Forgot to bring the camera!
We had great weather for the weekly hill repeats at Edworthy Park-- we even went early for a warmup ride along the river, to Prince's Island and back.
I managed to do the hill 6 times, with runs of 7 and 10 minutes in between. I had time to go farther, but it was hot, windy, and I'd run out of water... that sounds really lame now, but oh well.
When we got there, we saw my buddy Steve, who was training for his ride to conquer cancer! Awesome! I tried to recruit him to ride up Highwood Pass before it opens on June 15th... looks like we might have as many as 6 doing the ride so far.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Getting Used to New Goggles
After taking a rest day Monday, it was back to the pool on Tuesday. Since I had such a great race on Sunday, I decided to go to the deep end. The workout there was 2500m-- not too long.
What killed me were the sprint sets - 4x50m descending on 1:10. That is, do 50m, and whatever time you have left under 1:10 is your rest. Oh, and you have to swim faster each time. It actually felt great, I was able to build gradually, and was going pretty all out by number four. The next set though, was 5x250m at 1500m race pace, and I just couldn't pull it together. I was drained for the first two, sloppy and sluggish. By the third and fourth ones, it was starting to come together, but it still felt relatively sloppy. Oh well.
I started off a little behind, too- trying to adjust the new goggles. They are awesome for visibility: sighting is easier, and I don't have to take them off to see the clock. But for something that suctions to my face that well, it's odd that they leak slightly. After some playing around, I figure I need to just not press them onto my face.
As usual, after the swim, it was onto the deck for abs/pushups with the team. Good times. It's actually getting a little easier, I think. I've decided to do yoga every morning-- I'm on day 4, I think.
Tonight, the hill at Edworthy. I'll bring the camera.
What killed me were the sprint sets - 4x50m descending on 1:10. That is, do 50m, and whatever time you have left under 1:10 is your rest. Oh, and you have to swim faster each time. It actually felt great, I was able to build gradually, and was going pretty all out by number four. The next set though, was 5x250m at 1500m race pace, and I just couldn't pull it together. I was drained for the first two, sloppy and sluggish. By the third and fourth ones, it was starting to come together, but it still felt relatively sloppy. Oh well.
I started off a little behind, too- trying to adjust the new goggles. They are awesome for visibility: sighting is easier, and I don't have to take them off to see the clock. But for something that suctions to my face that well, it's odd that they leak slightly. After some playing around, I figure I need to just not press them onto my face.As usual, after the swim, it was onto the deck for abs/pushups with the team. Good times. It's actually getting a little easier, I think. I've decided to do yoga every morning-- I'm on day 4, I think.
Tonight, the hill at Edworthy. I'll bring the camera.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Try This Tri Results
Wow. Pretty good!
Full Overall Results Here
and Age Group Results Here
Full Overall Results Here
and Age Group Results Here
Overall Rank: 18
Age Group Rank: 5/21 (Men 20-29)
Swim Rank: 12
Swim Time: 8:45
Swim Pace min/100m: 1:45
Bike Rank: 18
Bike Time: 30:10
Run Rank: 65
Run Time: 14:26
Run Pace min/km 4:15
Total Time: 53:20
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