I can't believe it! Twice!

If you've listened to the latest In Transit, then you know half of the news I'm about to tell. First off all, I did the Monster Triathlon in Keller, TX last weekend (October 15th) and I just completed the RunBiTri Triathlon also in Keller, TX this morning (October 22). Unbelieveably, for me anyhow, I placed first in my age group at both events!! Holy cow! Although they were held in the same city, these sprint tris had completely different run and bike courses and were put on by different race productions.

The Monster tri was pretty rainy, but a fun race. There was also a costume contest on the run portion, where I dressed up as a cheerleader. (see pics on the In Transit Web site. My time at Monster was 1:16:03, which was good enough for a whole minute faster than the second place woman in my category. I was very happy with my results--- improved my run to finish with just over a 9 min/mile pace. For all the details check out In Transit Show 16.

The one today was equally exciting. The RunBiTri had very similar distances to the Monster (400m swim, 12 mile bike, 5k run). Monster was the same, but the swim was 300m instead. Oh, and, according to my Garmin today's bike and run distances were actually 13 miles and 3.39 miles, so a little longer than advertised. The RunBiTri was also a reverse triathlon-- it went Run, bike, swim. I am thankful for that because it was only about 45 degrees this morning. A little too cold to be running and biking soaking wet. It was crazy though. I felt super strong on the run, a little more fatigued than usual on the bike, and the swim felt like snail-pace. Oh, and since it was so cold outside the transition from bike to swim was quite a shocker. I'm still waiting for my official results to be posted online-- so I can see how many were in my age group and what my splits were, etc. Overall, it was a challenging course, but a fun race. I'm sure Elizabeth and I will include the official times and discuss this more in the next show. I guess that's all for now.