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Pelican Fest Tri - Triathlon
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Comments: Started up front with a couple of Pros and some national caliber AG athletes. At first buoy, I was about 20 yds back - was doing great and then all of the sudden I was off swimming by my lonesome. Got back in the thick of the swim and hammered the way back in to make up for lost time. This is a sprint after all. RED LINE all the way! What would you do differently?: Stay on course! DUH!  Transition 1
Comments: Smooth What would you do differently?: nada  Bike
Comments: Up a big hill - sat in and just kept my cadence high - over 84 - then got up to speed and just pegged it. A flatter and more windless course, could not by found. This was extremely fast - my speed was consisently hovering around 25-30. Just a great course. So fast. And I felt good too. :-) Legs were working hard, breathing was at a good effort and the only two things I looked at today were cadence/mph. I had watts covered on my Ergomo just so it wouldn't be a distraction. See - you can teach an old dog new tricks! What would you do differently?: nada Transition 2
Comments: Smooth What would you do differently?: nada  Run
Comments: Under the bridge, saw Tanner right in front of me - then saw Eric in front of him. Caught them both right away and kept them away. Always pass with authority. Caught another guy, Matt, that I see at the track each week. Real nice guy. He looked fit and I had to drop him quickly. Did that and was solo for a bit. Hit the first mile at 6:45 and with the hills, that was a very good time. Right after mile 1, we went up a wee bit more and made the final down hill and back onto the flats. Going down the hill, I experienced something I hadn't in a long time - MY LEGS. Wow. I was actually feeling good and running like I can. Very nice to feel like that. I opened it up on the flats and I was looking to catch this one guy who has beaten me the last few years. I closed in on him, but at the line he got me by :20. With about 600m to go another racer passed me, and I hung in a for a bit, but he just had more than me today. I have been racing this guy too, and now I think I found the chink in his armor...so all good knowledge for later. Once he passed and I couldn't hand on, I shut it down and cruised in. No one was behind me and I still have to race Bolder Boulder on Monday so no sense in emptying the tank. What would you do differently?: nada Post race
Warm down: Drank lots including my Hammer Pro Whey - ran for a few mintues - biked when I got home What limited your ability to perform faster: Not much, I was RED LINE the entire way. Event comments: D3ers did great. Jen D was 9th AG, Beth was 2nd, Ida was 2nd. Great race - looking forward to doing it again next year! Last updated: 2006-05-27 12:00 AM
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 2006-05-27 6:23 PM |
 8763       Boulder, Colorado |  Subject: Pelican Fest Tri |
| 2006-05-27 6:56 PM in reply to: #436267 |
Expert 904 | Subject: RE: Pelican Fest Tri WOW, awesome race |
| 2006-05-28 6:24 AM in reply to: #436282 |
Cycling Guru 15134 Fulton, MD | Subject: RE: Pelican Fest Tri Smokin' race, congrats on breaking an hour! |
| 2006-05-28 8:58 AM in reply to: #436267 |
Expert 1180 Iowa | Subject: RE: Pelican Fest Tri Great race Mike - super fast! You must have rested well for this race - good strong legs and it shows in your bike and run times. Way to go! |
| 2006-05-28 1:09 PM in reply to: #436267 |
Champion 8766 Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: Pelican Fest Tri Great race! Glad you came out for it. You definitely have some speed in there! Glad you found your legs. Don't forget to bring them to BB. See you tomorrow! |
| 2006-05-28 2:19 PM in reply to: #436267 |
Expert 1205 Herndon VA | Subject: RE: Pelican Fest Tri Hey Mike, Congratulations on a good race. It was interesting to read your race report. It must feel good to see the people you train do so well. Ernie |
| 2006-05-29 1:08 PM in reply to: #436267 |
Expert 738 Alabama | Subject: RE: Pelican Fest Tri Holly crap, that run about wore me out reading about it....fantastic race. The swim made me smile and feel better about myself, I went off course my last race to, so thanks for sharing that. Thanks for inspiring all of us, you kicked some serious behind out there. Good luck Mike for the next and look fw to that rr as well. |
| 2006-05-29 4:45 PM in reply to: #436267 |
Extreme Veteran 367 Lufkin (East Texas) | Subject: RE: Pelican Fest Tri Another great race! What a weekend. No wonder your legs were balking at Boulder after a race like this one. Great effort. |
| 2006-05-30 7:33 AM in reply to: #436267 |
Master 2052 Colorado | Subject: RE: Pelican Fest Tri Nice race! It's fun to just go fast. I'm told. Looks like you had a great time! |
| 2006-05-30 11:52 AM in reply to: #437597 |
Lethbridge, Alberta Bronze member | Subject: RE: Pelican Fest Tri Chippy - 2006-05-30 6:33 AM Nice race! It's fun to just go fast. I'm told. ... Ditto.  Thanks for sharing Mike. |
| 2006-05-31 8:37 AM in reply to: #436267 |
Veteran 185 Grass Valley | Subject: RE: Pelican Fest Tri Nicely done. Would have been nice to be under an hour! Thanks again for showing us that ride, I appreciate the help. Butch |
| 2006-05-31 10:45 AM in reply to: #436267 |
Master 2231 Des Moines, Iowa | Subject: RE: Pelican Fest Tri Wow...great race! Congrats and good job. |
| 2006-05-31 3:31 PM in reply to: #436267 |
Veteran 251 Burbs north of Chicago | Subject: RE: Pelican Fest Tri Mike, I didn't know you kept your workout log on BT. Nice race!!!! That swim time is amazing. I have a long way to even think of any kind of swim that fast. But this about you. Nice job. Mark |
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left home at 5:35 - arrived at 6:20. Registered, found my transition spot and warmed up
Bike wu 15' climbing the hill we start for the race. Then a short run warm up of about 5' with stretching. Swam about 200 yds then treaded water for 5' before gun went off