Coconutbug & Kams do the Rio Grande PIP AW

[kams]

We raced the Rio Grande reverse sprint this morning, which was part of the USAT retro
series - super fun!

Ill let CB share about her race (spoiler alert: she killed it!). I felt a little sluggish because I've been out of town eating and sitting for a week, but I'm still super pleased with my race, so we'll call it an effective taper .
Run: 26:48 (8:39 pace)
T1: 1:08
Bike: 33:27 (18.3 mph)
T2: 1:26
Swim: 9:31 (450)

1:12:21, which was good for AG 3rd! My first podium finish at a triathlon! Woop!

The overall female winner finished in 59 something - amazing, and overall 2nd is an xterra pro, Shonny vanlandingham in 1:02.


I need to get my transitions under 1:00, and a pool swim is a shit show so whatever! Otherwise I'm pleased!

great way to start the season for both of us!

[kams]

Ok, wtf it's like I've never been on the Internet before...I'll add the pic and delete the dip in a sec, I'm getting angry bear on my ipad

[juliahenry]

yay! nice job (and great pic!)

[venice2007]

Great job

[kams]

** blurred to protect the innocent!!

Podium proof! CB was so sweet to hang out with me and get a few pics so that I can be a monster AW . This may be the only time!

[zoidberg]

You guys are amazing!

[kams]

Zoid, I hope it won't be long before you're joining us!!!!!

[zoidberg]

Me too! Once I get this half out of the way, I have big plans. lol

I was going to ride the north channel trail this morning but I might have accidentally slept in and now we have errands to run. lol

Tomorrow!

And as soon as the half is over I am signing up for swimming lessons.

[coconutbug]

It was so fun to hang with kams this morning and watch her rock the first tri of the season! Contrary to what she claims, I am sure she will on the podium many more times to come.    

My race felt fine.  I'm usually a solid middle-of-the-packer, so I ended up right around what I expected.  It was beautiful out today and I just felt so lucky to be out there having fun.  Come play with us soon, zoidberg! 

[derbycitycook]

That's amazing, congrats!

[sadlebred]

Congratulations!!

Sonny V. is a bad***! She used be a pro mountain biker. I saw her race quite a few times.

[agswife]

Nice job! You ladies are adorable!

[jchokie79]

You rocked it! You two are adorable!

[Wines Not Whines]

Congrats to both of you! I am in awe of triathletes.

[kams]

Apr 27, 2013 14:06:56 GMT -5 sadlebred said:

Congratulations!!

Sonny V. is a bad***! She used be a pro mountain biker. I saw her race quite a few times.

She raced on her mtb today - she is unreal!

[runblondie26]

Aww, you two are cute. Congrats on the award Kams! That's awesome!

[joenali]

You guys are both so cute! Congrats!!

[clseale]

This is awesome! Congrats!! I love the pic, & continue to be jealous that there are no H&Fers in my area!!!!!

[katinthehat]

racing with (or against) friends is so much fun! glad y'all had a blast and congrats!

[fdcritt76]

Congratulations to both of you!!

[trigal]

Nice job to both of you! A reverse tri sounds like fun (says this former swimmer!)

[kams]

Thanks so much for being excited with us!! It was so fun!

trigal - we have to do that from oct-may because it's too cold to swim first (and we live in the desert so open water is limited). The problem, though, is that it gets incredibly congested, especially for women. With a wave start, I was swimming over mbop & bop men the entire time, and spent 75y stuck behind two guys who were right next to each other and wouldn't let me pass at the wall. I much prefer open water, and my times are not even remotely comparable. And, the swim distance is shorter than our ow sprints.

Can you tell I hate pool swims?

[trigal]

Apr 27, 2013 16:03:24 GMT -5 kams said:

Thanks so much for being excited with us!! It was so fun!

trigal - we have to do that from oct-may because it's too cold to swim first (and we live in the desert so open water is limited). The problem, though, is that it gets incredibly congested, especially for women. With a wave start, I was swimming over mbop & bop men the entire time, and spent 75y stuck behind two guys who were right next to each other and wouldn't let me pass at the wall. I much prefer open water, and my times are not even remotely comparable. And, the swim distance is shorter than our ow sprints.

Can you tell I hate pool swims?

Yeah, that would be annoying.  At least if you were in the open water, there would be a bit more space!

And, from October to May, we don't race up here in the Northeast!    Well, not triathlons anyway!

[kams]

Apr 27, 2013 16:05:55 GMT -5 trigal said:

Apr 27, 2013 16:03:24 GMT -5 kams said:

Thanks so much for being excited with us!! It was so fun!

trigal - we have to do that from oct-may because it's too cold to swim first (and we live in the desert so open water is limited). The problem, though, is that it gets incredibly congested, especially for women. With a wave start, I was swimming over mbop & bop men the entire time, and spent 75y stuck behind two guys who were right next to each other and wouldn't let me pass at the wall. I much prefer open water, and my times are not even remotely comparable. And, the swim distance is shorter than our ow sprints.

Can you tell I hate pool swims?

Yeah, that would be annoying.  At least if you were in the open water, there would be a bit more space!

And, from October to May, we don't race up here in the Northeast!    Well, not triathlons anyway!

Yes - the space in ow changes everything! And the stop/starts at the wall with a ton of people stopping to breathe - blah.

We don't do many in the colder months, but I love that we're able to keep it rolling. I raced a reverse sprint in December! It snowed the next day, lol!

[taratru]

You are awesome!!! Congrats on an awesome race. You two are adorable to boot.

[gt7301b]

Congrats! Y'all are adorable!!

[Deleted]

Great job!

[joenali]

Apr 27, 2013 16:03:24 GMT -5 kams said:

Thanks so much for being excited with us!! It was so fun!

trigal - we have to do that from oct-may because it's too cold to swim first (and we live in the desert so open water is limited). The problem, though, is that it gets incredibly congested, especially for women. With a wave start, I was swimming over mbop & bop men the entire time, and spent 75y stuck behind two guys who were right next to each other and wouldn't let me pass at the wall. I much prefer open water, and my times are not even remotely comparable. And, the swim distance is shorter than our ow sprints.

Can you tell I hate pool swims?

In a situation like that, I grab slow dudes ankle and yank him back and then swim around him. No, I've never done that before.

[kams]

Apr 27, 2013 17:01:35 GMT -5 joenali said:

Apr 27, 2013 16:03:24 GMT -5 kams said:

Thanks so much for being excited with us!! It was so fun!

trigal - we have to do that from oct-may because it's too cold to swim first (and we live in the desert so open water is limited). The problem, though, is that it gets incredibly congested, especially for women. With a wave start, I was swimming over mbop & bop men the entire time, and spent 75y stuck behind two guys who were right next to each other and wouldn't let me pass at the wall. I much prefer open water, and my times are not even remotely comparable. And, the swim distance is shorter than our ow sprints.

Can you tell I hate pool swims?

In a situation like that, I grab slow dudes ankle and yank him back and then swim around him. No, I've never done that before.

I did that several times ,well, pulled on their ankles until passing at the wall at least! There were some serious egos that refused to be chicked though!

[texassmith]

Y'all are so cute! And congrats to both of you!