Subject: RE: Evondo's Group - FULLI'm with you on this one but thankfully next season will be here before you know it. Off-season is a fun time where a loss in fitness is expected/needed and focus on the small details and speed is a good change both physically and mentally. I'm looking forward to a break from long bikes even though I love them and working on some running speed! Your race was awesome and as we already talked about, it's very hard to maintain the same fitness level for two peak races. The best you can really hope for is a ~15% decrease in fitness. You paced an excellent race and got the nutrition down which is a huge skill and limiter for most in 70.3s! KelliD - 2009-10-27 8:01 AM Great photos!! I'm slow on photos, but hopefully I'll have some posted by the weekend.
I won't be as slow on this RR as I was with T-man. I'm SO HAPPY that I decided to do this race! It was such a fun weekend all around! I think my fitness was definitely at its peak in August, but I had a good day. Overall time was 6:30 and change, so about 2 min slower than Timberman, but I felt good all day and nutrition was spot on this time. I think I could have HTFU a couple times on the run (which was definitely harder than Timberman), but I'm happy with my day. I can say with full certainty I have no interest in a full ironman and I don't see this changing anytime in the near future, but I can't wait to knock out some more70.3's.
The funny thing is last week I couldn't wait for a break and for my off-season to start, and as I was packing up to head home yesterday I could feel the post-race-depression setting in...which is now fully set in.
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