This weekend's Peach Pedal was definitely interesting. After carefully positioning myself to get into the lead group, I found myself in a bit of trouble after less than four miles. Going down a sweeping descent to a bridge, a few seemingly inexperienced guys at the back of the group slid on the wet pavement. I watched in horror as their brakes locked and they skidded across the road, bodies piling up everywhere, bikes flying. I had no choice but to slam on the brakes and aim for a fallen rider so I'd have a soft landing. Fortunately, I only banged up by right calf/knee a little bit and was able to finish, albeit mostly alone.
Austin and I trekked on together but he started to fade a little around 23 miles and I went by myself through 35 where I picked up Mark Whittier and his sister-in-law's boyfriend (JT). We stopped at the 40 mile rest stop where Austin caught up then we continued on. After 55 we lost JT and Mark stayed with him. After another mile Austin stopped at the final rest stop to pee and I continued on. Once I reached the finish I turned around and went back to look for Dad who was riding with a friend and didn't take part in the racing. All in all I recorded 69 miles, my farthest ever!
Yesterday I went to the Iron Brothers Sprint Triathlon with Jacquelyn and witnessed a pretty spectacular Team Ironhead 1,2,3 on the men's side and 1,2 on the women's side. If only I'd raced maybe we'd have gotten a 1,2,3,4...
This week is another build week then recovery next week leading up to the Olympic distance event at the Waco Triathlon. Looking forward to it!
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