Two years ago when I did this half, I came in at 7:20:37. This year, I was hoping for 7 hours. (They say you should be able to do a full in twice your half plus an hour, and I'm hoping for a 15-hour full.) When we found out that the swim was canceled, I adjusted my goal to 6 hours.
My official bike split was 2:38:21, better than the 3 hours I'd hoped for, and remarkably faster than my 3:26:25 from 2009! My run was a lot slower at 3:12:01, compared to 2:49:36 last time, but, yeah. We've talked about that... I still finished in 5:55:21! If we'd swum, I would have finished in a little less than 6:45, even with my crappy run, which makes me happy. Yep, I'm very pleased overall, just worried about the run in Florida...
Today, I'm super sore. I knew my feet and everything would still hurt, but I was a little surprised to see how sore my muscles were, too, when I got out of bed! (O.k., well, technically I'm still in bed, but I have gotten up briefly to use the bathroom...) I don't know why I'm surprised; I guess I just forgot what this feels like! I don't think I felt quite this bad last time, but that's o.k. I'm going to take it easy this week, maybe just swim a few times and lead my Cycle Club ride on Thursday. And plenty of sleep... :-)
Congratulations, Jenn!! Wow! Killer bike split...and toughing out the run even with foot issues. GREAT JOB! Super proud of YOU!
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