Ironman 70.3 Raleigh
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Ironman 70.3 Raleigh - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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United States
World Triathlon Corporation
Sunny
Overall Rank = 1399/2007
Age Group = 45 - 49
Age Group Rank = 64/103
This was my 5th and slowest Half; fastest being Augusta in 5:30. I went into this race knowing I was under trained and at a higher weight than normal. I've become burned out from doing Fulls the last three years in a row and had no motivation train this year. Since January I only swam a total of 13,00 yards, biked biked 545 miles, and ran 360 miles. But since this race is so close to home, I really wanted to do it.
I took Friday off work and Pete and I drove to Raleigh for packet pickup. We got our packets then checked out the Expo and spent lots of money (of course!). After the Expo, we drove out to T1 which was 30 miles away! Wow, we are in for one long shuttle bus ride on race day! I thought we would be able to get in a practice swim, but no swimming was allowed until race day. So we took a few pics, then headed back home to pack.
Saturday we drove back up to Raleigh and dropped off our bike gear bags first. Then we headed to the convention center for the race meeting. After the meeting, we came out just in time for an Indian (Hindi) wedding procession! Wow, the beautiful, colorful saris on the women and the decked out men! The wedding couple were first being pulled in a carriage, then they got out and the man was lifted up and the crowd sang and chanted and danced around him. The they proceeded to the front of our hotel where music played and they continued to dance and chant around the wedding couple. I could not stop watching them! Meanwhile Pete went inside to check us in.
We finally walked away from the excitement and went to the truck to get our things. Once settled in the room, I took a hot bath to loosen up my muscles, then did some foam rolling. We watched a show on my laptop, then went to sleep for an early wake up.
We got up at 3:45 a.m., got dressed and had a half of a bagel with cream cheese and coffee. Then we checked out, took our things to the truck, and headed to T2 to drop off our run bags. Then it was time for the long shuttle ride to T1. Once there we pumped our bike tires, socialized, then the difficult task of putting on wetsuits!
Pete started nearly 30 min. before me, so I saw him off then lined up with the ladies for my wave start.
Racked and ready!
Putting on my wetsuit was warm up enough!