Sunday, July 15, 2007

Long delayed update

I finally have time to update. I know, I know.

Here's the rides I did in PA:
Sat the 30th: 32.4 miles, 1:55, 17.1mph.
Sun: 66.2 miles, 3:54, 17.2mph
Monday: ran 33 min, 3.9 miles
Tues: 35.0 miles, 2:01, 17.3 mph
Wed: off
Thursday: 13.3 miles, :49, 16.0, felt like crap, and puked afterwards. Didn't run as planned
Friday: 61.1 miles, 3:46, 16.3mph. Lots of long hills, felt bad for half the ride, but got over it. Major hills.
Sat: 37.9 miles, 2:15, 16.9mph. Went up the 2.25 mile long mountain. Went well.

Chattanooga Waterfront Tri

Here is more detail about the tri. The transition area was huge with 1200 racers. We got bused to the swim start and I should have taken a little more food as we sat around for 90 minutes.
Swimming with the current was good and I was out fo the water in 24:30 or so. We couldn't see the finish from the start and there was no info on what the exit was like. So I chatted with some folks and got an idea, but had a hard time seeing the finish (poorly marked). My chip almost fell off one time, I think, and I stopped to fix it, but got clobbered by someone. Trying to hold you ankle means you sink and getting hit by someone isn't cool. The guy asked if I was ok. I was fine. Tough time seeing since we had NO warm up and my goggles were completely fogged. I got "yanked" out of the water by a bunch of thugs and I managed to get my right shin chewed up. Not cool. Long run to transition area, up a bunch of steps, etc. T1 was slow, but there was a long way to walk/jog and I'm not smooth in T1

The bike ride was 26+ miles, not 25 as it was supposed to be and the course was super hilly. Not steep hills, but at least 6 0.5 to 1.0 mile long grades which wear you out. I passed a LOT of people on the bike. It clouded up and made the ride quite pleasant, for a race. The descents were fun, but I never topped 40mph (max 39.9). A couple descents were cool actually. Much better then hot. 26.2 miles, 1:14:19, avg 21.2mph.

Started run at 1:42:05
Mile 1 at 1:50:15 (8:10 mile)
Mile 2 at 1:58:13 (7:58 mile)
Mile 3 at 2:06:08 (7:55 mile)
Mile 4 at 2:13:52 (7:44 mile)
Mile 5 at 2:21:49 (7:57 mile)
Mile 6.2 2:31:26 (last 1.2 miles: 9:25 finish)

2:31 sucks, but it was a tough course, long transitions, and a "slow" run.

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