Three down, Two left - my St. George recap
Finally a nice hat I can wear! Love it:) This past Saturday was the St. George 70.3 half ironman. I was doing this race strictly as a training race for IM CDA in June. My plan was to have a good ride not pushing too hard and finish with a strong run. The plan worked out perfectly. It was a tough course on both the bike and run. The bike course had a lot of uphills and some fast descents. The uphills I am very strong and seem to get up faster than everyone. Downhills I am not so good. A combination of being light and being a chicken make for a slow decent. At the end of the ride they had an 8% 4.5 mile climb up Snow Canyon. It was a killer climb and I even saw several people walking. I guess they didn't train enough or were from Florida. There must have been a lot of beginners in this race because in the swim I saw so many people struggling. I was one of the last waves going off and I saw so many people doing side stroke, ...