UCSB 2008

This past weekend was all about Triathlon for some of my teammates and I. Richard and I got up in the dark to get up to Oceanside to watch many of our friends and teammates race the Oceanside 70.3 Half Ironman. After the race we left from Chris' house in Oceanside and drove to Ventura where 8 of us stayed at my family's house. Richard and I left Chris to rest is weary legs and went on a short run around the orchards before dinner. We had a BBQ when the second car coming from San Diego arrived. The next morning it was our turn to race.

I feel okay about this race, but partly because the race I'm comparing it to is Cal Poly last weekend.

I had a good swim coming out of the water 6th or so. My bike was mediocre. I was running in my new Zoot shoes, that I bought for a little run inspiration. (I'm not proud of spending that much money on a shoe.) I felt very good about the run split for a short time, until we figured out that the course was very short, and I saw how fast other people had run.

I have very few BG details for this race. But I got into T1 and wasn't able to test, getting "Err 2" AGAIN! Then, to be honest I forgot to put my pump on in T1, making the decision not to go back and get it since it was a sprint distance race. I wouldn't have bolused anyway, but not having the basal rate going on the bike led to my BG of 230 heading into the run. I bolused 1 unit when I put my pump on in T2, however boluses take time to have an effect and the run was only 3 miles. If I had the pump on from T1 on, there may have been more insulin on board for the end of the bike, and run. But I did leave the race encouraged that maybe I was learning to run off the bike again since it didn't feel like I was running at 230, I felt better than I would have expected.

I was 6th overall, and we won the collegiate women's race (Amanda and Darlene going 1,2) and were 2nd as a team with men and women combined.
Photos by Chris Burnham