Have You Seen My...

... shifter! That's right, yet another mechanical issue haha can you see what's missing in this picture? It's the cap to the shifter for the front ring. Luckily I was able to stop, ride backwards and find it on the road while people behind me were charging forward. I needed it to do the shifting so I just kept the cap in my pocket and pulled it out whenever I needed it.

Despite taking about 4 out of the previous 6 weeks off from working out, the Half in Quassy came at a perfect time. The swim was flat, clean, and fun with a blinding sun glare for about a third of the swim. My swim time was almost identical to Mooseman a year ago.

The bike course was a fun rolling course with a little more climbing than rolling, but still fun descents. My goal here was to keep high RPMs on the climbs even if it was in a granny gear and slow. In the end this paid off and made me more effective for the rest of the race. Maybe if I was in better shape I would have pushed some harder gears. Oh this isn't what you wanted to know. Ok when do you think I peed on the bike? That's right, about mile 40. I only peed once on the bike so I was probably a little dehydrated but fortunate that the race was short.

The run started and ended in the same place, but it felt like the run was entirely uphill. I knew this would be a long day so I sprayed some sunblock in T2 to minimize whatever burn I would get. Finally I met up with Steven around mile 6 and try to give some pointers for the heat. He was strong and more than able. After some Gatorade salts and more hills I finally made it across the finish line with an average time, but a tremendous finish.

After being called out for pulling the high five move, I decided that my finish line photos need to be more interesting. I was pretty sure I heel clicked
across the finish line, but according to the photos, the heel click was really just a Mario Brick Breaking jump.


Overall, the day was a success. Just under 2 months from Placid, racing half the distance on a comparable course in comparable race conditions, suffered a great deal, swam well, and nailed the nutrition plan, all friends crossed the finish line and yet another successful coaching day.