Race Coverage

My First DNF...

Sunday, 20 November 2016 23:10

By Heather Lendway (heatherlendway.com)

RACINE 70.3 RACE REPORT - 1. About 30 minutes before race start they told us not to walk down the beach to the swim start.  We were soon told the race would be delayed until at least 9:30 and to go seek shelter due to an incoming storm.  While this was unfortunate I can say that the storm was intense with torrential downpours and I was happy not to be out on the bike when that rolled in.

2. The race was changed to a duathlon, completely cutting the swim, a bike shortened to 31.5 miles and the full run and we’d start at 10:20.  I had gone back to my hotel to stay...

warm and lose so I had to rush back to the race for the start.  Pros would do time trial bike start with someone going off every 30 seconds.

3. I took off in 10th so I made a goal to pick off as many girls as I could.  When I got out there the winds were insane, biking into the headwind I was putting out a good amount of power and going about 18 mph.  The crosswinds could have knocked you down at any moment so you really had to keep your head up and hold on.

4. By about halfway I had passed 5 girls in front off me and I wasn’t within a minute or so of the leaders.

5. I got off the bike feeling solid running out of “T2,” where I actually had the fastest transition of the day, which is shocking since it involves running through transition.   READ MORE