Indian Springs Park Aquabike and Lake Placid Sprint Triathlon

Sorry to everyone for not posting in so long!!  I know I owe you!!  So let's get you all caught up!   My race season hasn't been exactly what I was hoping because of pulling my calf back in May.  But I have gotten in two more races to tell you about, with another coming up this weekend.

Indian Springs Park Aquabike:
This was my first time competing in an Aquabike event, where all you do is the swim and bike, as the name suggests.  It was a short 600m swim and 15 mile bike.  I was the overall female finisher, but there was no competition.  I felt like I was cheating after getting off the bike and crossing the finish line without doing the run.  It was my first time experiencing the sun rise glare on the water.  I turned the last buoy and realized, I couldn't see anything, not the next buoy, not even the shore, so siting was out of the question.  I had to follow the swimmers in front of me and we all went about 50 yards off course!    Sorry, no pictures from this race either.

Lake Placid Sprint:
So beautiful to swim in Mirror Lake, same location as the Lake Placid Ironman, just two weeks away!  This race had an exceptionally short swim, 400m swim, 20k bike, 5k run.

Lining up for the start

Dad watching the swim

Best part was it was the first time several of my family members got to see me race and were there cheering for me.  Thanks Mom, Dad, Nick, Monique, and Liam!!  

Exiting the water after the Lake Placid Sprint Swim

This was a great race, I took first in my age group and 2nd overall, and had my fastest bike split yet.  My run is still suffering a little from the injury and time off, but coming back quickly.  I was only a minute behind the 1st place overall finisher, but my run was a slow 20:50, nothing like my 18:48 at the Irongirl.  I'm being patient but ready to be running fast off the bike again. 

Coming into the finish in 2nd overall, passing the women on relay teams, and one close overall contender