SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN (Page 113)

Yeah, that run was brutal!  I officially don't want to do any more hot weather races!

I had pretty low expectations for the swim given that I fought a sore shoulder for most of August and September and only the last few weeks was able to get in any time in the pool at all.  I just took it really easy.

Bike was great, felt really easy and power was on target for the most part.  I got stuck in some traffic in the last 10k that made passing difficult .  There was some drafting but I didn't see any big packs - just individuals.

I felt really good starting out on the run but after 5-6k I started overheating.  The #$%^ bridge was brutal too - I had to do some walking up that.

Overall, really happy with the time!

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Congratulations Gentlemen!  Sounds like you all had an awesome race day--well done )

I had dreams of going sub 5 here, but seeing what arend had to run at mt tremblant, I was pretty sure I wasn't there yet. And although it was not "hot" for here, it was hot for this California boy

swim - I didn't know until after the race what my time was. Didn't wear a watch and couldn't see the clock Happy with it, first no wetsuit tri. Done plenty of pure no wetsuit swim races. Decided to take an outside line once we hit prior waves so navigation was so so. Just settled in and swam my typical HIM pace. Felt great coming out.

bike went really well. Stayed within my power (with one or two exceptions ) and was happy to hit the turnaround sub 1:15 as I knew the return was a bit faster. Passed a ton. Got passed by a few. Actually increased my AG placing on the bike, a rarity

run. Knew with a 2:26ish bike maybe sub 5 back on the table. But by mile 3 knew that was not happening. The bridges were TOUGH. and it was HOT. I reevaluated on the fly since I knew my run was a 2 plus affair, and I wouldn't be holding the paces Shane gave me. If he had, would have been sub. 5 I think. The new plan was to run at a pace that would let me run the entire thing-including all four bridge climbs- and not walking except for aid stations. I wanted to walk SO badly miles 8 to 11, but didn't. I am VERY proud of this run though, as it proved to me I have heart. Once we hit 11 I knew I wasn't walking.

I've always liked races more where I just barely miss my goal. Like this one. Tells me my goals were aggressive but reasonable. I think I need another year of run training before I can actually start racing the run, rather than surviving.

Congrats on some great racing today! Those were some smoking fast times in spite of the weather. The good news is that heat and humidity rarely have an adverse effect on enjoyment of cold beverages while lounging by the ocean/pool/cruise deck. Enjoy! 

Marc, when I grow up I want to run like you!    Did you get a Mont Tremblant slot with that placing?

I'm impressed that the two of you didn't walk the bridge at all.  I probably would have had a better run split if I eased off a bit and done the same.

I forgot to mention the total rookie mistake I made.  We went down to the transition area around 6am to setup all my stuff, get body marked etc.  Our hotel was about a 5 min walk from the site and my wave wasn't until 8:47 so we went back to the hotel for breakfast and to relax a bit.  At about 7:15 while I was putting sunscreen on it suddenly hit me that I hadn't put any socks with my run shoes and transition closed at 7:00!  I've done zero sockless running this year so that would have been a guaranteed blister.  My backup plan was to put the socks in a plastic baggie and put one in each pocket of my trisuit and take them out after the swim.  I told my wife to yell "socks" at me as I ran to T1.    The baggies didn't keep them dry though - soaked right through.  I just put them on the bike rack (I was on an end) and hoped they would be mostly dry by the time I got back - which they were.

Really good showing, all 3 of you! Congratulations on working through the hot and humid that may not be what you are used to!

Nice job guys - really well done for all of you.

Marc, a couple of specific questions for you since you're RR is already up.  Why/what do you think you need to change about your bike training?  I've always thought it was pretty solid.  Secondly, calories - you really rebuff the idea of "x" calories per hour on the bike/run, and perform well at a lower amount.  I'm just wondering your thoughts on how you fuel (through necessity) vs how most fuel.

I got my race report done.  I wanted to get it done before the cruise as I'll be offline all week.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=504223

I think I got everything in there that I wanted to but it was thrown together a bit quickly.

Originally posted by marcag

Originally posted by Jason N Great job guys. Solid performances all around. Two PRs and a 70.3 WC slot...expectations are a little high in this group.

Thanks Jason. We are just drawing a line in the sand should team USA want to challenge Canada.

Still putting things together for next year, but don't think I'm traveling very far.

Still wonder about you guys hitting 117% or whatever for your intervals. I can't do that repeatedly, but do seem to do ok going a little lower and more of it. trying to get that higher effort back, will see what I've learned in the past year.

I think somewhere along those lines, but a little different in that many seem to depend too much on their fueling. It should help some, but would be better of learning how to stay out of their own way.

So to keep this going a little bit - what are you typcially aiming for calorie wise at the HIM level?  At a 130 cals/hour, Marc is about 2.5 times lower than what many would "recommend".  I know size will play a factor, but I'm just curious overall.