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Comments: The swim went well. This is a swim I was actually looking forward to since my open water swims in Cancun in some incredibly rough water. Over the past year I have gone from a 2/2 breather to a 4/4-4/5 breather. This has helped me incredibly in my open water swims - staying calm, not hyperventilating. What would you do differently?: Not much given my lazy approach to swim training. I have only been doing 200's or 400's at the pool with no regard for speed. It's simple and the way I like it right now. Before the race I was talking to dalessit and leegocrap. I actually ended up putting my wetsuit on backwards.  Transition 1
Comments: Slow. I think I was the only one in transition calling my wife and mom to wish them a happy Mothers Day and to tell my wife that I did now drown.  Bike
Comments: Started out a little chilly on the bike but it warmed up nice. One good thing is that it never got 'sweaty hot' on the course. Just nice, cool weather. My hip didn't bother me too much which was a main concern especially due to the extreme hilliness of the course. I actually did far better than I thought on these hills considering my lack of bike training. My legs didn't burn at all. I kept it slow on the downhill as I don't get off on breakneck speeds. My hydration/fuel was perfect. I just had one bottle of Gatorade endurance that I drank a quarter of it every 5-6 miles - never felt tired which I fully expected from little bike training. What would you do differently?: Probably just train more. I wanted to get a solid month of 30 minutes trainer rides before the race - that would have helped. Transition 2
Comments: The Bear had to remind me to put on my number. I have about 3 race belts but couldn't find any of them before I left...so I had to pin the number on.  Run
Comments: It was a tough run for me. Humbling too. In the past I have never walk any of the run in a race except for the aid stations. What would you do differently?: Wish I would have at least continued with some running the week and a half before the race - that would have helped a lot as I walked about 2 miles. I just didn't have the durability and felt it in my knees. Post race
Warm down: Walked and got food. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of consistent bike and run training this year - especially taking a week and a half off before the race to see if some achyness in my hip/knee would go away. Event comments: If the race served hamburgers instead of deli-sandwhiches, it would have gotten a 5. It was great meeting all of the BT'ers at the expo. It's soo cool putting faces to usernames. Full race evaluation: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp... Last updated: 2010-03-25 12:00 AM
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 2010-05-16 10:49 AM |
Champion  13323    |  Subject: Revolution 3 Olympic Distance Triathlon |
| 2010-05-16 2:10 PM in reply to: #2861475 |
Champion 7547   Albuquerque, New Mexico Bronze member | Subject: RE: Revolution 3 Olympic Distance Triathlon Congrats on finishing the race given the training chaos. Hope your mom and wife appreciated the T1 phone calls. |
| 2010-05-17 7:00 AM in reply to: #2861475 |
Pro 4612 MA | Subject: RE: Revolution 3 Olympic Distance Triathlon Nice job Ron! Great swim. I like your T1, calling wife and mom. That's the spririt! I also have 3 racebelts. For the race I did in HK, I brought everything I Need but left all my racebelts in Boston! So I had to pin my number on my tri top. Sounds like you're developing ITB issue (knee and hip). Don't over-do it. |
| 2010-05-17 10:15 AM in reply to: #2862548 |
Champion 10018 , Minnesota Bronze member | Subject: RE: Revolution 3 Olympic Distance Triathlon Congrats on a great race! It was a fun weekend and a wonderful venue. I am sure the women in your life appreciated the phone call, though that might be a first |
| 2010-05-17 10:31 AM in reply to: #2861475 |
Master 1932 Savannah, | Subject: RE: Revolution 3 Olympic Distance Triathlon Good job, Ron! Not drowning is always good. |
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Revolution 3
67F / 19C
Sunny
Overall Rank = /480
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 0/49
MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE RACE:
From March to April has been incredibly busy with travel to MultisportWorld expos, kids spring break and a trip to the AMSSM conferance to do some video. I made sure to get 2 swims in per week as I new I needed that at the minimum for the race. I was running 2x per week at about 3/4 race distance pretty consistently. After Cancun (2 weeks before race0, I started some 30 minute rides on the spinner on the day before and after my long rund. BAD IDEA. It was too much all of the sudden...my left kneecap and hip started hurting subtley. I ended up doing no running or biking the week and a half before the race. Would rather go into it healed and slow than hurting and slower.
NITE OF THE RACE
Big pasta dinner that one shouldn't have the nite before the race at the BT house courtesy of rkrueser and milaminute - yum. Several beers were consumed too. We all actually got to bed in a reasonable amount of time.
Got up around 5:30, had coffee and a slice of bread with peanut butter, sipped some water on the way to the race. That's it until I started hydrating on the bike.
No warmup. I'm not a huge fan of pre-race warmups...especially the swim. I just want to get in and get it done.