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I took a quick dip in the lake afterwards to help cool down. I think the Olympic distance race is a very hard distance because it is close to an all out effort for over two hours. This picture at the finish line that sums up the race. It also would have been a good idea to eat a gel on the bike to get some more calories. I think I might have pushed a little harder then I should have on the bike. I would have been very easy to give up and start walking since I wasn’t going to have the run I wanted but I’m happy I gutted it out and finished strong. I tried to hold my goal pace but it wasn’t going to happen so I gradually slowed over the entire run. It started with a 1/4 mile trail run and then was two laps on a rolling course. The run was a total sufferfest /death march. Run 10km 51:15, 8:15 min per mile (17 age group,121 overall) Run Portion Race File One of the reasons why I need to get better with my swimming is because I was so far behind the leaders in age group after the swim I wasn’t able to catch people riding at the same speed so it didn’t really feel like I was part of the race. I averaged over 22.4 mph which was my fastest bike split and I was only passed by two people on the bike. The main thing I noticed was I was pedaling hard and working on the downhill parts. I had my Garmin setup to beep whenever I got below a certain watts level so I was working hard the whole time. This was my first race with my power meter and I had a certain range I was shooting for. The bike was two laps of the exact same course for the Giant Acorn. I had some trouble getting the wetsuit off in transition but everything else went quickly. I really need to look at how approach the swim leg make a much better effort to find a pack to follow because it seems like I am giving up a lot of time here.īike 24 miles 1:04:48, 22.4 mph average (6th age group, 39th overall) Bike Portion Race File I did feel a lot more comfortable swimming in the open water then I did last year which is good but I’m still having trouble with the drafting. Part of the increased time was the inability to swim in a straight line. I have been seeing a lot of improvements with my swimming the last couple of weeks in the pool and was really expecting to swim somewhere near 27 minutes so I was a little disappointed to come out of the water just over 29:00. The water was still in the low 60’s but I really didn’t find it to be that bad once I got in and started swimming. The swim was near the nuclear power plant and on the “warm” side of the lake. Swim 1500 meters 30:12 (20th age group, 138th overall) They have a little 2 1/2 year old thatt was fun to see again this weekend. I stayed with my Uncle and Aunt in Spotsylvania VA about 20 minutes from the race site. This race took place in the same spot as the Giant Acorn Triathlon last fall. I was beginning to feel that my year was increasingly being summed up by the phrase: well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.Saturday was the first triathlon of the year and I was really excited to be racing again and see how my work during the winter has paid off. Today I’d raced my first ever triathlon.Īnd tomorrow I would race my second.
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On the plus side, the wind was dying down, and it looked like we’d get a good night’s sleep (as good as you can with a German Shepherd lying on top of you). Clearly we need to work on Tina’s sense of entitlement. We’re so used to our former dogs, Dylan and Sayla, who quite happily settled down on the fringes of the tent. Trying to move that much weight around in a confined space where you don’t exactly have a lot of leverage proved to be a losing proposition so we climbed into bed and tried our best to nudge out some space for ourselves. Pulling, shoving, dragging, nothing moved her. When placed inside a tent she expands to three timesĪs soon as we zipped open the tent flap Tina charged inside, made herself at home on top of the sleeping bags and passed out. Unless the 65 pound dog that possesses them, exhausted by a hard day of schmoozing, decides to throw herself down in the middle of your tent.
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Thanks to them, after years of racing I finally get some decent photos, so please forgive my enthusiasm.Ī couple of the things we love most about Tina, our German Shepherd, is that she is so incredibly flexible (she chases and catches frisbees with the athleticism of a dog half her size) and so amazingly compliant (you cuddle her and she goes completely limp). Stratton, Masaki Takahashi, Doug Mansfield, Ed Zerkle, Sebastian Cole.
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Unfortunately, individual photo credits were impossible to assign so I just want to give a big thank you to J.R.
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Content Advisory: The unabashed narcissism represented by the images in this blog post was made possible by a series of Team Z photographers.