Although it seems I have procrastinated writing this post, what really happened is this: I wrote up a detailed blog about my Wildflower experience. I reviewed my week of camping in mostly solitude for the week prior to the race. I built up the anticipation and emotionally hooked you by relaying the struggles of the long course athletes. I recounted my harrowing experience in the swim, my bike comeback, and my enduring run. Then, as I was wrapping up all my thoughts, I swiped some combination of keys that wiped out the entire page...except a singular letter "f" at the top of the screen. How appropriate. "Well, f- this and f- that," was my response and shut down my pc.
Wildflower lived up to all the hype. It was a very challenging course and on our race day in particular we also had to battle the wind, but I was prepared to "embrace the suck." All the brick workouts, long bike rides, hill repeats, paid off. And in the end I was extremely proud of myself, not just for surviving the swim, but for finishing STRONG.
At the count of when I started my wildflower post:
WEEK 11Total weight Loss to Date = 10.5 lbs
Swim ~ 18 miles
Bike over 600 miles
Run ~150 miles
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It's now been over 4 months since I started training for the triathlon(s). Pacific Crest in Bend, Oregon is just a little over a week away and I will be posting a photo progress report before my race.
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