On Sunday May 18 I did a local race here in the bay area; Uvas triathlon.  It is a little longer than a sprint on a nice roller type course in Morgan Hill. The last time I did that race was in 2003 so I really had no idea what to expect.  Also, given the fact that I did not start riding my bike until April 1 and my “training” didn’t start until that time as well, I was a little clueless as to what my body could do.  I am still having some post baby issues deep in my pelvis (more like very low ab area) as well as I am just not feeling 100%-but I think that is to be expected as I am still breastfeeding.  A few things about the race that needs to be noted.  First, I had to get up at 4AM!!!!  What is that?  It worked out well as Blaisen was up for a 3am feeding, so there you go.  Second, and I love this one, seriously, we were having a bit of a heat wave so it was expected to be about 90 degrees-nice, at least I had that to look forward to.  I am not going to go into details of each leg of the race; I am going to tell you I went into the race with no expectations and what I got out of it was more than I could imagine.   My overall time was only off my PB (2003) by 3 minutes-my swim was off by 1.5 minutes (expected as I am only swimming 1-2 times a week right now), my bike was a PB by 2 minutes!!, and my run was only off by 1.5 minutes (I will take that with no speed work and with just having a baby).  I even won overall!  This race was just a way to try and kick start that anaerobic threshhold that I seem to have lost and I think it did that.  Goal completed; the rest was a bonus.  I am real excited for this year, the way my body is responding I really think I will be ready to go in October.  I just need to be smart with my training.  I am doing Honu 70.3 in a week, that will be another “let’s shake off those cob webs” type races as well as let me really know how fit I am right now.  The race was a good workout and I am right on track of where I want to be with my training.  I will put it in the bank and go from there.

Let it Go,

Gina Kehr