New rule: Any triathlon in the rain does not count. It is to merely be looked at as a long and annoying workout. However, said rule can be revoked if, by a miracle, one manages to PR during a rainy triathlon.
I, however, did not PR at Sunday's Morgan Hill Tri.
This was a tough tough race for me. Which is strange, because this is my 4th year in a row doing it. I was very cocky before the swim, thinking that all my open water swimming in Maui a couple weeks ago would give me an advantage. But alas, no. I have not gotten the hang of swimming in a wetsuit and regulating my breathing. Plus my goggles are a piece of *&#@ and were fogged the entire time. At one point in the swim I thought it was strange that I was swimming alone. So I stopped, took my goggles off and saw I was swimming pretty much right next to the island and everyone was wayyyyy far away. I got out of the water and it was pouring! Once I got to transition I saw everything was soaked. I put one soggy sock on and just started laughing at the absurdity of it and said aloud: "Are you kidding me?" The people in my transition were not as amused.
The bike was hard for a couple of reasons. I haven't biked outside all that much. Also, biking in the rain is nerve racking. I was super cold as well. Fortunately I was wearing my Seattle to Portland Ride biking jacket to keep my top part dry. I wore it the rest of the triathlon and would look down at the logo on the arm sleeve and think to myself, "Ok, so this race may not be going so well, but I was able to ride 200 miles in one day. Don't give up Jill."
The run was hard, but I ran the first 2 1/2 miles with my friend Diane. We chatted abd ate stale Jelly Bellies. That was nice.
I had forgotten how HARD triathlons are. Isn't that strange? When I was driving home I was thinking about why it was so hard. Then it dawned on me--the last full triathlon I did was the first weekend of June of LAST year. All the other events I did were either relays or Splash and Dashes. Last summer I was in full on Seattle to Portland mind frame, so it was kind of all about the bike.
It was great coming into the finish and having all my workout buddies cheering me on. That felt nice. And the burritos at the finish were AMAZING.
So all in all, a pretty good workout (NOT RACE) yesterday. But, um, Weather--- you need to get your act together ASAP. No more of these soggy sock races again, k?
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