(photos: the swim, Ken's finish(Ken is not the blue guy-one behind :), Peace sign on bike, Mary feeling the heat, Mary's finish, eating)
Thanks Rick for the photos including the lizard!
MAYSVILLE May 26.
Buffalo Trails MultiSport Triathlon/Duathlon in Maysville found Ken and me feeling good about our training and how far we have come from 2 years ago when we did this same event. This was evident in our swimming approach. 2 years ago had us on the barge in the back of the pack and we did not jump in the water to the very last! This year – we jumped in with the first group. I knocked 3-4 minutes off my swim time and 21 minutes off my bike time! The Big Hiney Hill found both Ken and I passing other cyclists and they saw our Big Bad Hineys! The weather was perfect. It did get hot on the run as there is no shade and I felt like a lizard on a hot rock. I passed one runner (a guy and younger than me and that is always good for my ego!!)
The food was great-Applebee’s catered and we ate sandwiches, baked beans and cole slaw and my favorite post race drink- Mt Dew! The day was not over; we drove back to Lexington and rode from Masterson Station Park another 28 miles. Lots of fellow cyclist from the Horsy 100 and they must have been Northerners because they were not very friendly and finally Ken and I quit saying Hey to them! Maybe they were just tired. Wait – we were tired too and we were friendly!
I am getting nervous about this Ironman. To the point I am crying! I think I have been very naïve about the whole event, kind of like how I was when I started working with 2 year old horses in training at Spendthrift Training Center - I did not know they could hurt you so I was handling horses that I should not have been handling since it was my very first horse job ever.
I just read that an IM past participant said that the swim is a "blender" of arms and legs. Blender! All I can think of is the puree cycle.
Good video:
http://www.nasports.com/mediacenter/fordvideo/fordvideo.php
Buffalo Trails MultiSport Triathlon/Duathlon in Maysville found Ken and me feeling good about our training and how far we have come from 2 years ago when we did this same event. This was evident in our swimming approach. 2 years ago had us on the barge in the back of the pack and we did not jump in the water to the very last! This year – we jumped in with the first group. I knocked 3-4 minutes off my swim time and 21 minutes off my bike time! The Big Hiney Hill found both Ken and I passing other cyclists and they saw our Big Bad Hineys! The weather was perfect. It did get hot on the run as there is no shade and I felt like a lizard on a hot rock. I passed one runner (a guy and younger than me and that is always good for my ego!!)
The food was great-Applebee’s catered and we ate sandwiches, baked beans and cole slaw and my favorite post race drink- Mt Dew! The day was not over; we drove back to Lexington and rode from Masterson Station Park another 28 miles. Lots of fellow cyclist from the Horsy 100 and they must have been Northerners because they were not very friendly and finally Ken and I quit saying Hey to them! Maybe they were just tired. Wait – we were tired too and we were friendly!
I am getting nervous about this Ironman. To the point I am crying! I think I have been very naïve about the whole event, kind of like how I was when I started working with 2 year old horses in training at Spendthrift Training Center - I did not know they could hurt you so I was handling horses that I should not have been handling since it was my very first horse job ever.
I just read that an IM past participant said that the swim is a "blender" of arms and legs. Blender! All I can think of is the puree cycle.
Good video:
http://www.nasports.com/mediacenter/fordvideo/fordvideo.php
posted by Mary @ 12:46 PM
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