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Habanero Grill Duathlon - Duathlon
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Comments: No issues with the first run What would you do differently?: Nothing  Transition 1
Comments: No issues What would you do differently?: Nothing  Bike
Comments: Consumed just under 12 ozs of Accelerade while on the bike What would you do differently?: Buy Zipp wheelset Transition 2
Comments: No issues What would you do differently?: Nothing Run
Comments: Ate about 1/2 of a GU gel pak and grabbed two small cups of water at the start of the second run. Post race
Warm down: Got a GREAT massage. The 11 guys who finished ahead of me were standing around eating bananas and bagels and I'm like, "Um, hello, are these two massage tables empty for a reason?" And the therapists were only too happy to have their first customer. She did a great job on my legs and feet (15 minutes!). I melting now just recalling it! What limited your ability to perform faster: Don't know. All I know is - (and I apologize if this sounds arrogant - all these second place finishes this year are starting to get a bit old. The guy who ALWAYS beats me is 2 years older. I can't stick with him in the run and he is 10% faster (I did 20 mph, he did 22) on the bike. He has Zipp wheels (disc back) and I am certain that will be my major purchase next year. Event comments: This is a great race with a great party afterwards. I couldn't stay for the party or to pick up my plaque because I had a very important golf tournament at 11:30 a.m. (By the way, our team had a strong lead thru the first 9 holes, then came a postponement due to heavy rain. Finally, play was canceled and all scores for Saturday were declared erased. Everyone started over on Sunday morning and we didn't play as well - came in 9th out of 20. We each won $73. Last updated: 2004-08-30 12:00 AM
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 2004-08-30 9:52 AM |
Expert  1180    Iowa |  Subject: Habanero Grill Duathlon |
| 2004-08-30 10:08 AM in reply to: #55139 |
Champion 8903   | Subject: RE: Habanero Grill Duathlon Woooo! Great race Kevin. Man, I wish I was fast. I wish I was young again. I wish a lot of things! In any case, ya done good, those times are nothing to sneeze at. Don't worry too much about the equipment, disk wheels etc. You'll end up beating that guy by training harder than he does. I'm always amazed whenever I'm on the bike as I pass guys who are 25 years younger than me, and with fancier equipment. Concentrate on building up the motor. Get a good solid mileage base on the bike and the speed will come. Hill intervals will help. Remember, you lose more time to a competitor on the uphill than the downhill. I was just at a workshop where world class triathlete Karen Smyers told us that pushing on the uphills will gain you so much more, because expending the effort on the flats and downhills means more energy is going towards fighting wind resistance, which increases 4 times as you double your speed. So the energy is better spent in improving your climbing skills. You want to be able to develop the ability to pound over a hill, and then recover quickly so that you can maintain the lead that you got over the guys you passed on the hill. Edited by max 2004-08-30 10:13 AM |
| 2004-08-30 10:36 AM in reply to: #55139 |
Expert 1180 Iowa | Subject: RE: Habanero Grill Duathlon Thanks Max for the great advice. I spend quite a bit of time in the saddle, but this is my first year as a biker and I know I still have a lot of building to do. Climbs are probably my limiter, and I look forward to improving them. By the way, I edited my post cuz I'm not so sure from your post if you realized I'm in the 50-54 age group - you can't be that much older than me, can you? |
| 2004-08-30 12:36 PM in reply to: #55139 |
| Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: Habanero Grill Duathlon Haha...I'm 56, so we are pretty close! Darn, that makes it even more depressing that you are such a great runner! Well, at least I know what I have to work on. It may kill me, but I'm going to try and race a lot this winter and next spring, try and build up my running base. At least to the point where I can perhaps maintain a steady 9 minutes per mile after doing a swim and bike. |
| 2004-08-30 12:50 PM in reply to: #55139 |
Extreme Veteran 441 windsor, ontario | Subject: RE: Habanero Grill Duathlon |
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2nd Place Age Group finish, 50-54
70F / 21C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 12/44
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Up at 4 a.m., light breakfast of oat/nut cereal and a banana. Drank 1/4 bottle of Gatorade. Left for race at 4:45 a.m. because had about a 45-minute drive. Race site was downtown Muscatine on the Mississippi River.
Ran one mile, biked about 3 miles, finishing up just in time for the start. Was actually worried I might be late, but it worked perfectly because my heart rate was a bit higher at the start than normal, which cut down on the time it takes to get warmed up for the first mile of the run.