The week started off great. I drove to Reno on Wed and met two co-workers there, who were driving out to Denver, and I took them out to show them the finest Reno has to offer...which I think is the 24/7 drinking, karaoke bars, and colorful characters downtown.
A very long night later (4am) and I sent them down the road nice and hungover. Me, I slep in on Thursday, and then we headed out to the campsite in the evening. Thursday, drank heavily, oy, pretty fun. Friday, we spent the day on the boat, and I tried to "get up" again on the wakeboard. Lots of fun, but failure. so I kept drinking.
Long evening of food and fun at the campsite.
Saturday, we were back out on the water. I have to say, this place is ideal, it was 4th of July weekend, and no one, I mean NO ONE, was on the lake. I think we saw 2-3 other boats. and it was nice and calm. So more wakeboarding and finally got up and out of the water, to which I immediately tried to go big on a trick and nose dived quite a few times.
I'll find the video of it.
Saturday night, I decided I needed to taper my drinking, so I stopped about 7pm, and got to bed early.....till Sunday morning rolled around a bit too early.
Here's my triathlon race report
It was great, exciting, and I was very happy to finally get one out of the way. I did spend my days off, drinking, from Wed till Sat afternoon...at which point I tapered the alcohol consumption.
in preperation for the Sunday morning fun.
a brief mixup on the locations of camping and race start, had us 110 miles from race start. (We were at Eagle Lake, 20 miles north of Susanville, the race was near Portola, Ca) So on Sunday morning, my brother in law and I got up at 5am, and we drove down to the location....somewhere near Portola, Ca. about 50 miles north of Reno/Truckee area. it was great. I didn't have a wetsuit, but from what the internet site said, it was not required. the swim would be in a small lake (Graeagle lake) and the water wasn't actually that bad. I think it was worse at Eagle Lake where we were wakeboarding friday and saturday. and that wasn't bad either.
after watching the kids do their mini mini tri, which was hilarious, we were up. Now, to tell you the truth, I hadn't gone and swam, practiced, nor been in the water, other than at the lake the 2 days before. bad idea, I know, but I've been known to do dummer things. hahahaha
the start was a little weird, as the water was only like 3 feet deep, so I just stood up and ran till it got deep then swam. to be honest, I think the first 30 feet is the only time I swam freestyle...that shit got to me quick.
lame. so a lot of side strokes, breast strokes and back strokes. It was a two lap swim, for a total of half a mile, which I think was way longer than it usually is for a sprint triathlon. no matter, I did come in last out of the water, but fuck it, I made it out, to a cheering, and probably relieved RD
, on to the transition area, hoped on the bike (mountain bike) to do the 16 mile ride. If I'd had a street bicycle I would have made up way more time. I just peddled the entire time. (I think the guy on the 3k+ tri bike, and the aero dynamic helmet was a bit overkill, but to each their own)
The course was fairly flat, a few quick uphills, that had me pushing it, but nothing major, at all.
After the ride, back to the transition area, change shoes and it was a 3 mile run, not bad, did the trot out of the stage area, and passed my brother in law who was already on his way to the end (the run was an out and back). I came in 12 minutes behind him. Which means I caught up, cause he did decent in his swim.
all in all a great first tri, I was happy to finish it, and I got the girl who passed me at the beginning of the run, road killed her with about a 1/4 mile left on the trail.
didn't want to get chicked.
well, I will put more time in the pool soon. I do have some pain in my right ear, and not sure if it's from the water getting in there from the backstroke, or what.
I have to say, the swim was the toughest part obviously, but I used to lifeguard, so I'm sure some proper planning/preparing and next time it will be easier. It was a great first tri, out in the country, laid back, nothing too stressful, and I think my brother and I were the only ones without wetsuits, and we were also one of the very few on mtn bikes.
straight country.
edit: oh well, for some reason, it keeps giving me an error when I try to upload the tri photos.
here's one of the mastercraft we had out wakeboarding, set up for the X-games. I'll find the videos, they were hilarious.
