The Lazy Triathlete

Probably the world's laziest triathlete. Trying desperately to become more motivated.

Sep 28

Season’s End

by Becka

Well…the good news is that the half-marathon training has been going a LOT better than the blogging. Some new running shoes & fancy running clothes have helped motivate me to keep up with the training. And having a treadmill for late-night & bad weather runs is a huge help too.

A quick look back on this past summer – there were lots of firsts! My first pool-swim triathlon. My first Olympic-distance tri. And my first triathlon as a member of a team – the Title 9.

Did I train enough? No. Am I working to correct that? Yes I am. I’ve been running 2-3 times a week, and doing some calisthenics on my off days. I’ve got 99 days until the Disney Half, and I’m going to make them count…and hopefully blog more too.

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Oct 23

How does it all end??

by Becka

Crossing the Line

Victory!

I finish & feel amazing! I don’t trust my watch to have timed it accurately, but the main clock was right around 2 hours when I crossed. Since I was in the 5th wave, I knew that I had beat my goal of under two hours. My boyfriend (at the time, now fiance) took some great shots of me. I feel awesome & euphoric for the rest of the day, and I know that I’m totally hooked.

Official Finish Time: 1 hour, 31 minutes, 4 seconds

Rank Among Other “Newbies” (first year of competing): 88/241

Overall Rank: 274/525

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Oct 23

The dreaded run…

by Becka

Joy of all joys, I made it through the first two part of the tri. Now just 5 kilometers stands between me & the finish line. Oh, and I can’t forget to mention the the run course starts with the exact same hill as the bike course. Awesome…

Having the crowd along that first hill was indispensable in keeping me motivated. The cheering was nice, but mostly I didn’t want to embarrass myself in front of these people by walking up the hill. So off I ran.

The run was definitely the hardest for me, as expected. “Make forward progress” was my mantra, and keeping up with the 13-year-old running near me was my motivation. The course was hillier than I had trained for, and included some off-road running which was a little unexpected. My bloody toe wasn’t an issue, but my wet socks were! They scrunched down in my shoes, exposing my heel directly to the shoe & causing chafing. That started around the 1-mile mark.

The people along the course (both running & cheering) really helped to keep me moving. When I finally saw that 3-mile marker, I just kicked it up and aimed for the finish line.

Final run split: 32 minutes, 49 seconds (hey, not to shabby for this girl!)

Rank of that time with entire field: 374

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Oct 23

T2

by Becka

Coming in to the second transition, I felt awesome – like I knew what I was doing & that I had a bit of a plan on getting through the transition. I also was terrified of doing the run…but knew it was the only thing keeping me from my goal of becoming a triathlete.

Racked my bike, tore the gloves off & switched shoes. I felt like I was flying through the transition. Part of me wanted to take a few seconds to catch my breath, but I had so much adrenaline that I just kept moving. I was up & on to my wobbly legs & out the gate…

T2 Official Time: 1 minute, 24 seconds

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