09.02.2019 Memorial Monday Training

Morning BT!

7:00 AM - 8 mile run at half ironman running race pace. 

I had a 40 minute Z1 heart rate zone run planned as a recovery day from the weekend's triathlon race.  I had such a light taper week last week that I want to get back to where my pre-taper volume was as quickly as possible because I still have two more races to prepare for in the next 5 weeks.  So I change the work out to a 60 minute Zone 2 heart rate run.  Legs were sore but after raceing they were dial into running fast to the workout felt easy even though I was going really fast.

Have a great day.

P.S.  Oh....and I raced well.  It hit a 23.1 MPH average on the Bike for the 5th fastest bike split and a 19:15 run time for the 2nd fastest run split.  I am not sure if my swim time was correct.  I lined up in the 1:45 min/100 yds pace and I didn't pass anyone on the swim and none passed me on the swim.  I figures that should have put me somewhere between 1:45 to 1:55 min/100yds.  I got a 2:15 min/yards.  The swim three spots ahead of me jumped in that his race band came off and floated to the surface.  I immediately call the attention of the timing guy starting the race to hold off any more started until they had retrieved the timing chip.  He just shrugged his shoulder and started another swimmer. So I flagged a volunteer that was working the lane turn around and pointed out which swimmer had lost his band and said you have to make sure he gets this back when he exits the pool.  He shrugged his shoulder too and said oh well.  Finally It told the timer and the volunteer I was going to jump in and get it between the next break in swimmer.  I went around the starting timer jumped in got the timing band and gave it to the volunteer at the turn around and told him to make sure that when a guy came out of the pool in 5 minutes with out a timing chip that someone be waiting to hand him the band.  He said thanks and I jumped back in line.  The timer guys asked where I was in line and I said it didn't matter and to just let me go after the next guy.  I did but am now wondering if my time started when I went in to get the fallen off timing band or if the 2:15 min/100yd was due to the exit timing mat being at the entrance to the T1 or something that would have added a lot of time to the swim.     

I was 6th place over all and 1st place in the Masters Division.