Not a possum

Ok, I swear I was not playing possum.

10th - XTERRA West

More on the race to come, including splits, etc. I had no intention of racing as of yesterday morning. Then I went for an hour run, and though it didn't go great, it definitely wasn't as horrible as I expected to feel. Then I went for a 90 minute to 2 hour ride, only to feel really good! The great thing about a power meter is "WATTS DON'T LIE!" I saw good numbers and decided to test myself on a longer hill. 6 mins and 380 watts average later, I was wondering why I'm not racing. I wasn't racing because I needed to finish the antibiotics, and I wasn't going to feel good enough to race if I finished them, and certainly I needed to finish them so I didn't sacrifice IMCDA.

Well, I had taken the last antibiotic dose that morning, and to feel that good on the bike, I thought I might have a chance with about 18 hours until race time. So I called up Joe, and we talked. We agreed I could give it a go if I didn't let it bother me mentally if I had a bad race. (He did not suspect it would go well!)

In short race report...

Swim - Bad
Bike - Strong! Had a flat though, had to stop and refill it.
Run - Strong! Ran out of T2 feeling great. Ran well, until cramp in my right hammy had me stopping and walking a little, stretching too.

More to come...

Vance