feel that my good warm up had helped. (Many times I haven't felt warmed up until half way through the bike.) My run was horribly slow. Probably from not enough 5k training and from sugars that were too high. The section in the dirt was hard on those stabilizing muscles.

I did manage to win my age group and was 12th overall out of 385 women.

BGs:
Arive at race location: 124
drank 15 grams of juicy juice
Pre warm up: 190
Post Warm up: 165
I drank about 10gs of Juicy Juice to be safe
T1: tried to test, got an 'error' because I was so wet, and didn't test again
T2: drank 15 grams of Juicy Juice
Post Run: 320
Shouldn't have drunk the Juice in T2
An extra test would have prevented that high as I could have taken a bolus. In a race that short it is hard to make yourself test in transition when there are people so close to you. But I should have tested, it could have made my run better.


Special thanks to Mum, Dad, Alison, Shane, Richard, Tania, Ellen, Katie and Jon for being everywhere on the course, all the pictures and cheering!

Photos by Dean Ryan and Richard Armenta