Swim
Comments: Decent swim for me. Was hoping to go a bit quicker buy I can tire myself out on the swim if I go too hard. What would you do differently?: Maybe learn to push a little harder. Transition 1
Comments: I couldn't get a hold of my wet suit zipper to get it started for the stripper. I asked him to help and we got it off pretty quickly. What would you do differently?: Nothing really. Bike
Comments: Was supposed to keep heart rate in upper zone 1 to lower zone 2. I was in middle zone 3 most of the ride. I was a little concerned but felt good and didn't want to slow down. My plan was to grab a big gear on the downhills but ended up just coasting on most of them to give my heart rate a break. I was fairly happy with the pace. I hoping for 19mph or so but with the rain and wind almost averaging 18 was fine with me. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Transition 2
Comments: Nothing great in T2. Got racked, got my shoes and race belt on and took off. What would you do differently?: Nothing Run
Comments: Plan was to keep in upper Z1 lower Z2 and pretty much kept to it. Ran the entire time (remember I am a Clydesdale so running isn't easy for me). Slowed at aid stations for gatorade and gels. Great crowd support around the resort. I have only run 2 official stand alone half marathons prior to this (ran the distance in training many times). The 2:23 is a half marathon PR for me by a few minutes so I was pretty happy with it. What would you do differently?: Nothing Post race
Warm down: Bottle of water, beer and pizza. Event comments: I figured I would have to go under 6 hours to podium. With the 6:32 I wasn't even paying attention to the standings even though we hung out until the very last person finished. My wife did say I wasn't in last place which I guess was good. Turns out I got 4th out of 11. Here is the kicker though...in the past this race always had an under 40 Clydesdale and an over 40. For some reason the combined them this year. If they had still been separate I would have been in 1st as I beat all of the other over 40 Clydesdale's. This was a great race though and I will probably do it again next year. Last updated: 2015-11-04 12:00 AM
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Out Load
70F / 21C
Precipitation
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = Clydesdale 40+
Age Group Rank = 4/11
Quick intro...this was my first 70.3 and if something could go wrong leading up to this race, it did. My wife and I were staying at the host resort on Saturday night. On the way there, we stopped at a store to pick up a few things. I was wearing sandals and after walking around a bit my feet were getting sore so I thought I should put on my running shoes and realized I had forgot to pack them. Not going to panic. Only an hour from home. Plenty of time to go to packet pickup, meet some friends for dinner and drive home to get them. Go to leave the store and my car dies in the parking lot. Won't start back up. Three hours for a tow truck. My wife was doing the relay and her runner was already there so she came on got us and I had a friend go to my house, get our other car and my shoes and drive them the hour to drop them off. Hats off to them.
Now to race day...
Usual pb&j, banana and diet coke for breakfast. Light drizzle outside. I got my bike bottles ready intending to add ice at the ice machine that I knew I would pass on the way to transition. Of course it doesn't work. Luckily I saw a guy in transition filling his bottle from a bag of ice and he didn't use it all. He graciously offered me what was left which was the perfect amount.
Got transition set up best I could. If I had been thinking I would have had zip locks to put socks in to keep them try. Another hiccup on the day.
Stuffed myself into my wet suit and walked over to the swim start. I didn't realize we would be able to get into the water prior to the race but since we could I took advantage to get my suit wet and swim around for a few minutes. I am a slow but confident swimmer but I hadn't been able to get a practice swim in with the wet suit this season. Felt ok though and ready to race.