Sunday was a beautiful day for a race...reminded me of Ironman Wisconsin last year. Over the last couple of weeks I been focused on building up my miles for the Twin Cities Marathon, so needless to say I was race preparation challenged. Thank goodness for a checklist...(is this your first race ever?).
Finally, we get everything into the Yukon and headed downtown...Yeah. Once we finalized our transition spots, we decided to take the bikes out for a warm up ride. Well everything was going as planned until I heard a loud "Bang" behind me and "Crap I just hit a pot hole!!" I stopped and waited until Heidi coasted up to me and I noticed that her front tire was flat. The logical thing was to fix it right...not so much. We usually don't carry spares for the tubular tires and for such a short race...who would of thought...well we didn't' anyways.
Since Heidi is training for the World Duathlon Championships, I decided to swap my front wheel just in case the "Race Support" couldn't fix it when we got back to the transition area. As I started my journey back to the transition area (walking my bike), Heidi rode her bike back to grab my running shoes and then run back to me so we could jog the rest of the way back. When we got back to the transition area, we notice that her back tire was flat too...OK, swap the back tires...now I am definitely out of the race.
So, I ended up just run/pace Heidi on the 5K runs and while she is on the bike I'll run around the course again and wait for her to come back from the bike. So I got my miles I needed for the weekend and Heidi was able to compete in the race...it was a great day!
