After the Alcatraz Triathlon, Sam and I flew back to Boulder for our final 10 days. I was hoping to recover well and get in a few good days of training before my next race in Pacific Grove, California. However as I swiftly learnt, trying to recover at altitude is not the easiest thing to do and I consequently had a week of feeling sore, tired and flat. In hinds sight I should have stayed down at sea level for an extra few days. But no point dwelling on the past!
So after packing up and saying adios, we jetted of to LA and drove 5 hours up to Pacific Grove. We were lucky enough to get an awesome homestay which was only 200m from race start. Kudos to those in charge there!
The race was an Olympic Distance draft legal triathlon. It began with a 1500m swim known as the "kelp crawl". For most of it we were swimming through masses of seaweed which made for an interesting one. However I managed to have a good swim and came out of the water in 4th place. From here on though my day was one to forget. The further into the race I got, the flatter I felt - this was probably due to not recovering sufficiently from my last two last races. I ended up finishing 6th pro female and learnt a great deal from this race (more so than if I'd had a good one).So after the race Sam and I drove back down the coast to LA where we spent 3 days visting Hollywood, Disneyland, Malibu and Santa Monica. It was nice to have a few days of chilling out before having to head back home to Aus.
Thank you so much to everyone we met during our journey, you all made our trip memorable and unforgettable. Huge thanks to Pam and Dan for your basement...it was the best!
So for now I am back home in Tasmania. Over the next week or so I will put together a plan of races over the summer and then start planning for next years trip! Not much goes on down here in Tassie so I will back sure to get my blog on :)
Way to stay positive!
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