Been back a for about a week from San Diego and wanted to give a quick and brief report on the weekend. I raced in a half ironman call SuperFrog, which starts a mere stone's throw away from the Navy SEALs training center. True to it's reputation, the race was difficult. Beginning with a beach start, through some tough surf and finishing with a run on a combination of soft sand, compact sand, and gravel, this race was not one to peg for a PR.
I was put into the Elite wave with 6 other athletes, of which four I knew were "I do this for a living" professionals. The swim start went much better than anticipated (Thanks to Jim and a confidence building practice session the day before), the bike was flat and fast, and the run was yet again a sufferfest mentally and physically. I finished at 4:27, about 10 minutes off my personal best, on a course that was slow. In the elite wave I was 7th out of 7, but 5 minutes better than anyone in AG 30-39, and 7th overall. I guess it's better to finish last of the best, than first of the others, right??!!
Stil taking a few days to recover, running through the beach was difficult and as a result have some sore calfs. My bike is in transit, I hope, so I'm going to ride an old mountain bike tomorrow morning. That might be fun. Big, huge, thanks to Jim and Orlanda, great hosts, friends, and supporters. Maybe we can come back again, I think Rocky's is calling my name!! All for now.
SJI
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It's easy to fall in love with the San Diego area---it's just so expensive to live there:) Congrats on a great race, elite nephew.
ReplyDeleteGo, Scott Joe, Go!
Congratulations, Scott - good job!!!
ReplyDeleteBTW, would that be MY old mountain bike that I donated to the cause a while back? (No way I could ride that up & down these Kettle Moraine hills!)