Jersey Shore Time Trial - 30K - 5/23/10

This 30K time trial was one that I did last year - it went down and back along the main road on Island Beach State Park. This year, it was not pouring rain like it did last year and I was feeling pretty strong on the bike. Finished the 30K in 53 minutes . . . 24 minutes faster than last year!! It was definitely a good day! :)

Jersey Short Multisport's Women's Kick-Off Triathlon 5/15/10

This was the first triathlon of the season for me and the first ever for my sister Jackie! We signed up way back in December and it was a great first race! We swam in the Barnegat Bay and the water felt pretty chilly even with a wetsuit but as soon as the race started, your body warmed up. I had a decent swim, although since it was the first "race swim" I was a little panicked initially - and couldn't get into the bilateral breathing pattern I'd been used to doing in all of my pool swims and had to go back to just breathing on the right side every 2 strokes. Finished the swim in 8:20 for a .33 mile swim. T1 was 1:48 which was decent considering I had to get the wetsuit off. Felt great on the bike finishing 12 miles in 31:38 for an average of 19mph. T2 off the bike was 48 seconds! The run wasn't my strong suit that day and finished the 3.1 miles in 28:20 for an average of 9:18 min/mile. I ended up finishing the race 11th overall and 4th in the 30-34 age group.

Not bad for the first race of the season!!

2010 Broad Street Run

This year, I ran the Broad Street Run with my dad and sister Jaime. It was a hot day for a race and it was one week following the 1/2 Marathon in Nashville but I had signed up for it anyway hoping for a nice day for a stroll down Broad Street. Unfortunately it ended up being the hottest day of the year up to that point - it was 90 degrees as soon as the sun came out. I had ridden my bike from our apartment on North Broad Street down to the stadium - a little over 5 miles and met Jam and Dad in the parking lot. Put my bike in the trunk of my dad's car and we took the subway to the race start. We got there so early, but by the time I got through the porta-john line and the line to put our bag into the bag check it was time to go. Somehow the way they did the wave start with 5 minutes between groups of runners so by the time we started another 1/2 hour had gone by and the heat just kept building. From the start the race was kinda tough for me - my legs just didn't want to move. I kept up with Jam and Dad for the first 5.5 miles then had to back off and do some walking through the water stops to stay hydrated. I saw a lot of runners down on the sides of the road getting medical attention because they weren't smart. When I saw that, I decided that I did not want to end up sick and just took my time finishing safely. I finished in 1:44, a 10:25 min/mile pace which was slower that I had anticipated but given the conditions and the tired legs, I was okay with it. Dad and Jam did awesome and finished around 1:38!!