Short and Sweet Race Report

This is the short and sweet race report. A more detailed one will be done soon.

I think I had the BEST race experience EVER! I’m not sure, but it may because about two weeks before the race I resolved myself that I was going to continue forward progress until I finished or someone tackled me and took my chip from me. Or it could be because I had a hell of a day getting to Switzerland so all my bad luck was used on Tuesday leaving me with smooth sailing on Sunday.

Swim: 1:28:24
I got touched maybe five times, including the three pats to my ass that I think was someone wishing me luck. No punches, hits, swim-overs, nothing. Best swim in a long time. Just need to work on my sighting. In my defense – HEY Mr Race Director, if you’re going to make your buoys yellow, how ‘bout different color caps!!!

T1: 00:6:24

Bike: 7:14:03
This is a relatively flat course but the hills are TOUGH!!! The Beast was about 4 miles of constant steep climbing. The hill up to Forch was worse. And other then the Tour de France atmosphere Heartbreak Hill sucked the life out of me. Then I had to go around again. In Jason’s words, Lake Placid is nothing compared to this course. I have NO idea how I managed to do the course in this time.

T2: 00:7:41 – Shocked to see Jason there so we ran out of T2 together. But he dropped me when I stopped to use the potty.

Run: 5:22:24
My plan was the 10/2, walk the aid stations when I was getting food/drinks, and walk any incline. And that is exactly what I did. Caught up to Jason in our 3rd lap and we ran/walked the rest of the race.

Final: 14:18:56

No nutrition issues. No feeling of “I can’t go on”. No mental roadblocks. No real pain. No major chafing. No blisters. No stomach issues. No gear failure. Just an all-around PERFECT race.

And just a further testament to my experience, the next day, I was walking around in heels climbing about 1,000 steps in Lake Como.