Last weekend Dave (Fleisch), Meg and I finally finished the Boulder Peak! What's the Boulder Peak? It's my first Olympic distance race (1 mile swim, 26 mile bike, 6.2 mile run) that I signed up for in January. Now let me tell you that I sign up for these things thinking it's so far ahead in the future, it's no big deal. Then it starts creeping up on you.....and before you know it it's time to race!
The part that makes this race scary, besides the distances is a hill on the bike portion called "Old Stage Road". It's a 15% grade with a 600 ft. vertical climb in 2/3 mile. Pretty Steep! So I was unsure if I could pull of the swim, jump on the bike, make the hill and still have fresh enough legs to run a 10K. So what should I do??? Get my cousins suckered into racing with me!!!
So Dave, Meg, and Deb fly out from SLC to Colorado for the big race. We wake up way too early in the morning and set out to try to live through this. We all pretty much decide that this is the dumbest thing we've ever done and we won't be doing it again. That is, until we start the race.
My age group started first, and off I went. The swim was a really good warm up and it was pretty fun overall. Off to the bike, I see my Dad driving into the tri, he honks his horn and waves at me. I get to Old Stage and I'm with a bunch of other riders. There are people everywhere cheering us on, and somehow I made it up! The fun part was cruising down the other side of the hill. I still felt good on the bike and came into transition with my Dad and Deb cheering me on. I start to leave the transition area to my run when I realize my bike helmet is still on. Man! Run back, throw the helmet, off to the run. By the run, I'm finally feeling tired. I somehow push myself through and I see Meg and Dave on the run, which helps! I finally cross the finish line! Not my best running time by far, but I finished. Deb and my Dad have Gatorade and a ton of water waiting for me...nice! Deb and I watch Meg and Dave finish! We all made it through, not only that, but we all had fun doing it.
I can't figure out how, but I thought this distance is more fun than the sprint distances that I've done! It was a blast! And it was even more fun having Dave and Meg racing with me!
Before the race, we're all smiling...that will end soon!
ha ha ha! A couple of geeks. (I shouldn't post this picture, it'll probably become blackmail later in my life)
Dave finishing the swim, looking good!
Me coming out of the swim
Meg coming out of the swim
Me coming out from the bike to the run
Dave done with the bike!
Meg done with the bike!
My finish....not lookin' so lively! 
Meg's finish!
Dave's finish! The look says it all. We're all tired!
4 comments:
oh oh oh it looks so fun!!! It makes me excited for Rattlesnake and I'm SO happy you're doing it with me (you're such an easy sell!). Way to go guys. You're all awesome and I love how exhausted you look at the end and how the swim was a good "warm-up". you're so much tougher than me :)
Stop it. Your making the rest of us look fat and lazy!
But Tiffany makes the rest of us look like bad moms! You should see this woman parent! (seriously, lesson plans and everything!)
Wait remember back when you said you weren't a runner? What happened there? Did I miss something, how come I haven't been bitten by the same bug?? You know I think you are awesome! I am so totally impressed!!!! FYI I like to warm up by swimming a MILE too! All the time.
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