What a weekend! We had a full day of racing yesterday from my race in the early morning to watching the Men and Women’s Pro races in the afternoon. All day in the sun! You can see the pictures from all three races here.

My race was great! The course was beautiful, the weather was perfect, spectators all the way from the start to the finish, it was just a blast! I really didn’t train too well for this race, but mostly just wanted to enjoy it. I found myself taking it all too seriously last year and luckily was able to back off and enjoy being able to race again.

The Pro races were unbelievable to watch. This race was unique not only because it was a World Cup race in Iowa of all places, but that the prize purse was so huge. The winners of both the men’s and women’s races received $200,000 and an H3 Hummer. These athletes do this for a living. In order for them to receive this same amount, they would normally have to win 10-12 races. The cash given out at this race was HUGE! It made for quite the specticle. They started out at Gray’s Lake, did their swim-to-bike transition there, then rode to the capital building where they did 6 laps downtown, followed by 4 laps running. Watching their transitions was amazing. The would literally go from swimming to biking and biking to running in less than 10 seconds. It was amazing. My first transition time yesterday was one minute and nine seconds. I that’s not too bad for me. My second one was at about 45 seconds. Either way, these people could jump off their bike and put running shoes on faster than anyone I’ve seen. Not only that, but they would do each leg of the race so fast and with such strategy. It was a blast to watch.

So check out the pictures from the race!!