In 2011 I told myself that I was not going back to race
Buffalo Springs seeing as the high for the day in 2011 was 118 degrees. We got lucky this year the temp was only
going to be just over 100 degrees.
Christine, Jason, and I set off from Colorado to Lubbock with all the
gear on Friday afternoon. The journey
was uneventful but nice to be able to drive to a race. We had a nice dinner with all the Timex crew
and rested up for the race on Sunday. I
was surprised at the number of male pros at this race, about 20 which seems
high to me for a $15k race. But no
excuses here just race my own race and see how it goes.
Race day
water temp was 75.9 degrees of course so it was wet suit legal, in hindsight I
am going to be racing any warm water race in my speedsuit from now on. The swim start was normal and I found myself
up front in the first few positions, before the first turn buoy I had already
taken my swim cap off due to the heat of
the water. I swam a little slower than I
usually do but that was simply due to the fact that I did not want to overheat
in the water. I came out of the water 3rd
or 4th I think and
headed up the hill on the bike out of T1.
The bike I feel much stronger this season than last, but this race I did
not get warmed up until the 2nd half of the bike leg. Good thing was I did not crash on one of the
technical downhill turns as I did last year.
The wind was against us at the end of the bike coming back which I felt
good on. A little wrong turn at the end
of the bike was my mistake, but I still came in to T2 in the top 7 or 8. The run was going to be hot so I started a
little too easy I think, Michael passed me at about mile 2, and went on to pass
every other male pro for the win. I was
not quite as fast as him that day, I was hot and just trudged through the
entire run. At the finish in 9th
place I was happy with the day seeing as the pro field was pretty strong, but
did not feel all that fatigued so I and think I did not leave it all on the
race course.
Swim – 22:28
T1 – 1:15
Bike – 2:19.25
T2 – 0.57
Run – 1:29.30
Total – 4:13.35
9th Place Pro divisions
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