Hey Guys,
This post is a little late but I was waiting for Rev 3 to
post the results from the race. Still not posted, from what I hear they had
some problems with the timing chips at the finish line, so until it all gets
straightened out I wont be exactly sure how I finished. However with the
results aside I felt great during the race.
I had the pleasure of traveling with my friend and fellow
pharmacy student Jenna this weekend; it always makes it more fun to travel with
some good company. Since the race was so close to Lexington we went down to the
race site the day before on Saturday. We got there with plenty of time to get
registered and place the bikes in transition. This year the transition are was
set up in a parking garage which I thought was a great idea, this kept our
bikes out the weather if there was any rain overnight, good thinking by the
race director. After some quick warm-ups we were back to the hotel and put the
feet up.
After a good night sleep the morning came early and we were
ready to get to work. A bagel and some fruit, my normal pre race meal, was my
fuel of choice for the day. We got the race site about 5:45am which was
probably a little early, but there was a long walk from transition to the swim
start. Once transition was set up we readied our suited up (wetsuits) and dove
into the Tennessee River (yes I’m up on my shots)…
The swim started a little slow, I haven’t been in a mass
swim start in a while and it took me a couple of seconds to get my bearings. But
once I hit my grove and settled into a good pace I was passing people pretty
consistently. I knew I had put a big effort into the swim because upon exiting
onto the dock using just my arms (it wasn’t a beach exit) they suddenly gave
out and I went belly first onto the pier, I think I looked like a seal trying
to make the landing. But I managed to get up and running towards the
transition. My time to transition was about 3 minutes but given the distance
and comparison to the other athletes I think it was respectable. The transition
was smooth and I was off for my first race with the new Shiv. She was very
smooth and very fast the entire ride. Compared to most races this was extremely
hilly and I spent a lot of time out of the saddle climbing. I spent most of the
time riding with another athlete form Georgia ( I could tell by the kit he was
a Bulldog). We spent most of the ride playing cat and mouse until the final
couple of miles where he managed to pull away on some final big hills. On a
positive note him and one other athlete were the only two to pass me on the
bike. This gave me some confidence to crush the run. I felt like I was flying
as I came off the bike and into T2. I threw on my K-Swiss kicks and onto the
run. The first couple of miles were fast, maybe too fast. By mile four I had already hit the turn
around and was trying to catch up the Bulldog. But my efforts proved to be
futile, by mile 5 I was feeling the effort I had put in the first few and was ready
for the finish line. But there was a small surprise around mile 5.5. The course
took a sharp right then wound around with some tight turns in a tunnel must
have been the combination of light and turns but I got a little dizzy and
things came to a halt. Once I managed to stumble out of the darkness and back
onto a straight path things came together a little better. From there it was
only a couple hundred yards to the finish which I pushed as hard as I could but
the damage had been done. I think the final time was a 40:30 10K and 2:12:?? For
the total finish time. I hope to have the results page updated as soon as Rev 3
gets them finalized.
Anyway I just finished my first half of the year, look for a
race report later this week!
Until next time keep training
-T
No comments:
Post a Comment