Strive to TRI

This is hands down the suckiest of sucky tri-seasons. What the fuck!!!!! Check back next year for a “Holy shit I kicked ass” tri season. Cause all I can do is better, right! WTF!!!!

The weekend started well. I drove out with the family saturday and picked up my Mighty Hampton race pack in Southampton. We crossed the ferry to Shelter Island and stayed at my Uncle's place since the race is Sag Harbor and Shelter Island is way closer than Mastic Beach. Saturday night I ate pasta, drank much water and electrolyte drink, went to bed early. The alarms (multiple) were set for 5 am so I could catch the 5:40 ferry to Sag Harbor. I awoke at 4:40 and just decided to get up get ready and go. Which was a good decision. I didn't get out of the house until 5:15. Now since we only have one car and the family would be joining me at the race finish I had to bike to the ferry. Not usually a big deal it's only 10 miles to the race start (it's a good warm-up). I opened the garage door and low and behold it was dark. I know, I know you say duh its 5:15 am in September but I figured the moon is high I'll be ok. But at 5:15 am it was POURING! No moon, no stars and it...

There is a lot of swearing and some gross (bodily function) parts to this recap. Delete now if you are easily offended. It all went pear shaped the night before and I never recovered. I know this sounds like this is a list of excuses... well maybe it is. It's all my fault and I take full responsibility for my crappy time. 1:43:00 ridiculous. I didn't hydrate enough sooo I'm an idiot. I couldn't fall a sleep because I was so excited for the race. I didnt get to sleep before 12. Woke up 4 am packed car and left I didn't eat enough just a peanut butter sandwich and a banana again, idiot. 6:15 Get to race. Get my period. sweet, week early. Only have slenders in bag this should be interesting. 8:30 I'm in the next wave, I'm hungry. shite no GU, I'm Fk'ed. Got in water swam 400 yards new goggles fill up. peachy. I go into transition 1 I'm right by the mount so I am pretty psyched that I don't have to run in those shoes. I mount my bike and this do...

Sunday was my triathlon I did it in 1:24:54 about four minutes faster than last year, but my swim was slower than I thought. I found myself in an underwater moshpit cause I didn't get myself to the front of the pack in time for the start. So my time suffered. About 3 minutes which is hugely disappointing. My bike was great I was passing people left and right but my run was sad. A minute slower than last year. I'm guessing the two weeks of solid wine benders had something to do with that. My next race is on Aug 24. I'll be ready for that one. MoGetch

This Fathers Day I competed in the LI Gold Coast Tri in Port Washington at Bar Beach. I slept over at Mom's with the kids so I would only have to wake up at 5 and not 4 so I could get more sleep... RIGHT. First Nora wakes up with night terrors... twice... so I had her sleep in my bed. Second, it seems all of Huntington decided to move the party scene from downtown to the former JJs parking lot behind my mom's house... until 4:30ish am. I didn't really need the 5 am alarm cause I was up and pissy. So come 5am I pack up the truck with my gear and realize I need some coffee or I'm falling asleep and going down in a fiery crash on the LIE. So what's open at 5am on a holiday sunday? Duncan Donuts of course so I in my infinite, sleep deprived wisdom I order a large coffee, two gatorades (I need to keep hydrated) and a crossaint. Breakfast of champions. I get to Bar Beach and it is next to a waste treatment plant—people neglected to tell me this, Ziggy I'm looking at...

It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining and the wind was blowing giving the 10.5 mile bike segment the notorious "Hecksher Hills" (the course is flat but the wind makes it feel like you are going uphill). The runs were a beautiful 2 miles each through the woods. I came in 184 overall out of 207 finishers. I was 18th out of 20 in my age group (since the last time I did this race I was last, was a huge improvement) I was 199th on the first run, 145th in the bike and 198th on the second run. Finishing with a total time of 1:22:07 31 minutes faster than my fall time! First run - 2 miles - 19:34 - 9:47 min mile - 6 mph average Bike- 10.5 miles - 3:55 min mile - 15.3 mph average Second run - 2 miles - 10:43 min mile - 5.5 mph average I am looking forward to my first Long Island tri of the season on fathers day. It is the Gold Coast Tri in Port Washington 1/2 mile swim, 12 mile bike, 3.1 mile run. My goal is to do it in 1:28:00. Training is going well for the Mighty Hampton Ol...

Here are my race results for my latest TRI. (1/2 mile swim, 15 mile bike 3.1 mile run) I did the Newport Beach Sprint TRI in LA with jetlag and 5 hours of "is it time to get up" sleep. I beat the 2 hour goal I made for myself and finished 6th in my division. Helena and JD were troopers up at the crack of early to cheer me on and make sure I didnt run with my helmet! Natascha made it for the after race party at the beach. (THANKS GUYS xoxoxo!!!!) I had a great time. Newport is beautiful and I was constantly catching myself looking out over the bay, at the distant mountains, covered in flowers, saying "ooooooh pretty" and riding like I was taking Nora to the beach instead of in a race then I would snap out of it and dig in and ride hard then some weird bird I never saw before would fly by and I would be distracted again.... such is life as an adult with borderline ADD. The rest of my trip was fantastic. Helena had a BBQ at her house in Pasedena which was great since I...

I finished my first race of the season the prospect park duathlon last Saturday. 5k run, 14 mile bike, 5k run. I was last AGAIN (I kinda suck at duathlons -- I need the swim to get an edge). BUT I finished before they closed the race so that's new. I placed 104 out of 140 that signed up so I like to think I beat all the people that wussed out. I ran a 12 min mile on the first 5K. I am pretty happy with that time since I wasn't able to train all February because of the shingles and bronchitis. I placed 66th in the bike (14 miles with 4 killer hills) so the new bike and professional fitting really helped. I did a 4 min mile. I was able to pick up some ground there. I'll get faster as I get used to the bike. It was FREEZING I couldn't feel my toes after the ride. I ran a 17 min mile on the last 5K. Which is not exactly accurate. One, I started my run with my helmet on... NO ONE SAID ANYTHING!!!! Until mile 2 some guy said "better safe than sorry huh!" and I was...