So Close and yet so far: a Bittersweet Victory
Originally written on Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 1:31pm
So today was the second stage of the Trilogy Triathlon sprint series sponsored by Mack Cycle and Accelerade.
Last month was the first race, and it was the first race I participated in after completing the 1/2 IronMan in May. It was a bit of a slow recovery and I wasn't comfortable with the way my training had progressed, but I managed to put in a respectable showing. I ended up finishing 3rd in my age group (after someone who was ahead of me dropped back to penalties...yay me) and 103rd overall out of about 800 participants. My time was exactly 60 minutes.
So after a 2 week vacation in Sanibel Island I was finally able to get back to my pre-1/2 IronMan levels of training, and I felt much more comfortable coming into this second sprint in the series. Here's what the stats broke down to:
Tri #1 Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Total Age Group Overall
8:24 1:36 28:48 0:55 20:17 1:00:00 3/14 103/620
Tri #2
7:05 2:50 27:46 0:38 19:55 0:58:14 2/16 53/573
I was really happy with everything except the run. The first transition time seems very high, but I think they just measured it differently. In the first race the first transition was short and the swim lasted longer, so my Swim + T1 is how I look at that, in which they are comparable. My bike was really good today, and I'm thrilled I was able to shave off another minute from the 10 mile. The Second transition I knew I destroyed, and the run was alright. I was really aiming for a 19 flat, but it was raining the entire 5k and I managed to put in a decent time for it.
I don't feel like I won 2nd place though, I feel like I lost 1st. I had it in my grasps, and the guy beat me by 31 seconds. On the plus side though, I couldn't have lost to a nicer guy. He also beat me by about 30 seconds in the LAST race...so now it's about pride ;)
The race did end on a bitter-sweet note for me however. Because of the rain, all of my gear was soaked. That includes my tri-bag with all of my stuff. Which happened to include my iPod and cell phone. While my cell phone is still working (somewhat) I'm afraid the iPod kicked the bucket. Goodbye Mini-Me. I'll miss you and all the fun runs we had together.
So today was the second stage of the Trilogy Triathlon sprint series sponsored by Mack Cycle and Accelerade.
Last month was the first race, and it was the first race I participated in after completing the 1/2 IronMan in May. It was a bit of a slow recovery and I wasn't comfortable with the way my training had progressed, but I managed to put in a respectable showing. I ended up finishing 3rd in my age group (after someone who was ahead of me dropped back to penalties...yay me) and 103rd overall out of about 800 participants. My time was exactly 60 minutes.
So after a 2 week vacation in Sanibel Island I was finally able to get back to my pre-1/2 IronMan levels of training, and I felt much more comfortable coming into this second sprint in the series. Here's what the stats broke down to:
Tri #1 Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Total Age Group Overall
8:24 1:36 28:48 0:55 20:17 1:00:00 3/14 103/620
Tri #2
7:05 2:50 27:46 0:38 19:55 0:58:14 2/16 53/573
I was really happy with everything except the run. The first transition time seems very high, but I think they just measured it differently. In the first race the first transition was short and the swim lasted longer, so my Swim + T1 is how I look at that, in which they are comparable. My bike was really good today, and I'm thrilled I was able to shave off another minute from the 10 mile. The Second transition I knew I destroyed, and the run was alright. I was really aiming for a 19 flat, but it was raining the entire 5k and I managed to put in a decent time for it.
I don't feel like I won 2nd place though, I feel like I lost 1st. I had it in my grasps, and the guy beat me by 31 seconds. On the plus side though, I couldn't have lost to a nicer guy. He also beat me by about 30 seconds in the LAST race...so now it's about pride ;)
The race did end on a bitter-sweet note for me however. Because of the rain, all of my gear was soaked. That includes my tri-bag with all of my stuff. Which happened to include my iPod and cell phone. While my cell phone is still working (somewhat) I'm afraid the iPod kicked the bucket. Goodbye Mini-Me. I'll miss you and all the fun runs we had together.
posted by Marcos Redondo - Running For Hope at
8:05 PM
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