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<\/a><\/p>\nThe hill that got me was weirdly the one at mile 3.\u00a0 I’m not sure if I just wasn’t warmed up or what, but I was painfully out of breath after that hill.\u00a0 Mile 6 wasn’t much better.\u00a0 But after that, it felt pretty good.\u00a0\u00a0 The hill at mile 14 is on both courses, and I actually really like that hill.\u00a0 I know, I’m weird.<\/p>\n
Now, you experienced hill bikers are probably like “That’s nothing!”\u00a0 And it’s true – it’s a pretty mild course, all things considered.\u00a0 But for someone still learning her gears, this is a challenge.\u00a0 I’m getting better each ride and am looking forward to race day where I get to find out what happens.<\/p>\n
Swim waves just came out and we Athenas lucked out this year.\u00a0 We’re in the 7am wave!\u00a0 I’m pumped.\u00a0 That means I will be off the course earlier, so it will be a bit cooler for my run, and it also means that there won’t be tons of bikers in front of me who don’t know what they’re doing.\u00a0 Apparently, at this race every year, there are a bunch of people who show up and have no idea what they’re doing on the bike course.\u00a0 Some haven’t ridden a bike in years and think that the course is going to be easy.\u00a0 It’s not easy.\u00a0 And there are people who refuse to follow the rules of triathlon biking (single file line, pass in 15 seconds, pass on the left, etc.).\u00a0 So the fewer people already on the course, the better off I am.<\/p>\n
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