spindizzy
06-21-2009, 09:06 AM
Guelph Lake Tri/Du - 2km/19km/5km
Rain was predicted for June 20 all week. The weather people were right! Saturday welcomed a rainy day- showers interspersed by downpours. Arrived at the site when the try-a-tri was completed. The field I parked in was impossibly muddy. Picked up number, bib, signed waiver and waited. Usually I am a bag of nerves, making *several* trips to the port-a-potties. I felt amazingly calm with a few butterflies. I kept thinking about that article by Elizabeth Waterstraat. Trust your training. My biggest dilemma was clothing oriented. Knew I would be warm on run, but with the rain, thought I might be cool without a jacket on the bike. Decided on tank, with arm warmers and a jacket.
Plan:
Better time than last year.
Run #1 5:00min/km
Bike - speed goal of 30km/hr
Run #2 5:00min/km
over all try to maintain steady state HR between 175-180
Run #1 -1 minute in and I'm hot already - should have ditched the jacket. The person in my age-group that always finishes ahead of me in du's seems impossibly thin. And she is running very quickly. I feel slothlike, but maintain my HR of 175.
T1 - a little longer than I would have liked but trying to get my wet feet into shoes was interesting.
Ditch the jacket. Don't see the competition.
Bike - Ride was amazingly strong. Hit the big ring and stayed there the whole race. Passed a lot of people - kept HR at 177 for bike. Temperature was perfect with arm warmers and tank top. Felt awesome! No competition in sight. I wonder how much time she has put on me on the bike. She has a Cervelo P3 tri bike....me a regular road bike with regular tires
T2 - quick. I was out in a flash. Despite the mud trails I got to run through
Run #2 - legs felt pretty good. About halfway into 1st km, they felt a bit heavy - then felt ok. My heart and lungs again dictated this part of the race. HR between 178-180. Run course is out and back. Ah yes - there is the competition..heading home and I'm still running out. Race belt fell off at about 4k - had to stop pick it up and tie it around my hips.
186 participants (M & F) in the Du
Finished 51st overall, 1:16:28 (last year 1:17:56)- 2nd in my age group
AHR - 177
Run #1 - 10:02 (5:00/km pace) Good!
T1 1:12 ( a bit slow, but it was just as good or better than most)
Bike - 37:55 (30.1kph/hr - Yippee :D - this was a BIG milestone for me)
T2 - 57s (yes!)
Run #2 - 26:24 (5:17/km need to work on speed when I'm tired)
I am totally delighted with my results. And I feel fantatastic today.
Rain was predicted for June 20 all week. The weather people were right! Saturday welcomed a rainy day- showers interspersed by downpours. Arrived at the site when the try-a-tri was completed. The field I parked in was impossibly muddy. Picked up number, bib, signed waiver and waited. Usually I am a bag of nerves, making *several* trips to the port-a-potties. I felt amazingly calm with a few butterflies. I kept thinking about that article by Elizabeth Waterstraat. Trust your training. My biggest dilemma was clothing oriented. Knew I would be warm on run, but with the rain, thought I might be cool without a jacket on the bike. Decided on tank, with arm warmers and a jacket.
Plan:
Better time than last year.
Run #1 5:00min/km
Bike - speed goal of 30km/hr
Run #2 5:00min/km
over all try to maintain steady state HR between 175-180
Run #1 -1 minute in and I'm hot already - should have ditched the jacket. The person in my age-group that always finishes ahead of me in du's seems impossibly thin. And she is running very quickly. I feel slothlike, but maintain my HR of 175.
T1 - a little longer than I would have liked but trying to get my wet feet into shoes was interesting.
Ditch the jacket. Don't see the competition.
Bike - Ride was amazingly strong. Hit the big ring and stayed there the whole race. Passed a lot of people - kept HR at 177 for bike. Temperature was perfect with arm warmers and tank top. Felt awesome! No competition in sight. I wonder how much time she has put on me on the bike. She has a Cervelo P3 tri bike....me a regular road bike with regular tires
T2 - quick. I was out in a flash. Despite the mud trails I got to run through
Run #2 - legs felt pretty good. About halfway into 1st km, they felt a bit heavy - then felt ok. My heart and lungs again dictated this part of the race. HR between 178-180. Run course is out and back. Ah yes - there is the competition..heading home and I'm still running out. Race belt fell off at about 4k - had to stop pick it up and tie it around my hips.
186 participants (M & F) in the Du
Finished 51st overall, 1:16:28 (last year 1:17:56)- 2nd in my age group
AHR - 177
Run #1 - 10:02 (5:00/km pace) Good!
T1 1:12 ( a bit slow, but it was just as good or better than most)
Bike - 37:55 (30.1kph/hr - Yippee :D - this was a BIG milestone for me)
T2 - 57s (yes!)
Run #2 - 26:24 (5:17/km need to work on speed when I'm tired)
I am totally delighted with my results. And I feel fantatastic today.