Oh dear, what a difference a few hours makes. I finished this race so proud of myself. And just now I finally saw the results posted and I must console myself with a piece of chocolate cake. (which is handy since it is Joe's birthday today)
So, last year, was my first tri season, did this race. Finished in 1:33:44. I looked at the breakdown of the different legs and transitions last night. I made goals for each. My overall goal seemed like a real stretch of 1:21:30. So I told no one of this number. I didn't want to look like an idiot if I didn't even come close. Amazingly, I achieved my goal time!!! Total time today was 1:19:26. I was so excited!!! Most of the time came off on the swim and the run. Just 30 seconds better on the stupid bike. T1 was exactly the same. T2 was a nice improvement.
Therefore, I was all excited to log in and see how I fared in the competition. What a huge disappointment! My overall percentages were only marginally better against my division and all women. And when men were factored in, it was far worse. To take off 14 minutes and not be improved, what a bummer. Clearly it was a stronger field this year. And I think everyone did far better in the swim, the current must have been in our favor this morning. Because Joe and I took almost exactly the same amount of time off of our swims from last year. So really, I only took 8 minutes off when you take that out of the equation. But still, 8 minutes ought to have made a bigger difference. Next time, I won't get all ahead of myself with excitement, that's for sure.
It was still a beautiful, gorgeous day, spent with my birthday honey and some friends doing something good for ourselves, and that is what is important.
So says the rational side of me.
The emotional, competitive side of me says, "Get on the stupid bike, learn to ride it without a monologue telling everyone around you how terrified you are, and beat the chic in the green next year!!!"
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