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Comments: I am in the water waiting for the green light and then there is a call out that someone in the previous wave had a heart attack. This was not a very good mental boost for my swim. We were delayed about 10 minutes. Someone after the race said that he had died but I don't know for sure. Either way it put a much needed perspective on the race especially since my wife and kids were there. It's only a race. After the delay our wave went off and this time I started at the back of the field. I felt really good, almost too good. Do yourself a favor if you are doing an open water swim buy a swim mask, try it you will love it. Anyways I gave it a final kick at the end and came out smiling. This was a confidence booster for my IM race as I felt I could swim 2.4 at this pace.  Transition 1
Comments: messed around with my poler for too long. What would you do differently?: mess with the watch while riding  Bike
Comments: I don't incorporate too many climbs into training, for this race I should of. The 15% climb kicked my ass. If I had a triple I think I could of not walked. After the walk up the hill I passed people like mad but the walk ended up killing my time and legs. After the walk up I said screw it and went as hard as I could but I could never make up the 5-10 minutes I lost there. On the downhill there was medical personal there after someone had hit a car. The downhill was very fast where you could easily reach 50+mph. The again I heard that they had died after the race. Sad day. What would you do differently?: Hill climbs? Transition 2
 Run
Comments: I felt really good to start the run, I know it doesn't show. Except on mile one where there was a guy lying on the ground in bad shape, mentally my day was shot. I ran the first mile at about 11:00 and stopped at the aid station for water. I ended mile 2, felt good again about a 11 min mile. Mile 3 was the killer. I felt well and wasn't breathing hard but my hr was running at about 173. I couldn't it down below 170. I am not sure what was going on, maybe I bonked? The rest of the run/walk it what killed. I need to find out why in races I can't run a 9 min mile without killing myself but in training I don't have this problem. Post race
Warm down: hang out the family, went swimming with my son. What limited your ability to perform faster: Time to train. Last updated: 2005-07-25 12:00 AM
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 2005-07-25 8:57 AM |
Regular  120  Eagle, CO |  Subject: Boulder Peak Olympic Tri |
| 2005-07-25 9:10 AM in reply to: #206153 |
Elite 3223  Hendersonville | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Olympic Tri I wanna see a picture of this hill everyone keeps talking about. It must have been a whopper! Super good time on the swim! So weird all the bad things that happened to your fellow racers. Congats on a strong race. Jessica |
| 2005-07-25 9:15 AM in reply to: #206153 |
Master 1927  Chicago | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Olympic Tri Way to go guy. Yeah I road Old Stage Road before the race and I had to walk a little. My chain slipped and I fell off the bike and well I walked unti I could find a place to get back on my bike without going freakin' backwards. Oh the biker on the downhill lived incredibly! He's in the hospital having a series of surgeries. Good job guy. You survived one of the hardest races in the country! |
| 2005-07-25 9:16 AM in reply to: #206153 |
Expert 1836 Lafayette, CO | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Olympic Tri Nice race! Yep, that bike (and run) course is a brutal one. The last I heard, everybody survived, but the two guys involved with the car accident are both going to be out of commission for a long time (check with infosteward for details). |
| 2005-07-25 9:42 AM in reply to: #206153 |
Regular 120 Eagle, CO | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Olympic Tri thanks for all of the feedback. Jessica, this hill is a killer, it's not so much the hill (well ok it is) but it that you are climbing 6 miles to get to it. Gotta love bike riding in CO. Gald to hear everyone is OK. Edited by racerx 2005-07-25 9:42 AM |
| 2005-07-25 11:40 AM in reply to: #206153 |
Pro 4228 Broomfield, Colorado | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Olympic Tri Great job on the race! yep, Old Stage is a tough climb! Lots of people walk, as I am sure you saw! You did great! Next time, you'll have to meet up with the BT crowd! |
| 2005-07-25 1:45 PM in reply to: #206153 |
Expert 615 Littleton, CO | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Olympic Tri Dang - once again didn't get to meet you! I have to get a shade tent and a BT banner next time! Good job managing your race. Sounds like many racers had trouble with the heat on the run - I know it always makes my HR shoot up too! Welcome to the eastern slope! |
I'll bet you can find some hills to pedal in your neighborhood too - try riding out to Camp Hale and back, over Battle Mountain. Those hills will make Old Stage easy next time!| 2005-07-25 1:50 PM in reply to: #206153 |
Extreme Veteran 458 Denver, CO | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Olympic Tri You and I had the same problem on the run. No matter how slow I went, I couldn't get my heartrate down. It was brutal. The climb was brutal too - it's tough to prepare for that even if you've been incorporating climbing into your training. There aren't too many 15% grades to practice on! Great race! |
| 2005-07-25 2:03 PM in reply to: #206153 |
Expert 963 | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Olympic Tri Glad to see you got another good race under your belt. Don't even sweat the bike and the run; I've heard those are some damn tough courses. As for your heartrate on the run, I agree w/ Alpine87. Sounds like the heat started affecting you. I know when I start getting really hot, my heart starts beating like a jack hammer. So when's you're next race? |
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Age Group = Clydesdale
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Woke up around 4:30 got the kids loaded and headed off to the races.
Did a little jog back to the car (forgot sunglasses) and swam for about 5 minutes before my race.