More to come soon, but I’ll give you the quick recap.
- Hotel room had a nuclear emergency preparedness booklet due to the nuclear plant 5 miles away – reassuring :-/
- Tornado warning went of at 11:45pm – only got about 5 hours of sleep because of that (I believe that the weather pattern made its way over to Jon @ Mooseman)
- Race site was destroyed by wind. Lost 50 feet of beach, all the signs blew away, bike racks (thankfully empty) were toppled, tree down
- Race directors did an amazing job getting everything back in order with only a half hour delay to the race
And the results???
A killer swim + 19.5 mph on the bike + 7:45 min/miles on the run + good transitions = 5:15:20 (that is a 53 minute PR!!!!!)
Stay tuned for details. Warning: Jennie has recently discovered “burst mode” on the digital camera – there may be LOTS of pictures 
Congrats to all the racers this weekend!
Update: The official results online seem to have changed from what they posted at the race. My online results have the same run time, but a pace of 8:20 instead of 7:45. Which means one of two things. A) The online results are incorrect (doubtful) or B) The last minute course changes shortened the course to 12.1 miles instead of 13.1. Regardless, it is PR either way.
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NursAdrn says:
June 6, 2010 at 7:29 pm (UTC -5 )
Congrats! Sweet pace. Glad to hear you weren’t rained out!
Jon says:
June 6, 2010 at 7:36 pm (UTC -5 )
Great googly moogly! 5:15? Daaaaaannnnnnngggggg! Awesome job! I don’t have my handy dandy run conversion apps up here. What was your run time? All of your hard marathon work early this season is already paying off dividends. You are going to to KILL this year’s races.
Lisa says:
June 6, 2010 at 7:55 pm (UTC -5 )
great job. i’m looking forward ot the race report
Kc says:
June 6, 2010 at 8:06 pm (UTC -5 )
Way to go!! Looking forward to an awesome race report.
Maria says:
June 6, 2010 at 10:45 pm (UTC -5 )
Wow, that is awesome! Can’t wait to hear the rest of it…I would have been scared out of my mind if a tornado siren went off before my race!
Lindsay says:
June 9, 2010 at 2:12 pm (UTC -5 )
Congrats on the PR!! Sound like some interesting pre-race conditions. Hope the actual race went smoother
I’m behind on blog-reading but will catch up with your full report soon!
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June 8, 2010 at 8:19 am (UTC -5 )
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