The numbers: 25th overall; 4th in my age group; 19:12 first 5k; 41:39 for 13.2 bike; 21:06 second 5K.
Not much to complain about. Tough, hilly course. Great set of competitors. Overally a good, solid performance.
Things I did right - clothes, fuel, transitions, mentally pretty tough.
Things I could've done better - the day before the race I spent 6 hours working in the yard to exhaustion; on Thursday I did an 8 mile hard tempo run after a hard interval session on Wednesday (what was I thinking? playing catch up on a workout missed for marathon training)... my legs felt like lead right from the start (even the warmup); I went down the wrong aisle to pick up my bike (10secs); I should have sprinted to the finish (I missed third place by 2 seconds) (if only I had known the guy in front of me was in my age group!); marathon training doesn't go well with sprint distance duathlons; used my 'heavy' duty bike wheels due to expected rain - slowed me down a bit (say 30secs to a min total).
I was hoping to see all of the Tri-sig group. I did catch up with Joel, Greg, and Mike, but missed Jayme and I'm not sure who else. Also caught up with Joey and Jay.
2 comments:
Sounds like a pretty good start to the season -- congratulations!
Jesse ~ You're doing Big Sur, right? If you haven't met Donald yet, check out his blog.
http://www.runningandrambling.com/
He's a runner, triathlete, writer, and Big Sur enthusiast...big time. The only reason he's not doing it this year is that he won the western states lottery. But I think he's having a big meet up and would be a great resource if you have questions. Tell him I said hi!
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