How I Roll is a unique approach to informing, educating, and entertaining people about living life confined to a wheelchair. The site is an informational resource for green (new) paraplegics.

Calm Before the Storm… USA ParaTriathlon Nationals

So, I haven’t posted in awhile… Party because I recently started a new job, partly because I’m lazy, but mostly because I’ve been training my ass off for ParaTriathlon Nationals in Austin, TX next week on Memorial Day.

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This past weekend I participated in the 2013 USAT “Florida Regional” triathlon in Clermont, Florida. If there’s one thing I hate about triathlons, it’s the cold… Waking up at 5:30AM to be ready to compete at 7:30AM, fine… I can handle that. But, add cold weather +  0.5 mile lake swim, and I consider going back to sleep! I learned 2 things while competing this past weekend in Clermont.  1) Hand-cycling up the hills in Clermont was ridiculously hard, and I never want to do it again.  2) Always use Harpix handball resin on wheelchair racing gloves if there’s a chance of rain.. I didn’t apply resin on my gloves the night before, and as a result they had zero grip. I was forced to push 3 miles with bare hands.

Crossing the finish-line at Clermont, FL Regional paratriathlon

Crossing the finish-line at 2013 Clermont, FL Regional paratriathlon

Of the handful of participants in my division I was able to get 1st place. Next paratriathlon is in May. 2013 Nationals is being held Memorial Day weekend on May 27, 2013 in Austin, TX. This will be the true test, as the top elite paratriathletes will be competing, and I’ll be racing for points and rank.

“Bone Island” Half-Ironman ParaTriathlon VIDEO

Just before the start of 2013 "Bone Island" half-ironman triathlon.

A couple weeks ago I competed in the “Bone Island” half-ironman triathlon in Key West, FL.. To read the blog post CLICK HERE.  Since I’m paralyzed in a wheelchair, I competed as the only paratriathlete.  A half-ironman paratriathlon consists of a 1.2 mile ocean swim, followed by a 56 mile hand-cycle ride, followed lastly by a 13 mile racing wheelchair “run”… In total it took me 6 hours 42 minutes.  The feeling after crossing the finish-line was priceless.  Below is a video from race day.

 

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2013 Bone Island Half-Ironman ParaTriathlon Under My Belt

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Registering was the easy part…

About 8 weeks ago I decided to signup for the Bone Island Half-Ironman Triathlon in Key West, FL on 1/12/13.  At the time, it seemed like a decent idea.. After all, it takes minimal effort to signup online from the comfort of my couch. Registering was the easy part…  I trained for the next 8 weeks. Not as hard as I probably could have, but I definitely pushed myself.  A half-ironman triathlon (paratriathlon) consists of a 1.2 mile swim, followed by a 56 mile hand-cycle, followed by a 13 mile “run” in a racing wheelchair (aka “pushrim”).

On race day, just before the start, I looked around and quickly realized I’d be the only paratriathlete participant. The up-side of being the only wheelchair participant is that regardless of how long it takes to finish, I’d still get 1st place in my division:)   Then the race director yelled into a microphone “30 seconds till start, get ready!”….. The last thought I remember passing through my head was “what the f@ck are you doing right now”…

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A Hell of A Ride! Ashley’s Story

I was 17 at the time, it was the end of November after Thanksgiving, and my new boyfriend and I had just gotten out of church and decided to go look at the few Christmas lights people had put up early. He had been driving my car all day and he’d never given me a reason to doubt his driving skills, so I let him drive. We we’re taking a road we both knew well, it had a sharp curve at the end and seeing that it was dark you couldn’t see the edges of the road clearly and he got a little too close to the ditch and hit a hole on the right side of the road, causing the car to pull further into the ditch. Out of instinct he pulled the steering wheel to the left and over correcting, causing the car to flip. It flipped about three or four times so I’m told and it landed right side up on the other side of the road.
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