Subject: RE: Hueston Woods Wow! It went better than I thought, despite my recent injuries and lack of training. Swimmiing went poorly. Though I was able to swim the two laps without too much problem, I was pretty slow. I think I was lower than 50th percentile getting out of the water. At least in my agegroup, I think I was toward the end. T1 went well. No problems Bike, I had a small mechanical problem (the Garmin cadence sensor shfted and started getting caught in the spokes, so I was getting some weird noise out of the rear tire... I lost a couple minutes figuring out and fixing the problem. Still, I was not passed by anyone, and passed a number of people. I averaged nearly 21mph... I have a feeling that I will be around 5th percentile or better on this event. The question is if I made up enough time on the bike to compensate for the swim debacle... T2 also went well. The run is what I feared the most... I have had a nagging herniated disk which has prevented me from running (too much impact and jarring on my lower back ). so I have ran very little, and still huffed and puffed with shorter runs. Anyways, it went better than I thought. A little slower than I expected, at 8:27 /mile average, and was passed by a number of people, but I also passed a number of people.. I think I will be middle of the pack there. Overall, I think I did fairly well. Heck, this morning I was thinking it the run would hurt my back too much and would have to DNF. It was fun! |