Beach2Battleship Pictures

I’m still completely wiped out from my race and my cough has returned with a vengeance. I can’t blame my body for rebelling to what I put it through the other day.

Here are all the pictures from my race. Most of them were from my friend Ginger. A few were from my family and a random blog reader!   I can’t thank Ginger enough for her support.  She had to leave at mile 8 of the run, so that’s kind of where the pictures end.    My family didn’t get many shots because my camera didn’t work!   Oh well, maybe that’s a good thing, because I got emotional and cried every time I saw them.

Action shots:

Scenery:

Awards Cruise:

Here’s a funny anecdote. I talked to the USAT head official on the cruise.  I think his name was Bill and he was a nice guy.    He asked how my race went. I said I did great and got first place in my age group, despite my first ever penalty. He had his official clipboard and asked for my bib number. I said it was not necessary to look it up, that I knew the exact moment when I got the drafting penalty:  it was just a moment of inattention not dropping back quickly enough after being passed.   He asked for my bib anyway…he seemed to really want to look it up. So he looked up bib #81. The notes said “female, green shirt, black shorts, white helmet, within 1 bike length for 25 seconds”.   I said, yup, that’s me.  Can’t miss my green Trakkers colors, lol!  I explained how I always pass guys, and they can’t take a chick hit and so they pass me back and then slow down. I was tired of playing leapfrog with this one guy.   Just as the motorcycle was coming along, I forgot to drop back while I was considering whether to hammer to drop the guy for good, or what should I do. That’s how I screwed up. The USAT guy said I was the first athlete he ever talked to who did not try to argue myself out of the penalty. I laughed at that. I mean, in every sport, except maybe the televised sports with instant replay, the referees are always right, and there is no arguing. Right?

I have the rough draft of my race report done. I always write that over on the BT site, then transfer it here and clean it up.   If you are dying for the nitty gritty details, here it is.