Santa Cruz 70.3: race report
After I missed IMCdA, Ironman was kind enough to let me (pay to) transfer my entry to a 70.3, and I had airline credit and points travel so it was pretty inexpensive to tack this race onto my fall schedule. It got me going again after a couple of rough weeks following Boulder, but then I felt like I had only been training again for a few minutes when suddenly it was time to dial it back down. I spent the weekend before traveling down to Albuquerque to celebrate the upcoming birth of a good friend's first child. It was fantastic to visit, blow up her kitchen with failed recipes, eat too much baby shower cake, and unwind a bit. A week out from the race, I had a few moments of well, this sure isn't going to go well after how inconsistently I've been training this summer. But once I got to California, I was glad to be there. Ashley let me shack up with her in boiling hot Santa Clara, which was nice except for a sleepless...