Well, the Gomez household was up early this morning heading out to my race. Our kids are such good sports in the early morning.
The masses. This race was a real stretch for me. However, most of the people at the race seemed to be real serious triathletes. The car parked near me in the parking lot had a license plate that said "IRONMAN" So I realized that I was a small fishin a really big pond. But I just kept reminding myself that I wasn't competing against them, and I was just there to finish and maybe reach my goal (under three hours)
All the men are here in blue caps. Most of the competitors were men, about 270 to only 70 women.
The olympic distance races take a while, so Felix was good in that he brought their sand toys. It was low tide as well which really helped.
A huge thanks to my friend Ann who came out just to cheer me on this morning. And of course, without Felix, I would not have been able to train at all for this race OR see my smiling children cheering me on as I competed. Watching two two year olds amongst the comotion of a race for four hours is tough. Thanks so much!
I didn't make my goal time. I realized that I wouldn't when I had three miles left to run. So I just decided to run well and finish well. I felt really good on the race, passed a lot of walkers on the run, so I think my preparation paid off, maybe my goal was a bit too high. And anyway, there's always next year right? (well maybe....)
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