Back from Wildflower ‘07
We made it back from Lake San Antonio, having enjoyed the ‘Woodstock of Triathlons‘ weekend.
Here’s the details on the bike leg of the long course, which I rode as part of a relay team, helping out a co-worker in need.
There’s nothing like the feeling of a three hour time trial with seemingly persistent headwinds and a couple of nasty grades towards the end kicking your ass! My respect for triathletes has even increased: the headwinds in combination with the no drafting rule (we’re time trialing after all!) made the first, supposedly easy, 20 miles a sufferfest; the following, rolling and mostly descending 20 miles were a welcome break but the sting was definitely in the end, with a succession of hills that are made to hurt. And then biking is only one third of the story…
Kudos to everyone who was racing - there were a (shorter) mountain bike course on Saturday, and an olympic distance course on Sunday as well. To any other GPS geeks who were out there: it would be great if the other legs and races would get uploaded!
The camping, expo and related festivities were a lot of fun, and made for a memorable weekend.
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May 7th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Wildflower is always tough. If it’s not heat, it’s rain. If it’s not rain, it’s cold. If it’s not cold, it’s wind. Spin the wheel — that’s Wildflower. Great job out there.
May 8th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
True; the Wildflower veterans I’ve talked to all seem to have lots of war stories: the scorching heat of 2004, biblical rain storms in 2003 etc…
May 9th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
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May 14th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
2003 was my first WF experience; my gear is still drying. Besides a little wind, we totally lucked on on the Long Course weather this year. Good times.