EWC Day 8 FINAL DAY

All done.  Day 8 complete.  And was it Epic all right!

The day started with some fun relays in the pool.  We did an IM relay as well as a free relay.  It was fun as we cheered everyone on, trying not to drown while doing butterfly.  My team lost both relays but we put up a good fight!

We then headed out to ride the Ironman course minus the Puerto del Carmen section because of a marathon that was going on at the same time (and this isn’t the nice part of the course anyway) for a total of 161kms.

Jo, Karen, Maya and I (Suzanne left early this morning to go home to work) set off 3omins after the first group and when we got to the El Golfo loop (one of my favourite parts of the course), I was feeling surprisingly fresh.  After regrouping to head back along the LZ2 into a headwind, I still felt great and once we hit the Timanfaya, I decided to just do my own ride.  I figured it was the one day I could do my own thing and not spend as much time at stops, especially seeing as everyone had now ridden the entire course at some point in the camp.  My motivation was to get the ride done quickly and hang out with Maya and Bruce.

However, as one does when riding for hours on end, I began to ‘think’, AND do math…IF I finished by 4pm I would have 3 hours to do a 3K pool swim with a 20 x 100 set for points and an 18K run.  Add in my KOM points, and just maybe I could win…  I couldn’t do all the math for certain (plus, I knew Jo would do her best to get as many points as she could) but decided I would at least go for it and at the very least, maybe Jo and I would tie… One thing would be sure, it would be Epic!

Mission accomplished (unless I messed up points somewhere which is entirely possible as I recorded the daily points with large amounts of fatigue) and while it may not have been the smartest (I have a bit of a cough now), it was worth it!  I played the game and it was fun.  I am sending all the points sheets to Jo so she can double check my math, but it was fun to push my limits once again with such a stellar group of women these last 8 days!  Thanks to all the amazing women, Trisports Lanza and all our amazing sponsors!  Zoot, GU, Coffees of Hawaii, Fuel Belt, you all rock and make this camp possible!!

We had a nice dinner out with some prizes and mujer de la dia (play of the day) goes to Lisa.  Lisa was nominated to be `player of the camp` by the other campers and I agree – this woman is Epic.  Lisa is strong, she is a multiple Ironman and soon to be Ultraman, Lisa has done 5 Epic Woman Camps, Lisa completed camp and this year tacked on a ton of mileage doing so to prepare for Ultraman, Lisa is an amazing athlete, Lisa is a fabulous Mom, she is kind and thoughtful and she is 54.  Lisa is one incredible Epic woman!  Congrats Lisa…see you at Epic Woman camp #6 (she always says this will be her last camp but each year we know she will be back )!

I have to say that ALL the campers deserved Mujer de la Camp – everyone pushed to their own limits during this camp, and everyone helped support each other in accomplishing each of their goals.  Congrats to all the Epic Women!  Thank you for inspiring me to push and do my best!

Can`t wait to do it again next year!

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One comment on “EWC Day 8 FINAL DAY

  1. Joey-Lynn on said:

    Sounds like it was an AWESOME camp – thank you for sharing the details! As they say, “actions speak louder than words”, and you certainly showed everyone what it means to be EPIC! You rock Coach T!!!! :)

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