Race Coverage
Love For Y Tris...
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Tuesday, 27 January 2015 03:10
Photo - This awesome pic of Amy was taken at Liberty back in 2010.
By Amy Bauch (amysrunningaround.blogspot.com)
YWCA INDOOR TRI #2 - RACE REPORT - I'm a little partial to indoor triathlons. After all, that is how I got in to the sport, way back in February of 2005. I entered a race called Tri U Mah, hosted by the University of Minnesota Rec Center. The event consists of a 30 minute pool swim, 30 minute stationary bike ride and 30 minute run on a treadmill. Winners are determined by the distance covered.
I remember the day of the tri was freezing cold. Warren came with me to cheer me on; my friend, Marcia Lee, volunteered for the swim portion and was my lap counter.
I remember being so nervous about the race. What would happen if I couldn't actually swim a full 30 minutes? (Being a newbie swimmer, this was a very real possibility). What would happen if I had to WALK on the treadmill? Would people laugh? Would people be able to tell that I really wasn't a triathlete, but really only a triawannabe? Would they banish me from the kingdom? Could I ever again hold my head up high while wearing tri shorts and a snazzy tri top? ...
Well, the short end of that story is that not only did I survive the race, I fell hopelessly, endlessly in love with the sport and have never turned back.
From that indoor tri, I've moved up the distance ladder going from sprint to Ironman. I've graduated from my first outdoor races, where I actually walked some of the swim courses (when the water was shallow enough) and swimming 2.4 miles freestyle only stopping on occasion to pee. I've moved up from doing races with a hybrid bike to a road bike to writing the biggest sports equipment check of my life, when I plunked down a bunch of cold, hard cash to buy -- and ride -- my Orbea tri bike. READ MORE
