Race Coverage

Redemption Races & Antsy Tapers...

Saturday, 16 July 2016 23:10

By Erin Sontowski (bikesandcatsrightmeow.blogspot.com)

Life Time Tri - Minneapolis - My race report is a little late, but we all know how life gets in the way sometimes. Plus, I am tapering this week to get ready for Ironman 70.3 in Racine, so I haven't been as focused as I usually am anyways. Believe everything they say about taper weeks, it's all true. I am irritable, antsy, and I want to eat all the food. I can't believe I married a guy who is so calm during the shit storm that is tapering. Reason #3,999,997 why I love him.

Anyways, let's get back to the Lifetime Tri this last Saturday. Which for the record, I had to convince my coach to let me sign up for. After the trainwreck that was Liberty, I knew I needed a confidence booster...

Mike warned me that redemption races sometimes can backfire, but if you know me, you know that I was going to get my redemption one way or another. I like to say I am "strong willed", my husband would call me more "stubborn and uncompromising".

I paid my entry fee for the Sprint distance race, and I was set. A Sprint was a walk in the park compared to most of my training distances I had been doing, so that put my mind at ease for starters. While I knew I could do the distance, I had a PR in mind. The last 2 years I had come within minutes of the podium, and I wanted a spot up there this year. My bike has been improving, my swim is faster, and I know I can pull a solid run split out. READ MORE