I've always wondered how a tri camp would be. Sounds cool, SoCal.
Good week last week. Swim x1, Bike x1. Sprint Tri x1. Very light week. Just too much freaking work. UGH. 20 more days...
Did my first Tri as a guide for a blind athlete. We had a blast. It was very cold - around 32* when we got to transition. We huddled around the running engine of an ambulance, warming our hands on the hood and tucking our feet in under the engine. That felt wonderful. I love ambulances. The CalFire guy said he had never seen anybody use an ambulance like that.
Navigating the swim with a blind athlete was tricky. It was the coldest water she had ever swam in (62*) so she had the shock of that on top of swimming in the open water completely blind. Talk about trust... After I learned that my athlete listed heavily to the left while swimming, I pointed her 70 degrees to the right and by the time she'd list left she'd hit the buoy dead on. We did that for 4 out of 6 buoys and it worked great. I did the entire swim backstroke. Amazingly, we were not last out of the water.
The bike was a piece of cake. We were on a hybrid tandem and even though we were sitting upright on fat tires we were blowing past some folks. The power of two! That was fun. Then we ran. We run together a lot and she's great to run with; I just have to call out her obstacles (potholes, bumps, dips, puddles, etc.).
Overall, we finished in 33 & 34 place, she got 4th out of 6 in her AG, I got 3rd out of 3. Such a small race. We had a blast and now we're eyeing a fall Oly. Good times.
Okay. I have to get back to work. Rock on, Women!
Hillary Trout
San Luis Obispo, CA
Your trip is short. Make the most of it.
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