September 11, 2009

IM Wisconsin

Today sucked!! After sleeping about 4hrs - yes even after 35+ IM races I still get all anxious about IM races.
We got to the race site @ 5:50AM - plenty of time to get everything done before the start. Put the wetsuit on, and got ready for the race.
Swim - somehow I ended up swimming with only one other Pro - we swam next to each other for the first 1.5 loops, after that either she sped up or I was getting tired, so I just got behind her, and finished the swim. The swim felt effortless which showed in little slower time I was hoping for, but..58 minutes.
Bike - usually it takes about 5-10mi for me to get comfortable, and another 50-60mi to start feeling really good. Well today just wasn't the day. From mile 1 my legs were MIA - was trying to find them for the first 60-70mi, but it was actually getting lot worse. One of the days where you just don't have anything in them - nothing at all.
So at mile 90 (location of my home-stay) I just had to call it a day. Usually we think about it the next day, and say well - I could have - no NOT today - there was nothing.

There will be another day.