Two Weekends Until Worlds

I’ve got one last weekend of training to go. Next weekend, I’m in Boston for work, and then World’s are upon us. With 40 nations represented, I start with the wave of 85 other women in the F30-34 category. Our start gun goes off at 7:35am in the morning. Ack, that will be chilly! With not too many other waves in front of us we should have a relatively clear bike course. Me, I would have put a few more warning in this bike course video. I wonder what the symbol would look like for “crotch jamming pothole!”

After the 5km time trial at the track last night, I find my legs heavy and I’m definitely ready for the next two weeks of tapering. Last minute training is hard on the body.

5km time trial (ran with Jody)
22:40 (ran an even pace of ~1:48/400m)

BareBones Duathlon

Barebones Duathlon – Provincial Championships – 3rd place F30-34 ~1:50 (official results) 5km, 32km, 5km; 23:23, 1:03:35, 23:19

Race summary

  1. Wind, wind, and more wind. A nasty head wind along East Side Road = 20km/h on the way out, 40km/h on the way back
  2. The field was full of pro’s. I raced alongside NZ’s Samanth Warriner (OK, I admit, I wasn’t exactly right beside her). She’s amazing!
  3. I enjoyed myself (see my big smile in the photo)

Happy Mothers Day! Can you spot my Mum in the photo?