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SSMinnow - 2010-06-19 6:00 PM
Thanks for all the inspires and well wishes...

I put it out there....6:08:21.  This is a 14 min HIM PR, a swim, a bike and a run HIM PR to boot.  I missed the elusive 6:00 goal I was aiming for, but couldn't be happier with myself.

The swim was like nothing I could have ever imagined. I never thought it could be worse than yesterday, but waves were 4-5'.  My actual time was 40:26 acording to Garmin 39:56, but I waited on shore to see where my trainining partner was--she wanted to swim together because she was nervous but we lost each other, got stripped and the mat was right before transition.  Apparently 50 people were brought in off the course by boat inlcluding my training partner due to conditions. First 200 yards we heard a woman screaming for help....then a woman grabbed my leg and pulled me under asking for help....me? help?  I could barely keep myself above the water line--I kept swimming because I was afraid she would drown  me.  I didn't know what to do.  There were definite periods of fright ..ended up trying to go 10 strokes at a time and then vertical to site...sometimes it worked well and sometimes I found myself drowing in lake water.   

The bike went according to plan--well given the 25mph winds. I stayed right at around 80% FTP.  I was on the SEVEN, but stayed aero nearly all the time....yeah me!!

The run was entirely cross country which I never knew ahead of time--grass, hiking trails, rocks (yes, rocks), mud you name it--their descripton said parts are on a shaded trail ...I turned on my watch and never looked at it. I allowed myself to walk all water stops and that killed my time, but that was it. Chewing ice is my new best friend.   I was really feeling fine, but the terrain was tough. I turned my sore ankle on a tree root going down this hill...fortunately, it doesn't hurt, yet.  Haven't uploaded my files or figured out how smartly I addressed to nutrition plan...seemed a little light, but not sure.

The legs are sore, but my upper body is the worst.  Never have my pecs, shoulders, tris/bis and lats hurt so much. Fricking Lake Winnebago!

Paul's whole family is coming to our house tomorrow afternoon for a cook out so I need to start running around like a crazy person getting ready!!! Maybe I will be shuffling.....

SSMinnow - 2010-06-20 10:27 AM Our boy Ryan is rocking and rolling....the link.

    461  Ryan Perovich             Redmond          WA                40:29  swim, 2:08 T1  Total so far: 42:53   

SSMinnow - 2010-06-20 10:27 AM Our boy Ryan is rocking and rolling....the link.

    461  Ryan Perovich             Redmond          WA                40:29  swim, 2:08 T1  Total so far: 42:53   

kkcbelle - 2010-06-20 10:27 AM We have someone who has an AG win to brag about....

And I was typing a big, long inspire to her about OWS but then figured I should put it here. There is/was concern about OWS times not measuring up to pool times. I totally experienced that in my last race.

First off, remember that course measurements are less than exact. So don't get hung up on the pace -- compare yourself to others whose swim speeds you already know. See how you did compared to them. I feel like my OWS times are slower compared to my pool times/other peeps partly because the buoyancy gains they get with their wetsuits are greater than I get with mine (i.e. I am already buoyant in the pool so the wetsuit doesn't give me those gains as much). Did you wear a wetsuit yesterday?

I also think there is some mental factor in not having a pace clock or a TRUE measured distance. For me I think that messes with my ability to go faster and push myself. Where I do OWS we swim among 4 buoys, and I think they are about 500 yards for an out-and-back. I've started timing myself for the out-and-backs and trying to push myself a bit harder. I think it's easy when doing OWS just to fall into an easy pace (for ME) and start losing time.

Finally, I think the swimmers probably gain more time the longer the distance is (duh). I hope to see how that theory works out next week!!

Linda (Havin'Fun) once mentioned to me some OWS strategies... perhaps she will bop in here and enlighten us? She rocked her IM swim...

Great job racers and hope today goes well for everyone! (I was going to say I hope it goes swimmingly... ha ha!) 

SSMinnow - 2010-06-20 10:44 AM

Funny you should bring this up, I was just thinking about it after yesterday.    I have never been able to come close to 2:00/100 in the pool.  The best I can do is around 2:15s. I totally agree distances can be off and have certainly seen that in certain local races...like no way I can swim a 1:35 a few weeks ago.  But I am curious why I can hit 2s in OW-- is it the wetsuit? no wall for those of us who stop to turn? the sheer will to get out of the water as fast as possible?   Really curious.

SSMinnow - 2010-06-20 12:30 PM

2:32:44 on the bike...moved Ryan up from 258th place to 39th....unreal huh?

kkcbelle - 2010-06-20 10:27 AM We have someone who has an AG win to brag about....

And I was typing a big, long inspire to her about OWS but then figured I should put it here. There is/was concern about OWS times not measuring up to pool times. I totally experienced that in my last race.

First off, remember that course measurements are less than exact. So don't get hung up on the pace -- compare yourself to others whose swim speeds you already know. See how you did compared to them. I feel like my OWS times are slower compared to my pool times/other peeps partly because the buoyancy gains they get with their wetsuits are greater than I get with mine (i.e. I am already buoyant in the pool so the wetsuit doesn't give me those gains as much). Did you wear a wetsuit yesterday?

I also think there is some mental factor in not having a pace clock or a TRUE measured distance. For me I think that messes with my ability to go faster and push myself. Where I do OWS we swim among 4 buoys, and I think they are about 500 yards for an out-and-back. I've started timing myself for the out-and-backs and trying to push myself a bit harder. I think it's easy when doing OWS just to fall into an easy pace (for ME) and start losing time.

Finally, I think the swimmers probably gain more time the longer the distance is (duh). I hope to see how that theory works out next week!!

Linda (Havin'Fun) once mentioned to me some OWS strategies... perhaps she will bop in here and enlighten us? She rocked her IM swim...

Great job racers and hope today goes well for everyone! (I was going to say I hope it goes swimmingly... ha ha!) 

fattyfatfat - 2010-06-20 3:04 PM ryan threw down a 4:53.  damn. 
second in his a/g.  damn. 
awesome job speedy!!!!

Tobey91 - 2010-06-20 3:07 PM

Great job.  Very impressive.