Believe to Achieve

Trail shoes on Walmart special (kid's) mountain bike.  It is my 13 year old's mountain bike as mine has been out of commission from a flat.  Hubby just bought a new tube but hadn't put it on.   So this bike's gears are all quite audible and they stick between gears constantly but all and all  I had a good bike ride.  Left my house for Thanksgiving point at 6:18.  Arrived about a minute before the gun went off.  It took me 42.5 minutes to get there.  Just course tooled it at just barely under 9 miles.  I was FROZEN on that ride.  I felt like I was moving in slow motion.  IT had to be low 30s.  And the air was crisp off the snow-capped mountains.  Thick.  My fingers and toes were solid.  I couldn't even take off my helmet when I stopped biking so I left it on for a while.   I cheered on those I knew at the race and then met them again around 2.5 miles.  Of course I saw Jake in the lead pack and Andrea in a group of three women with a large gap over the followers by then.   I also met Michelle Simonaitis as she was cheering for her husband Dennis.  It was nice to meet her.   I remember her name as a super speedy chicka even back when  I first started running in 1995.    When  I am back injury free we are going to run together--- she can teach me a few things that is for sure.   I told her of my goal-- subthree, just once is all I ask.   Nothing more.  I biked 6 miles around the course at a pretty good clip at times but mostly easy next to Kim, Jane and Shaundree.   They ran the whole course before it started as a training run.   I knew they were there so  I am glad I found them when I did.   Hence, however I missed the men's finish!!! but caught the women's finish, with Andrea first, Julie Thomas second and I a girl I don't know in third-- Kimberly???   We have only met once in the hot sun post boston so I am not sure if that was her.  Sorry.   I learned that top master overall gets 500 dollars (as Walter informed me.).  He won master's and even added on accidentally going off course (taking a few other runners with him).  The course is tricky.  Honest for Utah-- Too honest Jake thought with all the hairpin turns etc...TIP TOE THROUGH THE TULIPS : D.     I think I could  have won master's even with my bum foot.  Next year too bad so sad becuse Julie Thomas turns 40 on June 9th.   So no more master wins for me.  Fun while it lasted.  Let's get real, Julie (not me) deserves it : D.     Rode my bike home.  So glad I was not near as frozen.  But I did have many tingles when I got into the shower thawing out in the hot water.   24 mile bike ride.  Oh yah!!  It was a great workout.    Afternoon barefoot running on the grass for 4:30.  1/2 mile.