Race Coverage

Silly Mistakes & Bad Mojo...

tent(Photo - Claire napping in her deluxe oceanfront accommodations.)

By Claire Bootsma

St. Anthony's Race Report - Heading out to St. Petersburg FL (St. Anthony's Triathlon) this past weekend I had some basic goals I was confident I would achieve (qualifying for Hy-Vee with comp entry by placing top 5) and some personal race goals which involved putting myself out there in the race and trying to do something really fast with a stellar field of women to race with. Unfortunately I failed on all fronts due to a mixture of a little bad luck and a huge silly mistake.

Race morning woke up early, ate my standard pre race breakfast and drank a small cup of coffee and headed down to race site. Once I started setting up in transition I realized I had forgotten to pack an extra bottle of water to drink before the race and only had my bike bottle of Accelerade which I wanted...

to have full on the bike because I knew I would be sweating bullets racing in 90s heat index. Long bathroom lines and the crazyness of warmup and setting up transition at a huge race meant that I didn

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