RAINY Day

Hi there, it feels as though it's been too long!
Last Sunday I participated in my second duathlon of the year. I'm thrilled to say I finished and not last (second last)! The duathlon was in Kingston this time round. I have a friend who lives there so I packed up my gear and headed to Kingston on Saturday night. The weather in Ottawa and Kingston was just beautiful Saturday and I was looking forward to the same for race day. Since I had to pick up my race kit and have my bike safety checked before the race I had to get up EXTRA early for the duathlon. I woke up just before 6am to get myself up and ready for the race. I woke up to pouring rain and stormy gray skies!?!? WHAT? I thought I was going to just take part in approximately three hours of exericse in the breezy, hot sun?? BUT no, no it was pouring rain with zero clearing in sight. Sucks.

The first leg of the race, a 4K run was done in almost darkness but only misting style rain. I finished the run in just over 22 mins and headed to the transition zone to get ready for the bike. Helmet on and bike in hand I headed out to the bike. I had already been warned that it was "slightly hilly". HOLY cats! Only 5 minutes into my 30K bike ride I learned that "slightly hilly" was a collosal understatement AND there came the rain!!! Torrential downpour. Cue winds, cue hail, cue slippery handle bars and soaking wet everything!

I ended finishing the bike in good time and took off for the last leg, a 7.5K run. The last run was good but filled with many walk breaks. The rain had broken and was only coming down sporadically. I ended up finishing to the surprise of my parents, boyfriend and friends cheering my on! AND almost like it had been ordered...the sun started to shine.

TOTAL exercise time: 2hours, 47 minutes, 38 seconds
I highly recommend a race, the sense of accomplishment outweighs all of the struggle it got to get there!!

-Erica

P.S. I haven't exercised since the race. BOO! I need to get myself back on track!

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