The race has come and is now gone. I definitely loved to be in Colorado. The weather was great for the most part and that definitely helped to enjoy those few days. As of the race I can't be fully happy how I did. I had a slow swim (27 minutes) and that's slow for me. I am starting to believe that I kept going off-course and those extra yards could make up for the lost time. I did find myself many times meters away from the other athletes. I kept looking up to make sure I was going to right direction and probably this, too, slowed me down. I started off my bike after a slower T1. Some bikers caught me on the first 6 miles of the bike where the course was fairly flat but still a slight uphill. Then on the Old Stage Road I felt I was Contador for a while. I passed everyone back who had previously passed me and more. On the downhill I tried to maintain a safe speed but I still clocked past over 40mph. The remainder of the course was flat again and I hoped to make up for much of the the time that I lost when going uphill. Turned out that I didn't a 69 minute bike leg stands after my name. I am happy, however, for my run, though. I wanted to run under 35 minutes (at around mile 2 I really wanted to) but I had to be satisfied with my 35 minutes only. This, I know, could have been far faster if I had competition to run with or to run up to.
The race was well organized and I am excited to swim and bike more to see where I could be with this more training I am about to do now.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Boulder Peak Tri tune-up workout
I’m not sure if it was a smart move to do this so close to one of my biggest races this year..
I drove out to McDowell Dam to swim, bike and run. Do all of this for approximately half the olympic distance in each leg. Swam in the rather dirty but warmer (than a few weeks ago when we had the Bismarck Tri) water for 10 minutes.. After a longer transition that included a run back to the lake for my forgotten sandals I jumped on the bike to head out for a 20k spin in 34:29 and 21mph pace. This was followed by a 5k trail run around the lake. It started raining as I was in “T2″ and it increased into a heavy shower. Some lightning made my run exciting and in the same time crazy enough to be out there alone. the 5k was in 19:30 whereas I hit the halfway in only 10:24. From there I picked the pace up enough to run under 20.
I felt great during the run as it seems to be still my strongest of all 3 events. Wonder? haha..
What feels even better is having the rest of the day off from workouts. I may double dip and do all this one more time tomorrow, perhaps a little slower on the bike. But a swim is a must as I had skipped quite a few days..
I drove out to McDowell Dam to swim, bike and run. Do all of this for approximately half the olympic distance in each leg. Swam in the rather dirty but warmer (than a few weeks ago when we had the Bismarck Tri) water for 10 minutes.. After a longer transition that included a run back to the lake for my forgotten sandals I jumped on the bike to head out for a 20k spin in 34:29 and 21mph pace. This was followed by a 5k trail run around the lake. It started raining as I was in “T2″ and it increased into a heavy shower. Some lightning made my run exciting and in the same time crazy enough to be out there alone. the 5k was in 19:30 whereas I hit the halfway in only 10:24. From there I picked the pace up enough to run under 20.
I felt great during the run as it seems to be still my strongest of all 3 events. Wonder? haha..
What feels even better is having the rest of the day off from workouts. I may double dip and do all this one more time tomorrow, perhaps a little slower on the bike. But a swim is a must as I had skipped quite a few days..
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