i know it's been almost a week, but i finally wrote up my race report from galena.
the summary: beautiful course, wonderfully organized race, gorgeous weather, cold lake, hilly and windy bike, hilly run, hills, hills, hills, hills, hills, omg the HILLS. but i made it thru and felt pretty good about my performance, especially given my lack of training (particularly for the swim). plus, we had a nice weekend in a cute town and at a cute b&b while we were there. :)
my detailed race report is here.
overall time: 2:20:58
swim: 13:03
bike: 1:18:17
run: 42:55
another girl from around chicago talks about her dreadful experience on her blog here.
and provides pictures of some of the bike course here.
already looking forward to the next one in the quad cities on june 14!
edit: and here is an image of the first hill at the beginning of the run. doesn't do it justice...
the summary: beautiful course, wonderfully organized race, gorgeous weather, cold lake, hilly and windy bike, hilly run, hills, hills, hills, hills, hills, omg the HILLS. but i made it thru and felt pretty good about my performance, especially given my lack of training (particularly for the swim). plus, we had a nice weekend in a cute town and at a cute b&b while we were there. :)
my detailed race report is here.
overall time: 2:20:58
swim: 13:03
bike: 1:18:17
run: 42:55
another girl from around chicago talks about her dreadful experience on her blog here.
and provides pictures of some of the bike course here.
already looking forward to the next one in the quad cities on june 14!
edit: and here is an image of the first hill at the beginning of the run. doesn't do it justice...
