The race is over and I'm somehow relieved. It was a very hot weekend weather-like. Sun was shining all the time and it had temps between 25-30�C (77-86�F) in the shadow, which means even higher out in the sun.
I wasn't satisfied with my swim but made the 3rd best time of all women. I was good on the bike and made 5th best time with that and I was bad on the run with the 15th "best" time. All times together were good enough to be placed with the 6th over all women. My first ever top ten ranking. Proud.
Running was like hell out on the track with temps over 95 and no shadow at all. I was 4 minutes slower then I hoped. And now I have a very bad sunburn on my shoulders, neck and face as I forgot my sunscreen and cap. Idiot me!
Graz is a very nice little city despite the heavy traffic and no parking space at all. My hotel was situated in the old part of the city. One of the cheaper hotels but had nicely renovated clean rooms with a good breakfast buffet. Good enough for me. Oldfashioned. They didn't accept any credit cards. You have to pay in cash only.
My rental car was a new Hyundai ix35. Very big car. I only made a reservation for a car in size of a Golf and got a monster for the same price. Big carbon takeout. Not cheap with those gas prices, but nice to drive.
I think about skipping the triathlon race in June and only make the ones in July and September. The more races I get under my belt the less I like racing. It's a lot of pressure for me. I pressure myself as my expectations are always that high and I give it too much space in my brain instead of just having fun. I'm always too ambitious! Bad!
Tomorrow evening I'll have dinner guests again. This time I'll cook the recipe with sweet potatoes + parsnips + snow peas + mini carrots. I'll make lentil fritters � l� acorn with a yoghurt-herb dip as a starter and they'll get fresh strawberries with cream as desert.
My guests will be Manuel and Judith a very nice young couple of our congregation and PT.
I hope that the food will taste good.
9:18 pm - April 30, 2012
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