Like gone with the wind or wiped out by the rain?!?
At the 20th of june at the Mittelmosel-triathlon, I made my first
triathlon this year since august, because I train very hard for
finishing a middle distance on the 25th of july I tried to start
on this year with a olympic distance.
And one good thing I could try our new team-suit for that.
What you don´t see on the picture is the thing, that is was damn
cold that day, like the thermometer of my car said, less than
10 degrees, and some moments later it started also to rain.
I even shivered when I had my wet suit on…
And after the most worst swim time from the whole world ( 31:10),
when I reached the transition area, all my bike shoes, sox and
towels were complete wet. Really nice. So, I went on the bike
and froze like a tailor and to push the brakes while riding downhill
to Barl was a real challenge, you had to start braking just after
the curve you just passed for the next one and so on… For a very
short time, I thought about giving up…but than I remembered that
giving up is nowhere mentioned on the list.
While I´m on the second round, the rain stopped and a little bit
later the sun came out again
Bike-time including chaniging ( 1:28:35 and 49:56 for the running
part). Everything else than heady and sadly the other did a better
job that day, so I finished 18th overall and got the 3rd place
in my age-group( from 3 starters L )
Conclusion: a very well organized event with a complete locked
bike course and that for just 28€. If they offer next year a beautiful
weather guarantee, I´ll be there for sure, and with the fitness,
it´ll come back again until than…;-)
Doro (Dorothee Richters)
Overall(M+W), start#, name, surname, club, age-group,place age-group,ov-time,swim,place,
bike, place, run, place
138 97 Richters Dorothee Team Pirate Triathlon TW25 3 02:49:41
00:31:10 187 01:28:35 143 00:49:56 112 |
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Pirate 
