Ironman 70.3 Muskoka
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Ironman 70.3 Muskoka - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Swim
Comments: I had little to no anxiety in the water and the swim felt better then any of my training swims. It was a great morning! What would you do differently?: I would pick up my pace in the last 500m next time. I had lots of gas left in the tank and played it safe for the swim. It was my first 70.3 race and wanted to finish strong. Transition 1
Comments: It was a bit of a run from the swim course to the transition area. I did put lots of my body glide on the legs to help with taking the wetsuit off but I was more intrigued by the race itself and got side tracked with my own race. What would you do differently?: I would maybe use the wetsuit strippers at the swim exit. Also, I could of had shoes when I exited the water and running on the concrete to T1 with barefeet wasn't that fun. Could alwayd be faster but like I said, I was enjoying my first 70.3 by taking everything in. Bike
Comments: Bike was feeling good and I was maintaining a 30km/h pace until about km40 by left knee started to hurt. This was my typical runners knee from overtraining coming back to haunt me. I managed to suffer through this and use my right leg as a crutch. However, this dropped me to 27km/h pace. At this point, I just wanted to start my run. I ended up drinking way too much on the bike, I think b/c it was cool out it helped me from sweating so much. I managed to refuel on the bike but not as much as I thought I would need for the race. What would you do differently?: Go harder on the bike if my knee wasn't hurting. Transition 2
Comments: Don't use tri shoes and remained in pedals until the dismount line. What would you do differently?: Use tri shoes and practice my dismounting. Not take as much time in my T2 but I had to use the washroom from overhydration on the bike. Run
Comments: This is normally my strength but I was not feeling it and the knee wasn't either. We got lots of rain on the run and it made things nice and cool. I felt like I could of stepped up my pace but this being my first 70.3, I just wanted to finish strong and time wasn't in the back of my head. Plus, stopping to walk was not an option and that only made things hurt more. Overall, the run course was better then expected and it made my day when I was leaving transition to start my run and Pro Female Mirinda Carfrae was running in for the win. I should of gave her a high five when it was only me there but I was in "ahh" at that time! What would you do differently?: Give high fives!!! LOL! Post race
Warm down: Didn't do one. I usually have an ice bath in training but I was enjoying the moment with my family. What limited your ability to perform faster: Overtraining, leading to injury on the course. Room for improvement. Event comments: Volunteers were awesome! Race was one of my best experiences ever. Having the Pros like Craig Alexander and Mirinda Carfrae there to race was inspiring to me and others. I recommend this race to everyone and especially Canadians. Having this race in our backyard gives a great feeling of fulfillment. I will hopefully do doing this race next year and hope others train hard and will give it a shot. Hope my race report has helped to understand how fun and challenging it can be. Always remember why we love this sport so much and you'll have fun in your worst of times! Happy Training and Racing!!! Last updated: 2010-09-01 12:00 AM
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2010-09-17 7:30 AM in reply to: #3103512 |
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Canada
Trisport North (Subaru Triathlon Series)
15C / 59F
Overcast
Overall Rank = 519/863
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 37/59
Early morning rise at around 0545 and had breakfast. Ate my usual bagel w/ peanut butter and boiled eggs. We were staying at the Deerhurst Resort and figured to watch some TV and relax, no need to rush when the race started at 0800. It was nice that the transition area was right out our front door. Went out to the transition around 0700 to do some last minute checks on the bike and started to make way down to the water shortly after that.
Did about 5 minute warm-up in the water.