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Breaking 40!

Created: Thursday, 18 September 2014 09:08

Last Updated: Saturday, 27 September 2014 22:08

Saturday, 27 September 2014 00:10

UPDATE: Sames and Horak led the way at the CASCADE FALLS DU, the final multi on the Minnesota caledar. Words and pics on Monday. RESULTS

By Heather Lendway (heatherlendway.com)

ONE LAST TRI RACE REPORT - The week leading into One Last Tri my body was feeling sluggish. All week I felt like I struggled through my workouts. My nagging hamstring pain that usually wears off a few blocks into a run seemed to stick with me throughout each run. My workout notes for swim, bike AND run looked like a week taken out of my notebook from a year ago. When the announcer asked how I was feeling race morning I gave him a shoulder shrug. I know my body has felt heavy and tired before many races where I’ve performed well, but the stats on this week weren’t looking great.

I signed up for One Last Tri to make the season last as long as possible. At this point my big races were done and I could really concentrate on having fun while racing. Sunday morning was a cool 45-ish, but I was well prepared for this with multiple layers of pants and shirts, a jacket, a sweatshirt, a hat and mittens. I got to transition around 6:30 when it opened, quickly dropped my bike and headed back to the car to stay warm for a while....

As the sun started to peak through the clouds I headed back to transition to get in a bike warm-up. It was pretty chilly and windy out on the bike so I put toe covers on my shoes, gloves in my bike pouch and left a cycling jacket on my transition mat for the ride. Once my bike was ready I did a short run on the lake trail and stretched out a bit more. READ MORE