Yep, that's what he said after I finished the hardest half of my life. My K-Swiss sponsor rocks, he supports me, not only with awesome shoes, but with ongoing, never waivering, strength and encouragement. I consider him as tight as I am with my Timex Family. He ALWAYS checks in on me after my races. I know my phone will be blinking with an alert from him when I get back into transition as well as good luck wishes the day before. Yes, I am a lucky girl.
The Rev3 Quassy Half was amazingly brutal. I was lucky enough to be there with my Client/Friend, David Schultz (above). I have never been scared for a race, then I drove the course the day before. I had sketchy training coming into this race due to illness after St. Anthony's. I had lost a lot of volume I was trying to carry to be ready for a half; which can be challenging for this short distance girl. I didn't really know what I was up against until 12 hours before I would awake and head over to the race start. I call this course the 70.3 Xterra. Unrelenting hill after hill. I swore I would never race this again, but now I would love to go out being totally prepared for such a course and just crush it! That's my fire inside...
I will proudly say that I was 1:10:00 off my best half time. My swim had hills too I think at a 38:52 ;) Bike was a 3:27, Run was a 2:17 (and yes, I ran the whole thing). BRUTAL! I am grateful for optimal weather conditions because I believe I may not have seen the finishline had it been otherwise.
"Sounds like a brutal race, but congrats on finishing! You need a good butt whooping every now and again:)" So there you have it, straight from the mouth of JMS. Enjoy your training =) www.tristafrancis.com
The Rev3 Quassy Half was amazingly brutal. I was lucky enough to be there with my Client/Friend, David Schultz (above). I have never been scared for a race, then I drove the course the day before. I had sketchy training coming into this race due to illness after St. Anthony's. I had lost a lot of volume I was trying to carry to be ready for a half; which can be challenging for this short distance girl. I didn't really know what I was up against until 12 hours before I would awake and head over to the race start. I call this course the 70.3 Xterra. Unrelenting hill after hill. I swore I would never race this again, but now I would love to go out being totally prepared for such a course and just crush it! That's my fire inside...
I will proudly say that I was 1:10:00 off my best half time. My swim had hills too I think at a 38:52 ;) Bike was a 3:27, Run was a 2:17 (and yes, I ran the whole thing). BRUTAL! I am grateful for optimal weather conditions because I believe I may not have seen the finishline had it been otherwise.
"Sounds like a brutal race, but congrats on finishing! You need a good butt whooping every now and again:)" So there you have it, straight from the mouth of JMS. Enjoy your training =) www.tristafrancis.com
2 comments:
Way to gut it out Trista! I'm absolutely sure that you'll come back even stronger. You rock.
Thanks Bret! It was an absolutely beautiful course! Hope your training is going well! Thanks for following =)
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