Summer gone and two weeks until race day

 Um, so where did I leave off? Remember how I said my run just felt hard and I thought it was just the let down of a post race feeling? Nope. COVID. So that explained a lot. It was a very mild case overall. Stuffy nose, one terrible morning of coughing, and otherwise nothing much (other than that terrible run). 

Just after my isolation period ended, I had Tri Goddess Tri on the calendar. I went into the race after basically two weeks of not working out and zero expectations. I signed up for it truly because I wanted the jersey, and so I reminded myself of that as I prepared that day. I was very happy with the outcome of the race. This was the first race I have done twice and so I could compare last year to this year and see progress.

2021: Swim 24:05 / T1 2:41 / Bike 38:04 / T2 1:02 / Run 28:29

2022: Swim 19:27 / T1 1:51 / Bike 24:03 / T2 wasn't recorded / Run 30:52

The improvement on the swim and bike really made my day. The run wasn't my best but thats okay. Shaved 8 minutes off my 2021 time :)

After that race, it was time to truly start building for the main event. Somehow weekend after weekend I mostly got the work done and enjoyed it mostly also. Its hard to believe that two weeks from now it will be over. I am feeling all kinds of things. I am excited for it to get here. I am terrified I won't finish somehow (this is more because of things like mechanical failures on the bike or some kind of something going terribly wrong, not because I cannot physically do it). I am nervous for what the after feelings will be (not the immediate after but the few days after when I don't have anything specific to train towards). 


I thought I would have more to say but I have been sitting here for several minutes and just nothing is coming haha. Maybe I will try again in a few days :) But if not, I will definitely write after the race :)


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