The second piece of news is I just finished my second triathlon: TriSantaCruz. The event took in Santa Cruz, west of the San Lorenzo river. The swim was in the Pacific Ocean at Cowell Beach, near the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
I had never done an open water swim in the ocean before, but I had been practicing in a lake over the past two weeks. I thought the two mediums would be more or less the same. Not the case. For the first hundred yards, I choked on seawater, fulfilling my daily intake of sodium. I almost lost breakfast. I resorted to keeping my head above the waterline. That cost me some time.
My heart monitor strap also constricted by diaphragm, making breathing somewhat difficult. I felt like I was on the verge of drowning.
Luckily, I kept pushing through it and got accustomed to the putrid taste, enough to be able to do breast stroke. I was able to pace another racer doing freestyle. That kept me pushing hard.
For this race, the transition area was a quarter of a mile away from the ocean. That added a couple minutes to my final time.
Biking was a struggle. My legs didn't feel quite warmed up. They were still a little sore from my workout on Thursday. That's a long recovery time. Pistol squats will do that to you.
The run, however, was awesome. Since I was not so concerned with time in this race, I did an extra 5k just to get the extra burn. Finished a 15k in just under an hour. It might not be the fastest time, but it was good for me considering everything else that came before it.
Final time was 2:38.04.
Afterwards, me, my hosts and one of my old college friends went to a Brazilian restaurant for lunch. I had a Caesar Salad and plantains. Oh yeah, and my protein shake. Can't forget that.
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