Training Log Archive: KFish

Event: MI Titanium Tri
 

The first lap of the swim went really well, but It took me longer than I expected. I was convinced it was way longer than it was supposed to be. Watch said it was slightly longer, so I guess we'll never know. Half Iron athletes started an hour behind, and they started passing me about halfway through my second lap. Always tough for me mentally when I start getting passed swimming, and theres the added trouble of getting grabbed and kicked. Also the wind picked up for the last length which made it a little difficult for me to breath, but turns out my second lap wasnt too much slower. Shoulders and arms ached more than in practice, so i think the extra 0.4-0.8 miles beyond what we had trained was definitely noticable.

Walked up the beach and through transition, needed a few minutes of recovery time.

The first lap of the bike went really well. Got passed by many of the half distance bikers who hadnt already passed me on the swim, but I was okay with that. I was able cruise past a bunch of people on the uphills, so that helped me. The back loop was very windy which was a little tough mentally, all the aero bars flew by me, but overall I was in pretty good shape. It started downpouring for 15 or so minutes right before I hit the turn around. Calcualted syd was about 5 mles ahead of me, but I didnt think there was much I could do to reel her in, and I wasnt too concnered about it.

The second lap of the bike is when i started having lots of problems. I stopped to refill my supplies at the aid station, but left my spare bagle behind because I didnt think solid food was going to stick, and I left my pringles because of the rain and I figured they would get soggy. That left me with not hte best fuel. Then about 50 yards after stopping I realized my left cleat had come loose. I stopped to try to fix it, but i couldnt get unclipped. So i somehow got my foot back in my shoe while it was attached ot my bike and set off thinking to power through the next 50 miles without stopping. Haha. Had to stop and pee, which I did still attached to my bike.. twice... and then at about mile 80 the slip had loosened enough that I was biking with the arch of my foot instead of the ball, and it sucked. Stopped again and yanked the shoe out, which left the clip in the pedal and I am still not sure how i am going to get it out. Biked the last 25 miles with my left foot not clipped, which was annoying until it rained, and then it became very slippering and super annoying. Definitley noticiable on the climbs not being able to pull up. LUCKILY the pedals I have on have flats on one side or this would have been unbearable. Still took a toll on my time, whcih was about half hour longer on the second loop.

Took ecaps about every 10 miles, plus several extra after 3/4, and ate 2 fig bars, 2 waffles, half a bagle sandwhich, and 1 shot blocks. probably a little light.

My watch died at the end of the bike, so i just took it off for the run. I miscalculated the modes to use and the battery life. It was a bit of a blessing in disguise because i think it would have been a little disheartening to see how slow I was moving. They had signs up every mile, so I knew how far i had gone, and i asked spectators for the time at every lap so I had a general idea.

The original goal was a 4:30 run. The first lap and a half (9ish miles) i actually felt pretty good and was sub 10 min mile. Saw lots of people walking and thought "how could they be walking". Then I found out. Started with just walking short stretches but as the miles added up they got longer. At the start of the 4th and final lap my knee starting acting up, which was a huge bummer cuz i had mentally prepared myself for no stops. But it wasnt worth destroying my knee since i was already well behind my original goal time. I took ibuprofen hoping that would help, and power walked 4 miles. At mile 24 it felt good enough and I booked it to the finish, im guessing at about a 8:30 pace.

This run was mentally and physically extraoridinarily difficult. Im extremely proud to have finished. A tiny bit disappointed in my time, but I truely gave it my all, and the ultimate goal was to finish. Way harder than I gave it credit for.

Full results: http://www.racetecresults.com/Results.aspx?CId=163...

Splits in case the link disappears at some point:
swim: 1:44:25
t1: 5:04
bike: 7:25:55
t2: 5:59
run: 5:11:01
total: 14:32:24

2/4 Male 25-29
38/51 finshers, 62 total Male
54/70 finishers, 83 total Overall

C • Great job 4

Here we goooo.

"Live tracking" at the TAs available at http://m.racetecresults.com/Search.aspx?R=2551big if anyone is interested

stoned a perfectly nice road. sad.

easy run.

100 warm up
1500 30:32
50 cool down

Tapering seems to be working, lowest rhr ever.

Sent permit for silver lake Smoc meet