First stop was down in Montrose, CO for the Black Canyon Sprint Triathlon on Saturday morning. A race in which I was coming to defend my Overall title from last year. I ended up defending my title on a very ugly effort, but I got the win. I will post a video shortly of my effort.
Sunday we made our way up to the Olympic distance Desert Edge triathlon in Grand Junction, CO. I was feeling very good from my win on Saturday but I wasn't fond of the the early morning conditions we had to face going into this race. With a slight cold front moving in we were looking at morning temps in the low to mid 30's, and mother nature didn't disappoint.
We arrived at the race site early and ready eager to get this race started., but I will admit those feelings faded fast when we arrived and saw that the temps would literally be in the low 30's at 8am, our race start time. I quickly racked my bike and headed straight back to the car until i was ready to head down to the lake for my pre-race warmup. The race organizers moved the start time back 15 minutes but that didn't help much at all. Once I got my mind and attitude back to race mode I was ready to rock.
I ended up finishing 6th Overall and 2nd in age group. I lost this race to better athletes today (for Now), but am very happy with how everything came through today. It's been a short season for me due to the injury I acquired earlier in the year, but I left the season on a great note. I'm looking forward to next season as I have my sights set on Ironman Coeur 'd Alene as well as returning back to Vegas for the 70.3 World Championship.
Life has two rules: #1. Never quit. Rule #2. Remember Rule #1.
