Kaiser Permanente LA Triathlon

LA Triathlon - 9/7/2008

Goal:

0:27:00 Swim (1500M) 1:05:00 Bike (40K) 0:45:00 Run (10K)

Top 5 Finish...

Actual:

0:29:00 Swim (1500M) 1:05:00 Bike (40K) 0:43:00 Run (10K)

7th Place Age Group 30-34 out of 155

93rd Overall out of 1111

Finally!

A great race! I felt strong going into this race and the training finally paid off. The day started at 3:55am with a wake-up call from the front desk, a few modifications to the bike and I was off to the bus that would transfer us from LA Live (Finish Line) to Venice Beach (Starting Line). The swim went "ok" at best, my sighting got a little off and I lost approx. 60sec. re-aligning. At the end of the swim, we transfer to the bike which was a little different as we had to pack our equipment into our bags so that they could be transfered to T1. From there we were off on the bike, and a great bike it was. The course worked really well for me with a lot of flat runs and a few hills mixed in giving me a chance to pick up time lost to faster swimmers. I turned in a 1:05:00 time on the bike which gave me a 2nd place finish in my age group and a 61st finish overall out of 1111 athletes. Once into T2 it was a little confusing finding your gear and getting out to the run. I headed out on the run trying to hold a 0:06:30 pace which went really well for the first 4mi. however that was about the point my mind started to wander and I found my pace jumping all over the place. I ended up finishing with a 0:6:45 pace. All in all the race was a great race and I would definitely recommend it to everyone.

Imperial Beach Sprint Triathlon

Imperial Beach Sprint Triathlon -

Results:

13th Age Group & 88th Overall

Swim 0:12:29 Bike 0:28:26 Run 0:21:16

"not the results I had hoped for"

I felt really confident going into this race, based on my current training results. Oh how that went south quickly. I headed out on the swim with high hopes of a top 3 finish; however once in the water things were not feeling well. Approx. 400M into the swim was the final turn, at this point is when things headed south. Due to the gray water, gray sky and dirty goggles I went to make the last turn and headed back in the same direction that I just came from. The wrong direction swim lasted for a couple of minutes before realizing that I was off course. Once I realized this I readjusted and headed towards the shore, again getting off course. All in all I lost approx. 4.5min on the swim. After coming out of the water I seemed more tired after 500M than after a 1500M swim. Now onto the bike, I felt ok on the bike for the first half of the ride and then finally my legs released and I was ready to go. I felt really good on the second half of the ride and going into the run. I was excited about the run, as it's been the split that I have spent the most time working on over the past couple of months. Things started well and ended well for the run and I was able to turn in a time that was 2 minutes faster than my typical 5k race pace. Overall the race went ok; however I will be expecting a much better result at the LA Tri.  

Mountaineer Olympic Triathlon - June 29th 2008

Mountaineer Olympic Triathlon - The Spirit of Morgantown 2008

Age Grp - 5th Overall - 25th

Swim 1500M - 28:07 Bike 40K - 1:08:09 Run 10K - 55:07

2:35:00

Humidity!!!

Race day started out as a plesent suprise with very little humidity, a significant change from the previous few days with 85% humidity. The swim was a 1500M swim in the Mon River (Many locals advised highly against swimming in this river). The swim wasn't bad I was about two minutes slower than my goal going into the water, I heard a lot of people talking about hte massive amount of current in the water; however I typically swim in the ocean so I don't think it hit me as bad as some. Once out of the water and onto the boat dock we started the short run to the transition area which was setup in the first level of a parking garage (This was odd until the rain started). We were off on the bike everything felt good until we started on the access road next to the river - this was a road that would shake your car, so you can imagine what it does to your bike. After we got through the rough roads we got into the part of the course with a couple of hills, they weren't as bad as the website made them sound - with every good uphill there is usually a good downhill to follow. Once back to the transition area and off the bike I was out on the run. The second that I stepped out of the parking garage the flood gates of rain opened. The down-pour lasted through half of the 6.5 miles which would normally have felt good except part of the run was on a slightly offroad gravely area that ended up becoming partially muddy. At the end of mile 5 you start to think about the finish line and feeling ok with your pace and all of a sudden you look up and there is a hill that would require your car to drop a few gears to climb, also know as hell-hill. A drama student from WVU is half way up the hill dressed like a devil and pushing you the remaining way. Forget about the pace you were holding before the last 1.5 miles of the run go throgh the rolling hills of the WVU campus. Finally you come into the final downhill and loop around to a great site, The Finish Line. Thanks to all my family that supported me during this race, I really appreciate everything that you do to support my goals.

Encinitas Sprint Triathlon - May 18th 2008

Encinitas Sprint Triathlon - May 18th 2008

Age Grp - 16 Overall - 91

Swim - 14:34 Bike - 37:01 Run - 23:21

1:18:28

Great day for a race!

The race overall went well, the surf was pretty large and several people had some difficulty getting thorugh the surf. The wave that left in front of our wave got hit by a couple of good size waves. Our wave got through the surf fairly easy and we were off for the 750M Swim, everything went well up to the point that we were returning into the surf when a large set of waves suprised us from behind. Once I was out of the water we transitioned into a run up the hill and into the transition area. The transition went well, once on the bike things were going well until I hit the first bump in the road and my aerobars dropped which made for an uncomfortable ride. Once back from the bike and into the transition area I was off on the run. The run went ok I turned in a pace of 7:30 which is the strongest time to date. My next race is schedule for June 29th which will be the MountaineerTri in Morgantown WVa.