Im at lava java having my cinamon roll and coffee with caffeine…
yesterday was a fun day, very fun, so fun that im devastated.
i will keep this short since i only wanted friends to have an overview of the day.
Swim was good, i only had 2 parts where i pushed hard as i could, the start and at the turn around, where my grou splited and i had to swim hard to get to the front group, other that that i was a cruise, i always have the impression that i should have been at the faster group ahead but i cant do that in the start…anyway.
during the swim i lost the chip, so after leaving water i was trying to find a replacement, lost a lot of time but and saw the group flying by as well as other guys. i was pissed, i entered transition hand left it sprinting. a few km later going down palani i had a flat, changed and removed the nail of my tire but the tube blew right away, had to wait for tech vehicle, that took forever. 10 15min or so later (i have no idea but it felt like an hour) and with the “racing is over today” i continued my way down the road to finish.
saw some portuguese friend in the road and the hightlight of the day came by mile 39. i was getting ready for an aid station, getting rid of my empty bottles, one had at the brake hoods and other taking bottles out, had a small gust of with (i was still in queen k so wind wasnt strong like in hawii) small change of direction and hit a lonely cateye in the road. i crashed at around 40km/h. i took my bike of the course and washed my face with tears severall times waiting for he medical support. it took a while and i had a self check of my body, since nobody got there, i tought FU$% it im leaving and im completing the course and so i did. Went to hawii and got back to T2, took my time in transition tent to give some love to my road rash, my shoulder was hurting a bit but it was ok. i went for the run and jogged the whole way, just to finish the F#$#$#$ race, it was hawai after all.
so there you go. my best race report at least it sums up my day of misery.
take care
