Today was the first of the winter series Shelbyville Triathlons. I went to have fun but also wanted to see how far along my running and swimming had come since my run speed has been excellent and I'd been through about 6 swim lessons.
Since it's still the dead of winter, today was a reverse tri where we swim last. So got into some very warm clothes and grouped up for the 3k (1.86) run. Took off probably a bit too fast because when my watch beeped for mile one, it read 7:18. Much too fast and not sustainable for me. But finished up in 13:22.8 or an average pace of 7:38. Quite pleased with that as I used to normally run about 10-11 per mile.
T1 was 1:35 then on to a very short, but cold, 6 mile bike. Felt ok but the middle has a long, not too steep climb that today was accompanied by some headwind. Finished that leg in 19:39 or 17.3 mph. Not quite as fast as I wanted to go but I'll take it for a cold, windy, January day.
T2 was 1:58.7 but that includes a decent run into the indoor pool area and stripping off all the warm clothes. The swim was 16 up and back laps in a 25 yard pool for a total of 400 yards. I knew from prior experience that this was going to be crowded but the sheer number of rude swimmers was insane. At about the 75 yard mark, a person tried to pass a swimmer coming the other way and ran into my head on. A full speed skull cracker. That sort of disoriented me so the rest was just a matter of wanting to be done. My total time was 8:20.7. I don't have all my 2012 results handy but for this race last year, my swim time was 9:17.7. I'll take that improvement, even with the head knock. Grand total: 44:59.8 for 7th in my age group out of 13 and 39th out of 115 total participants. I'd call that a good result. I don't have my transition times from last year but even without transitions, I had a total of 46:06 in 2012 so that's at least 3 minutes off last year's time. Happy as a clam!
Until next time...
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The 2013 Tri Season Is Here!
Been a while since I last posted but in all honesty, I find writing about the same old runs and rides about as boring as you probably find reading about it. But this week starts the 2013 triathlon season with the kickoff of the Shelbyville Sprint Tri Series. Before I talk about that, time for a little recap since the last time I posted.
I finished up P90X. I wasn't nearly as strict on the diet as the plan suggests but my goal was to keep the weight off over the off-season and perhaps build a little muscle in the process. I went back to last year at this time and from the time the season ended in October until the first of the year, I had put on about 10-12 pounds. I wanted to avoid that this year. P90 along with keeping up my run streak seems to have done the job. I don't weigh myself often, but instead judge my fitness on how my clothes fit and such and I'm still at the same hole in my belt, buying the same size shirts, etc. so I'd call it a success. I also have a lot more definition in my upper body so that's also a bonus.
I did a New Year's Day 10 mile "Hangover Classic" and finished in about 1:32. I was looking at some old blog posts and in 2011, I did the Papa John's 10 miler in a then PR of 1:49. I'm quite pleased at knocking off 17 minutes in just under 2 years and wonder if I might be able to break 90 minutes at this year's PJ's? You can see in the right margin the events I have coming up but the Shelbyville Sprint Series aren't currently listed on Daily Mile. If you add those four sprint tris, that makes for a pretty busy winter/spring.
The run streak continues with today being day 241 in a row of running at least 1 mile a day. I know some of my training buddies will yell at me over not taking a rest day but it has really helped my speed.
The tri this weekend is in reverse order as it's obviously too cold to be swimming then going out for a bike ride with wet hair and cycling clothes. The distances are a 3K run, 6 mile bike, and a 400 yard swim. Obviously very short but a good chance to get back into the swing of things. To prepare, my training buddy Ken and I went out on a short brick ride/run in some frigid temperatures. Good prep for Sunday but my hands were killing me. I will need to make sure to have proper gloves for Sunday.
Finally, some kudos for my wife, Jessica, who is still killing it with a massive weight loss since August 1st and who has signed up for both the Triple Crown of Running and the Derby Festival Half-Marathon. In fact, she ran outside yesterday evening in frigid temperatures for the first time in a very long time. Now that's dedication.
I'll be back Sunday with a short update on the first tri.
Until then....a quote from Steve Prefontaine.
"The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die."
I finished up P90X. I wasn't nearly as strict on the diet as the plan suggests but my goal was to keep the weight off over the off-season and perhaps build a little muscle in the process. I went back to last year at this time and from the time the season ended in October until the first of the year, I had put on about 10-12 pounds. I wanted to avoid that this year. P90 along with keeping up my run streak seems to have done the job. I don't weigh myself often, but instead judge my fitness on how my clothes fit and such and I'm still at the same hole in my belt, buying the same size shirts, etc. so I'd call it a success. I also have a lot more definition in my upper body so that's also a bonus.
I did a New Year's Day 10 mile "Hangover Classic" and finished in about 1:32. I was looking at some old blog posts and in 2011, I did the Papa John's 10 miler in a then PR of 1:49. I'm quite pleased at knocking off 17 minutes in just under 2 years and wonder if I might be able to break 90 minutes at this year's PJ's? You can see in the right margin the events I have coming up but the Shelbyville Sprint Series aren't currently listed on Daily Mile. If you add those four sprint tris, that makes for a pretty busy winter/spring.
The run streak continues with today being day 241 in a row of running at least 1 mile a day. I know some of my training buddies will yell at me over not taking a rest day but it has really helped my speed.
The tri this weekend is in reverse order as it's obviously too cold to be swimming then going out for a bike ride with wet hair and cycling clothes. The distances are a 3K run, 6 mile bike, and a 400 yard swim. Obviously very short but a good chance to get back into the swing of things. To prepare, my training buddy Ken and I went out on a short brick ride/run in some frigid temperatures. Good prep for Sunday but my hands were killing me. I will need to make sure to have proper gloves for Sunday.
Finally, some kudos for my wife, Jessica, who is still killing it with a massive weight loss since August 1st and who has signed up for both the Triple Crown of Running and the Derby Festival Half-Marathon. In fact, she ran outside yesterday evening in frigid temperatures for the first time in a very long time. Now that's dedication.
I'll be back Sunday with a short update on the first tri.
Until then....a quote from Steve Prefontaine.
"The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die."
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