Well.....we came, we saw, we kicked some ass! The Keeney girls all finished the race. Am I bitter that my little sister who smokes and hardly trained at all got the same time as me?.....................a little. The weather was perfect. I had my personal trainer with me for one last day. And my mom was on baby duty which was very helpful. There are no excuses for anything. I went there with the goal of just wanting to finish.....check. I wanted to do it without being dead last.......check. I wanted to finish in under 2 hours..........check. so why do I feel like I could have done better? I may have to do this again next year just to beat myself.
Things that I could have done differently.
1. no stopping to pee in the porta potty. I was just starting my run and debating weather or not to pee myself or slip into the porta and pee. That would save a minute or so.
2. I might put regular pedals on the bike so I don't have to change shoes. My transitions were ridiculously long cuz I had to change shoes twice and of course I didn't have them untied, lock laces, etc. That's another 2-4 minutes of transition times right there.
3. I would not run in spandex alone! That's just too much jiggling for me. I never felt like I got into a groove with my running cuz I was tugging at my shorts trying to cover more skin.
4. I needed to do more Brick workouts prior to the race. I felt like I was running on tree stumps. practice ,practice, practice.
Now I'm not sure what my goals are. I've been focusing on this one event for so long.......now what? I need a goal or I don't make working out a priority. I am captain excuse maker.
1. I think I will focus on running for now and cross train a little with swim, bike, plilates. Maybe try to get a PR for the berbee derby this november (5K).
2.I would like to shoot for finishing the Crazy Legs Classic(8k) in April '09.
3.Possibly do a 10K at some point next summer.
4. But for sure do the Danskin with my sisters again. Only this time make it a girls weekend. It was nice to have my family and mom there, but that couldn't have been much fun for them. Lots of standing around being our Sherpa's.
PS. My personal trainer officially quit so I'll have to figure out how to do all of this alone. :(
