That's the feeling of the week.
Worked my ass off this week, but such is surviving in los angeles. I could spend an hour venting on job time this week, but the next month will be just the same so I should STFU and be glad I have a job!
The San Diego sprint Triathlon went off Sunday and I had hopes for a solid finish (Big congrats to my boy Will Mudd for Wildfower also this weekend, 5:14 kicks ass!). What turned out was a star studded field of pro's and amateur's that kicked my ass and many other's I am sure.
I did my best for that day and that is what counts, at least that what you tell yourself. 12 in age out of 95. I won the last race in age group, so my anticipation was pretty high, bu you never know who will show and you never count on yourself until you are suffering, preventing the vomit and pushing to your limit.
I had a good swim, I love my 2XU wetsuit, I was top 10 out of the water and got to my bike quick. I had a slight bobble in transition which is usually my strongest area, but with my shoes pre-clipped in I ran barefoot to the mount line and was off.
Bike went ok, but some pre-race changes to my saddle height, crank arm length, and aero bar height cost some valuable time. but I know what I need to change for next race and that is all that matters. We all get so comfortable with what is usual for us, so I changed a bunch of things at once. I should know better, but the 170mm cranks feel good, and in training I had the seat just right, but went for a slightly lower position which felt bad right off the bat, plus raising my aero bars in effort to get my body more comfortable cost me wind drag. That all aside, I ripped off 23 mph avg. for the 9 miles, and was ready for a good 5K.
I haven't quite figured out the bodies ability to produce when needed, and my run was another baffling effort (I hit 6:30 min/mi avg. last race). I couldn't sustain the 6:.. miles needed for a strong finish, and just tooled along hovering between just under or over the 7:00 minute mark per mile. As always I got motivation at the end and started to get kicking the last half mile just beating a guy to the finish who not only from the looks of it, but by the way he ran was cutting the last 1.5 mile loop out of the run. I am just glad I beat him, but feel bad for the guys behind me that beat by this guy.
Worked my ass off this week, but such is surviving in los angeles. I could spend an hour venting on job time this week, but the next month will be just the same so I should STFU and be glad I have a job!
The San Diego sprint Triathlon went off Sunday and I had hopes for a solid finish (Big congrats to my boy Will Mudd for Wildfower also this weekend, 5:14 kicks ass!). What turned out was a star studded field of pro's and amateur's that kicked my ass and many other's I am sure.
I did my best for that day and that is what counts, at least that what you tell yourself. 12 in age out of 95. I won the last race in age group, so my anticipation was pretty high, bu you never know who will show and you never count on yourself until you are suffering, preventing the vomit and pushing to your limit.
I had a good swim, I love my 2XU wetsuit, I was top 10 out of the water and got to my bike quick. I had a slight bobble in transition which is usually my strongest area, but with my shoes pre-clipped in I ran barefoot to the mount line and was off.
Bike went ok, but some pre-race changes to my saddle height, crank arm length, and aero bar height cost some valuable time. but I know what I need to change for next race and that is all that matters. We all get so comfortable with what is usual for us, so I changed a bunch of things at once. I should know better, but the 170mm cranks feel good, and in training I had the seat just right, but went for a slightly lower position which felt bad right off the bat, plus raising my aero bars in effort to get my body more comfortable cost me wind drag. That all aside, I ripped off 23 mph avg. for the 9 miles, and was ready for a good 5K.
I haven't quite figured out the bodies ability to produce when needed, and my run was another baffling effort (I hit 6:30 min/mi avg. last race). I couldn't sustain the 6:.. miles needed for a strong finish, and just tooled along hovering between just under or over the 7:00 minute mark per mile. As always I got motivation at the end and started to get kicking the last half mile just beating a guy to the finish who not only from the looks of it, but by the way he ran was cutting the last 1.5 mile loop out of the run. I am just glad I beat him, but feel bad for the guys behind me that beat by this guy.
Well I leave for the Bay Area tomorrow, gearing up for Xterra Del Valle. I signed up for the sprint race, so we will see how this weeks work toll has affected my performance.
Looking forward to next weeks Willow race with some new suspension tweakes thanks to Tige at Cyclemall/Catalyst Reaction.
I will check in next week with the post race Triathlon report, see you later.
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