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569 days ago
2nd monday night PIR (http://www.obra.org/), 3rd PIR race. 14 laps, 25mi. Race time: ~1hr (avg 25mph, awww yeah) Goal: Hide in the pack, conserve; Keep an eye on the lead pack to make sure they don't get away. On the last few laps, start working towards the top 10. Stay with the top 10 pack to sprinting distance and go for it! Actual: I did a much better job at hiding this race. I learned that there are a lot of false sprints that quickly get reabsorbed into the pack, so don't bother surging with them. There was one point where I was feeling strong and found myself moving through the pack quickly and semi-accidently found myself in the breakway pack. Once I realized this wasn't going anywhere I dialed back to conserve. It was a big breakaway attempt, so maybe it wasn't too dumb. But it tought me how easily I'm seduced into those things... I recovered and refocused. Last lap was super fast and I moved up to the top 10. Came up to about top 5 on the ...
598 days ago
http://www.racecenter.com/results/2008/scdu08.htm 5k run/15mi bike/5k run on a windy, flat course. 38th/231 overall, 14th fastest bike split. bib #61, time: 1:28:44 (goal 1:35) run 1: 0:22:02 (7:06/mi) bike: 0:39:33 (22.38mph) run 2: 0:23:58 (7:43/mi) This was my first running race since Clearwater in Nov, 2006. I started running again in December with a mix of water running and treadmill. A couple of weeks ago, I added flat trail running to the mix. This was my first time on pavement. Hence, I pretty much expected to turn about 30+min 5ks, as that's about what I had been running in training. Adding up my expected times, i thought a 1:35 would be awesome. My race plan was simple: run, bike hard, run. Ideally, I wanted a negative split on the run to force myself from going out too hard. With that in mind, I started up at the front of the pack for the race, cuz I wanted to be with the cool kids :) Strangely enough, whent he gun went off, I hung with the ...
814 days ago
Well, back at it again, are we? How about we make the first race of the season a race up Mt Baker? Why not...I like a challenge. Hell, it's only 24.5 mi...(did I mention the 4000+ ft net elevation gain?) Actually, I like to think of this race report as moral support for all those who have had or are going to have surgery and wonder if they'll race again. For me this race was a huge psychological victory and in the end I was rewarded with a finish far better than I expected. I couldn't have done this without my friends. (You know who you are.) time 1:48:48: (30th?) goal was to finish, no idea of time. http://www.norkarecreation.com/hcindex.html This is only ~3 min slower than last year. Wow! I signed up for this race June'ish, as I needed a goal for training. With my surgery in December 2006, it was June 16th when i made my first outdoor ride - 1 loop around lake wash in about 4:15. My training strategy was partly determined by my knee and partly ...
1117 days ago
Overview: Bib #: 316 Final time: 5:12:06 Swim: 34:00 Bike: 2:30:52 Run: 1:59:31 PreRace: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...kinda cheesy, but true The final 8hrs before the race ranks way up in the list of hardest times I've ever had to go through. During the last few weeks prior to the race my right calf/achilles/ankle/heel facia were irratated, and I couldn't seem to shake the problem. I sincerely thank all who sent "good luck" email, as it meant a lot to me that night. The day before the race I went to get a massage at the expo, and he helped me sort out what it was. At least I knew what I was dealing with, and that made me a lot happier. Neverthless, about midnight before the race, my calf was just screaming out and it became a serious question as to whether I would even start the race. I felt like the pain was inevitable; when would it come and how bad would it be? I willed myself to continue to the race, and it wasn't easy. ...
1165 days ago
RACE: Black Diamond Sprint Tri [.5mi swim, 11mi bike, 2.8mi run] http://www.racecenter.com/blackdiamond/ BIB #: 564 TIME: 1:08:18 PLACE: 7/230 overall, 2/15 in AG http://results.racecenter.com/2006/bdst06.htm OVERVIEW: Same course as Cascade's Edge (CE) Sprint Tri (see below). My goal was to beat my previous time. It was a beautiful day, but the recent rains had definitely left the grass a bit wet around the start/finish. A pretty strong field, about 2x of Cascade's edge participants I believe. NUTRITION: [9am start] Leave house @ 5:35 - have clif bar and protein shake with 27g protein. get coffee on the way, nursed this a bit. ate half clif bar about 7:15 ate carb-boom @ 8:40, as I didn't quite feel 100% on the carbs. It was cool out and I felt like I was burning energy just to stay warm. SWIM: [12:55] The 9am start turned into a 15min wait in 61F water. I was shivering in the lake as they waited to start the ...
