Saturday White Sands Tri (sprint)

Started out friday afternoon to Panama City Beach after loading all the gear. Unloaded everything and then headed to a swim meet....swim meet got over late....got home and was laying and checking everything....bike tire is flat... (ok bike tire was flat this am but i pumped it and went on a nice 60 min ride, didnt think much more about it) hubby is pissed!!!
Take tire off and inspect the tube. small hole at the valve. Tube sold as a replacement is to big... hate great bicycle shop in tallahassee!! so now we are patching tube at 930p before the race. so far so good

Saturday am 0515 am wake up...tire still has air...WOOHOO!!
Get all gear together, eat, and head to Spinnaker...Bikes to transition

Ready to hit the water

The weather has held up and not supposed to hit til about noon....But the water has a lot of waves...not flat like my practice swim..but oh well. did a little warm up to get used to it. And ready to go.....

(Side note: I promised my friends if I made it out of the water I would stop and pose like super woman and I did...very thankful it all went very well. no i am not Michael Phelps nor do i care to be. I stayed focused and felt very calm and happy in the water. Speed will come or it wont. But I did not drown)

I walked up the sand hill to the transition area so i didnt spike my HR before the bike. And this worked well for me. The bike I felt strong and solid. Need to get a little basket type thing (will post a pic when I get it) to hold my power bar chomps in so i can grab and chew easily. The gu taped to my bike worked well. Took it about mile 6 on the bike. Had a headwind going down the circle and tailwind coming back. Did 3- 5 mile loops. Felt good in aero and was able to have a nice run getting off the bike. 

To finish the race with my family and friends there was incredible. My oldest son ran me into the finish line and my hubby came back to see my finish my first open water Sprint Triathlon!! Such an amazing experience!! Addicting in so many ways!! Can not say enough about endurance racing. Conquer all your fears and do one!!

Gulfwinds Tri suit worked amazingly well, TYR hurricane wetsuit is a pain to put on but worked perfectly. Nike Pegasus Shoes with Lace locks made for a great quick transition. Just dont lock the laces to tight!!! 

Looking forward to a good training week til next weekend!! Beach Blast Olympic Triathlon!!! Almost double the distance on the swim, 10 more miles on the bike and double the run!!

results are here....

http://www.warriorracetiming.com/WST2012%20AG%20Results%20SPLITS.pdf

My splits were: Swim 18.11 

T1 1.22

bike 54.19 @ 18.78 MPH

T2 0.56

Run 26.43 @08:37 per mile for total of 1:41:31

Hubby's Splits were: Swim 13.16

T1 2.23

Bike 46.34 @ 21.9 MPH

T2 1.33

Run 24.55 @08:02 per mile for total of 1:28:41