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Comments: The strategy for the day was fairly simple: all out from the beginning to the end. It was a C race, placed just before the taper for the A race (Du plus Ste-Agathe) just to get myself into racing mode. I knew the legs would not be 100% and it was all right that way. It was fine if I crashed in the second run. Now the race... The first k was damn hard, I really had to talk myself into "sufferfest mode". It kind of worked after a while and off I was. What would you do differently?: Not run 26k three days before the race. Run more.  Transition 1
Comments: Very quick transition as the bike was about 15 yards from the exit. Getting on the bike went well but traffic and the bumpy road made it difficult to attach the shoes. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Just keep on practicing the mounting part.  Bike
Comments: Got on the bike and wanted to begin the crank punishing session right away but I needed about half a lap to get my muscles to switch from running mode to biking. First corner, the bike of one of the guys in front of me just slips from under him on one of the recently painted lines. Yep! Its slippery in St-Lambert! Third lap, same freakin' thing! Needless to say I was extra careful. Flesh heals, however, a scar on the P2C is forever! ;) Other than that, well, I couldn't really know in what place I was in my race since we were on the same course than the sprintman guys/gals (the studs) so even if I was riding hard, I was getting passed a lot. There was quite a bit of traffic given the small course but not much slow traffic which was fine. What would you do differently?: Not much, I managed to stay on the bike and rode the best I could with the legs I had. Transition 2
Comments: Not a highlight of this race. Dismounting went well. I could have laced the shoes a little looser which could have made me 1.68 seconds faster in T2 lol. What would you do differently?: Not much. Run
Comments: Surprisingly, the legs were not the worst thing but my breathing was very labored and I was that my HR was way through the 46th floor... completely out of control. I managed to get my skinny a$$ moving but it just didn't feel right. I had some trouble keeping a descent form as well. Got passed by two, maybe three guys in that last leg. Well, it's not like I didn't set myself up for this one with that "all out" plan anyways... What would you do differently?: Not run 26k three days before the race. Run more. Post race
Warm down: Some walking and a bit of stretching, but I was mostly warming back up the jaw bone after an hour of being stuck open lol. What limited your ability to perform faster: Like I said previously... Event comments: Post race stuff... Sprintman! What a show, what. a. show! They took the top 20 men/woman of the sprint tri to have them swim 150 meters/yard, bike 3.3k/2 miles, then run 500 meters/yards. Transitions were just nuts!!! Some were riding 7-8k bikes with running shoes, others chose to bike in bike shoes but run barefoot!!! Again, THAT. WAS. NUTS. Profile Album Last updated: 2009-05-24 12:00 AM
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 2009-07-18 4:14 PM |
Veteran  307  Montréal |  Subject: Duathlon sprint St-Lambert |
| 2009-07-19 7:09 AM in reply to: #2293599 |
Elite 3595    Quebec, Canada | Subject: RE: Duathlon sprint St-Lambert Good job on that race Etienne  36km/h and you were not riding hard on the turns, not too bad! That Sprintman thing seems nuts man. You'll kick in Ste-Agathe in two weeks! |
| 2009-07-19 1:29 PM in reply to: #2294097 |
Veteran 307 Montréal | Subject: RE: Duathlon sprint St-Lambert Thanks Robert! Mental training for Ste-Agathe: listening over and over again to Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden. |
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I was up at 4:58 and the alarm was set for 5am... very nice to wake up without that dang thing! Had the usual breakfast while watching some tri motivation videos on youtube. Then packed the car and rode the huge 10 minutes to St-Lambert.
Did one 3.4k bike loop, the legs did not feel that great but I was primed up. The pavement was wet and some section of the course were brand new, so were the lines... very, very slippery. Two of the four corners were downright dangerous so I figured I would not attack them to much... better losing time on the bike then losing time because I couldn't stay on the bike. Then, I ran ~1k and did three strides. I don't think that was enough. Need to keep that in mind for next time.