A Bike Event One Day and a Triathlon the Next

 

Burnet Tri-Hard

 Sept 16, 2007

Burnet, Texas

 800 Meter Swim-16 Mile Bike-5K Run

 The day before this event, I did a 64-mile bike event in the hill country (The Hill Country Century Challenge).  The swim was marked too long as usual, but I didn’t feel any effects yet of 4 hours in the sun, riding the hills the day before.  Even on the bike, I did OK, but toward the last, I did feel a little undue fatigue. It was surprising that I felt this good after the event the day before.  

Even on the run, it was OK until the turnaround to come back to the finish.  The bottom fell out, and the effects of the ride the day before settled in on me hard. I had to walk/run, but I got through it and was proud that I could do back-to-back events like that…and I even got 3^rd place in my age group…Can you imagine? A great day.  My wife’s orthopedic surgeon and his two sons did this one with me, and that was fun.  A good day.  Thanks God