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Allen Stone Run Swim Run - Biathlon (swim/run)
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Comments: The swim basically sucked. Standing on the beach things didn't look bad but between the cold and the waves the swim was just kind of crappy...and that was the general consensus. It wasn't particularly rough and they had us going with the current but I justwasn't feeling it and I used a combination of swimming, duck-diving, and walking/striding (chest deep) to get there. You had 2 main options...swim way out off the beach or stay a reasonable distance from the beach and get rolled every 5-10 strokes. What would you do differently?: Practice swimming at the oceanfront instead of the bay I guess.  Transition 1
Comments: No splits for transition but I was in and out quick...maybe 30sec.  Run
Comments: Legs felt decent on the 5k considering I did 15 miles in the hills yesterday and had 1k of beach running and the swim (if you could call it a swim) leading into it. I probably could have knocked another 10-15sec off my run but there wasn't anyone to catch over the last 800m so the motivation to really kill myself wasn't there...although I still finished strong. Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster: Ocean swim practice and general conditioning on the run. Last updated: 2006-07-22 12:00 AM
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 2006-07-22 3:37 PM |
Pro  3870      Virginia Beach, VA |  Subject: Allen Stone Run Swim RunI can't really compare this race to last years because the order of events was different, conditions were different and the competition was likely different. With that being said, I finished 2/12 AG and 12/137 OA last year compared to 1/15 AG and 5/126 OA this year. The only valid comparison I can make on time was the 5k run since that course was exactly the same...ran 18:07 this year compared to 18:54 last year. There was a good head/tail wind this year but we ran equal distances with and against it so that shouldn't have been too much of a factor overall. Okay, enough analyzing...bottom line is the swim sucked but I'm happy with my performance considering the last few months of my life. Looks like the recovery is on the right track. Edited by TH3_FRB 2006-07-22 3:45 PM |
| 2006-07-22 8:16 PM in reply to: #490061 |
Expert 1205 Herndon VA | Subject: RE: Allen Stone Run Swim Run |
| 2006-07-22 8:23 PM in reply to: #490061 |
Master 1551 Virginia Beach, VA | Subject: RE: Allen Stone Run Swim Run Nice job; great to see you racing again and with a great 5K time. The bay was choppy on Fri so I can only imagine what the ocean was like.  |
| 2006-07-28 9:10 PM in reply to: #490061 |
Champion 5495 Whizzzzzlandia Silver member | Subject: RE: Allen Stone Run Swim Run Holy Moly. OK, apparently I've been a bit out of BTouch, but I thought you broke your hip or something! I can see you've recovered nicely and are back out there kicking . Good for you! Congratulations on a rock solid race. |
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Hit the snooze button twice and had to rush to get there (made it by 7:05). I had a cup of coffee, Snickers marathon bar and banana on the drive. Picked up my chip and claimed a spot for my transition.
Went for a short jog down the boardwalk...less than a mile total. Grabbed my goggles and went for a warm-up in the water. Funny term (warm-up) considering the water was probably 70-72 and I wasn't using a wetsuit. Spent maybe 5 min stroking around just trying to get my swimming muscles ready to go.