And ran 13.1 miles with a broken toe. There is an early 70.3 here, The High Cliff Half Iron, early for WI that is and cheap too at $110.00! I did my first tri 4 summers ago and liked it. The only one that summer. The next year I did a sprint , an oly and a half iron and was hooked. Just kept getting better and the last two years started cracking top ten in AG. I was 52 when I started. Bumped up an age group this year and podium-ed three out of 4 races and the one that I placed 5th got me nto the USAT AG Nationals.
Yes I’m shamelessly crowing about my success but multisport has brought out the competitor in me so shoot me! Yesterday’s race, I just wanted to finish. Struggling with insertional Achilles tendonitis, my goal was just to do the run slowly to avoid my first DNF. I love this race as it is an early season test as to how fit you are. The plan was to do the swim and ride but quit the run if the achilles said no!
As I finished the swim and stood up to run the last 50 feet out of the water, about 15 feet from shore I kicked a submerged rock, I knew right then it wasn’t good. Once my foot was tapped in my bike shoe all was good till 56 miles later when I took it off. My god it hurt. Every step of the run it hurt but my achilles never acted up so I persevered and ran a 2:00:18 run.
After the race as I was soaking my foot in an ice bath an ER Doc friend of mine took a look and said I probably had a broken toe. Tape it up nothing else you can do. So I was drinking some free beers post race when my name came across the PA as first AG 55 -59.
God I love this sport!!