Happy May Day!
April has come and gone and has been one that almost saw Amber not race at all. This year has been pretty slow for me and April was no different-only eating in one race: Merrimack River Trail Race. I had come in 4th last year running at 1:02:47 and knew I was going to be a bit slower. I ended up finishing in 8th place running 1:04:26- about 12 seconds per mile slower. Considering I had only been averaging 10 miles of running a week, I'd take it. Still does not bode well for longer distance races that I am considering for later in the year... better start training again:)
On the last weekend of the month and the last day before turning 31, Amber and I entered the Quabbin Bike Race. You can find Amber's race report
here. Let me tell you, having a ten minute head start on Amber and getting passed by her like you're standing still is pretty amazing. I can't wait to see how she does at St. George 70.3 this Saturday. Oh yeah another triathlon after a five week hiatus! She is chomping at the bit to swim, bike and run again. As has been the pattern this year, this race is stacked. It is the Pro Championships so it was expected to be competitive but.... this is crazy competitive! 42 pro females! Amber has entered many races with less pros total.
Here is a list of the pros expected to toe the start line this Saturday.
- Anderson Christine
- Baker Kat
- Bazlen Svenja
- Bennett Laura
- Black Ali
- Blakemore Katy
- Bromme Uli
- Butterfield Nikki
- Calkins Kathleen
- Castro Terra
- Cave Leanda
- Corbin Linsey
- De Groote Sophie
- Deim Trish
- Ferreira Amber
- Fletcher Christine
- Gajer Julia
- Garcia Whitney
- Homo Malaika
- Jerdonek Lindsey
- Kehoe Danielle
- Kessler Meredith
- Leiggi Heather
- Lidbury Emma-Kate
- Luxford Annabel
- Madison Mackenzie
- McQuaid Melanie
- Mensink Lisa
- Norden Lisa
- Paterson Lesley
- Pedersen Camilla
- Piampiano Sarah
- Riveros Barbara
- Seymour Jeanni
- Shapiro Margie
- Shutt Beth
- Smith Jessica
- Tomenson-Bharadwaj Miranda
- Walsh Beth
- Wernick Charisa
- Williamson Kelly
- Wurtele Heather
But I'm not scared for Amber, because in addition to kicking butt at Quabbin she has been training like crazy as can be seen by the below photos:
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Mini-golf |
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Losing at Mini-golf |
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Cutting back on meals |
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Realizing that's not a good idea |
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Core training |
So as you can see Amber is MORE than prepared enough to take on all these pros this Saturday in Utah.
Follow her at ironman.com and I'll be trying to update her Facebook page with race details as I get them.
You guys should really have a race photographer trailing you around taking scenic shots of all this!
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