comfy first run. 732 includes potty stop in the woods. cold weather racing...too much coffee..bad combo :-)



train my run more. make one last portajohn stop.

a little fumbly strapping in while rolling...combo of gloved hands and interference from toewarmer straps...and super slow coasting casued by headwinds on the opening stretch.

thicker sox and no toewarmers on shoes maybe?

that is a rocket-fast course under ideal conditions. the rollers are so short you can maintain momentum up over the next one in most cases without chainging gears. wind made life interesting on the northbound and westbound legs, but not terrible. #1 tip: practice with your deep section wheels on windy days...it's what I do.

race with my powertap...had a goal power output that I think I hit based on RPE, but no data to prove it. OTOH, I might've unnecessarily limited myself if the goal output was softer than what I actually managed to do on raceday.

T2 is so blessedly simple...dump a bunch of stuff, put on a tiny bit of stuff, go.

nothing

635-644-646 going into the turn, held it together (just) for another mile at 702 and then 727-723 for the closing pair as the wheels came off.

I walked the last two aid stations. dumb...unnecessary...a couple sips of gatorade with 15min to go is like a bandaid on a compound fracture.

warming down? that's funny right there. all I could do to get into my car and change into warm stuff as fast as possible.


need to run more in training.


on-time grade based on circumstances, not advertising. start delayed 2hrs in attempt to get temperatures to "sane", then another 5min or so at new start time as last-second decision to shorten swim (concurrent tri events) needed to be communicated to racers. RD did what he had to do and I begrudge him nothing.

epic day. worthy of Powerman name. I'll be back next year.