Good evening team (morning in Thailand)!
I hope you are all doing well. The journey to Thailand has been amazing! Getting here was a bit bumpy but once settled in it was great. The people here are amazing and super friendly. Everything is so inexpensive…. it is insane! Just imagine a full meal with appetizer, 4 meals, latte and a beer (not for me) was only 28 dollars. The exchange rate was 1 US dollar to = 31 Thai Baht.
Let me tell you about the race. The morning started with winds blowing at 22 mph and with gust of 25 – 30 mph! I drove the bike course on a 2 floor bus, two days prior… so I knew what to expect. However, the winds through everything through the loop. The heat index was 95 degrees with a humidity of 95%. In my head… I got this!
The swim was a triangle going clockwise, it was good on the way out, crossing was choppy and on the way back… it became a washing machine. Coming out of the water, was good! Started on the bike and I saw bikes in transition rattling cause of the wind. In my head, just put your head down and go!
On the bike, I was scared for my life!!!! As you know with many of my bike accidents, I did my best. Put my head down and rode the course. The route was hilly and windy. I was conservative on the bike as I knew the run course was going to be brutal.
When I came to the run, the winds died down a bit; however, it became a sauna! The good thing, they had huge buckets of ice on the course; in which, I was dumping my cooling towel and water on me. I had my running vest on so I was prepared: base salt, water bottle with base hydro and aminos. Each aid station I cooled myself of, took coke, water and ice down my pants. It worked! It was a three loop course and very hilly; however, parts that of the course was shaded only the back end. It was super spectator friendly and you were able to see lots of monkeys on the run.
I will recommend this course! We stayed at the host hotel for super cheap and the people were amazing.
Best Damn Race – Schedule
Now back to business. This week is the BEST Damn race in Orlando. Therefore, we will make a few adjustments to the schedule. Please review below:
- Monday – Swim
- Tuesday – Run
- Location: DTWN YMCA
- Sport: Run / Track
- Time: 5:00 am
- Wednesday – Swim
- Location: Aquatic Center YMCA
- Sport: Swim
- Time: 5:30 am
- Thursday – Bike / Run
- Location: DTWN YMCA
- Sport: Bike Trainer
- Time: 5:00 am
- Friday – Swim
- Workout will be posted as the Aquatic Center will be closed.
- Saturday
- Temp: High of 65 degrees and low of 42 degrees
- Best Damn Race
- 10k – 7:05 am
- Half Marathon – 7:25 am
- 5k – 9:00 am
- Sunday – TBA
Can’t wait to se you all on Wednesday!
