October 19, 2009: Play time in San Diego!
Race report by Jamie
It’s the off season and we decided to put our cross training to good use! Faye, Raegan and I put together a relay team for the Women’s Sprint Triathlon inMission Bay. What a fun weekend! We met bright (ok, well dark) and early Sunday morning to get set up in transition. We were the only ones who brought in a trainer and as obvious by the confused look from behind me as I warmed up on it, some of the triathletes were a bit confused by us… ok, so maybe it would have been less confusing if I hadn’t been warming up on the trainer in ugg boots and a wetsuit…
Off to the real warm up in the bay as I relinquished the trainer to the real cyclist of the day. And perhaps I should have taken that cross training more seriously. That swim was brutal! I sprinted out of the water, and handed off to Raegan (aka Sporty Spice) who rode her little heart out. Not only did she take 2 minutes off her split from last year she posted the 12th fastest bike split in the race (out of 662 participants!).
To drive it home, Faye absolutely rocked it! Raegan, Eric and I were waiting at the finish line, counting the time, expecting her in a couple minutes when all of a sudden Eric says, “here she comes!” Sure enough, instead of the 7:20 min miles she had expected, Faye runs it in 6:37/mile! Shortly after the first elites came in, our girl Faye is sprinting to the finish and running through the finishing ribbon as we had won our division! A super fun weekend with some great gals and a terrific finish, what more could you ask for?
