Nick and I have been totally pumped for the weekend in St. Pete for the St. Anthonys triathlon. Because my little brother, Josh, and other friends were competing in their first Oly tri. We were excited to do the expo, meet the pros, watch the transitions and get totally motivated for our upcoming race in a few weeks (Florida 70.3). Well the Saturday morning we were going to leave we had a pretty tough workout, thanks Monica, that we wanted to complete before playing the rest of the weekend. A friend of ours that we met in Miami at the MIT last month was down from NY to come train with us so I was super excited to train with another female since I am always training with Nick and Josh and being left in the dust on the bike....I can hold my own on the run! :) Anyways, a local bike shop started group rides at 7:30 am, which so happens to be the same time that we have our Saturday morning boot camps at Summerfield Park every Saturday at the same time. My super amazing husband let me play hookie from boot camp to ride with my friend from out of town and with Heather and the rest of the group riders. So that morning comes, I'm so excited (and nervous to ride with superstars) and realize I have a flat that I have to deal with first thing in the morning. I sweet talk Nick and he fixes it for me, while I make him breakfast and take care of Abby (our 5-year-old chocolate lab) good trade off right! Nick and I are off...he heads to the park for boot camp and I head to Village Bikes to do my 55 miler with a 6-mile transition run. YIKES! When I get to Village Bikes, everyone seemed to be running late, not a problem, we will catch up with the group. A few of us start our ride, I forgot to mention one of the women in the group is a pro cyclist and is a rockstar! For some reason about 10 miles into my ride I look down and realize I have a flat! You've got to be kidding me. Same tire, 10 miles later! What the french! Well, I couldnt of gotten a flat at a better location though. It happened right in front of our personal training studio, so I walked it in and luckily my dad was there training with my brother. When my dad finished he drove me over to Nick in the park where boot camp was still going on. I was so pissed because I didnt have a spare tire because I already had a flat this morning. Really, who has 2 flats in one day! Oh I did! I tried not to let it bother me. Also, my friend riding with the group didnt realize that I dropped back and she took off with the group. I was worried about her because she didnt know her way around here and I was hoping she would just go back to the bike shop. Which she did! Nick changed my tire for me again! Thanks babe. I swear I know how to change one, but he likes to do it for me! :) I headed over to the bike shop where my friend was to see how she was doing, which she thought I was dead on the side of the road. From there I rode with Nick a few miles, when I started to feel something weird going on with my left cleat. I felt like it was going to fly off my pedal. I had to stop, felt the bottom of my cleat and realized it was coming off. Great! Now I'm riding with a loose pedal. The wind starts to pick up on top of that! Great going 10 mph, loose cleat and pissed off. Nick and I plan on calling it quits early. I head back to the bike shop (AGAIN) for the third time this morning. I was so frustrated, I told them to take my bike and my cleat and I would be back in an hour after my interval run. Our upcoming race is partly on trails, so I had to start training on some trails. I decided to train out behind the bike shop where there are a ton of grass around the ponds. So I take off. Its hot, but I feel great, I like the hot and humid weather! I stop off at the community college to get some water and take my GU at mile 4 and start to head back to the bike shop. To top off this amazingly horrible training day, my IPOD dies in the middle of my run. Wonderful! I just kept singing that song, then I started counting gators until I was back at the bike shop. Thank goodness I was finally done. I finished strong and was glad to be done with that workout. Not all workouts are going to rock, but the days when everything that can possibly go wrong does thats what makes you stronger! I learned a lot from today...be prepared, be patient, focus and stay positive! I went home and made myself and Nick the most amazing post-workout PB Blueberry Banana shake ever!
After we recovered from the workout, we showed up, packed the car and headed to the parents house to take Abby there for the weekend. Then we were off to St. Pete for a great fun filled triathlon weekend!
The picture above is at the SWIM START of the St. Anthonys triathlon, next to the pier. We were feeling great after a long day!
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