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Part 2 - Oly the next day

Did not sleep well, metabolism heating me up. Woke up to my Aunt flo. Arrrrrgggggghhhh!! I showed up a little late, thanks to my ride. I barely got it together to get my wetsuit on with about 3 min to spare before my wave start. Interestingly enough, I was still as cool as a cuke.

To be continued....
Sorry about the programming interruption, that darn work thing.

A little more background, the Oly race was a nationals qualifier so the hard cores were out in full force. My legs were tired just getting up and down the stairs in my house. I knew this would be tough.

Swim - Hunky Dory, even without the warm-up. My shoulders warmed up pretty quickly and I had a clean line for most of the race. 26:32 for 1500 m, The official pace they had me down for was 1:46 per 100m. Tha seems reasonable if it includes the run from the beach, which I think it does. 7/31 for my division coming out of the water.

T1 - same transition set-ups as Saturday's race, long chutes. 2:57, almost exactly the same as the sprint.

Bike - I felt like cr@p. Quads already full of lactic acid and the weather was cold and windy. I got passed by what seems like a hundred people and I thought for sure my pace was much slower than the day before. My legs were too tired and sore to get my HR up above 155. Even then I was mostly hanging out in the 148 to 152 range. In spite of all this I averaged a 19.4 mph pace. Well Mimi I guess you weren't that far off.

T2 - By this time my toes were frozen and based on the way my legs felt running my bike in from the dismount line, I was in no hurry to start running. 3 min. OY!! Very tardy for me.

Run - I could barely hold a 9 min pace while my legs screamed and my feet were blocks of numbness. I told myself to push through for the first 2 miles and if it didn't start to get better, I could stop. I had nothing to prove. At 2 miles it got a little better, by 3 miles I was actually feeling a lot better. I had a negative split on the run, final pace of 8:43. That means I probably dropped 30 sec per mile on the second half.

Overall time: 2:44:08, 17/31 in my division.

Moral of the story - It hurts a lot to do back to backs. But I think it was a great learning experience. I had to discipline myself better on the sprint and I had to push through some physical and mental barriers on the run. I ended up finishing feeling pretty good. That makes me realize that I'll be able to push through a lot on Ironman day when it comes.

Today. Not bad. Tight calves, tight quads, mildly stiff hammies. Overall energy level is good. I can't wait to see how yoga feels tonight. I don't think I'll be holding my standing poses very long!!

So the next adventure... a hilly half Ironman on June 23rd!! I'm looking forward to it.