CDifferent Race Results

Summary:
6th overall and 2nd in my age group
500m Swim: 1:39/100
12.6mile Bike: 22.7mph on a windy day with 231watts Normalized Power
3.1mile Run: 6:53min/mile avg pace
Combined Transitions T1/T2: 91secs total, which was a 3 way tie for 1st place overall with the 2nd and 4th place overall finishers.

I am happy with the results as I have done basically zero speed work all year with increasing my volume and dealing with nagging injuries. So, the fact that there was some speed there was good news and the fact that I had zero pain throughout the day was the best news.

Based on HR I left a tiny bit on the bike but quit a bit on the run.  I probably should have been in the low 6:40s or so on the run at least but my running economy was lacking as I have not been running at those speeds in months.

So, definitely some learnings to take away from the race and some good results.

1st Race of Season

I will be participating in my 1st race of the season this Sunday 3/18.

It is a sprint race I am doing for fun and to support C-Different the title sponsor of the race.

Goals for the race are to have fun, stay healthy and to go hard.

I hope to set personal bests at the swim and bike portions and then hold on for dear life on the run. We will see how that all unfolds here in a couple of days.

For more information please visit the C Different website

IMTX Training Camp Weekend

Well this past weekend I was lucky enough to take part in the bike day of the IMTX Training Camp put on by local elite coach Trent Stephens and nationally recognized coach Muddy Waters.  These two guys know their stuff and on top of that some of the best long course talent around attended the camp to make sure I know where my place is and that is in the MOP.

I put in a good 96miles on the IMTX bike course and felt pretty good about it.  Did about 10watts over my goal for the race (normalized power) and a very short transition run. All in all good day.

Sunday I did another good tempo run to finish out the weekend.

Now I think we have 10wks left so time to focus in and keep consistency high.