Subject: RE: IMAZ 2013Always honored when you have class folks tracking ya! Thanks everyone. I have a lot of pride in my return to the distance and some self frustration typical of a triathlete.
The butshell version is my swim was 2 min PR but I swallowed a ton of lake and bloated so I didn't drink enough in the hot dessert. My bike was going great and then I got a bogus drafting penalty after pulling a train for 90 miles. 4 mins in tent to gather myself.
My di2 shifters lost power with 50 mi to go so I was stuck in big ring middle cog over working. After the penalty, I made matters worse trying to regain position on a wrong gear. Still a bike PR and easily would've been sub5.
The run was ok for the first "take it easy lap". Then the unshaded cement run undid me for 14-22ish and I walk ran to the best degree I could taking as much fluids as I could stomach. I rallied to get in sub 11 and smashed a water bottle.
No excuses. Solid day but no PR. It showed me I can do better next time but I'm going to hold off until 2015. Thanks again for the inspires and messages! |