This was my third Buffalo City IM70.3 and boy oh boy it never seizes to unleash the conditions on us athletes!
Regardless I ran into transition feeling great! Grabbed my bag and headed to the tent. I just want to mention that the volunteers were fantastic this year! Two girls grabbed by bag, got that wetsuit off my body in record time (my arms were not functioning at this point), helmet, shoes, grab bag, drop bag, grab bike, run run run…and off I went. The legs felt good and I wanted a good bike, so I started to get into a rhythm early on…until, yes, there it was, bloody Hemmingways Mall on my right. Just like that my legs decided they’re done. The wind came up and the hills seemed steeper than ever before! I found Karl on route and unfortunately he had a technical and was stuck in his small gear. It’s really crap to see your teammates having bad luck! But between Karl and myself, we managed to kind of stick together, thanks Karl, it helped my mind so so much! It took me 2 hours to get to turn-around point and I literally thought my race was over. I couldn’t do a 4 hour bike!!! So at Berlin I decided the hammer needed to be put down. I pushed really hard on the way back and was just so excited to get on to the run. I finished my bike in 3h12, next year, sub 3!
Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a podium chaser. I do this because I challenge myself. But mostly I do it for the long Saturday rides, the gruelling track days, the channel crossing swims, the parks runs, the coffees after training, the terrible tan lines, the laughter and the friendships.
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