Showing posts with label Triathlons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Triathlons. Show all posts

Saturday, January 4, 2014

2013 Races

Here is a rundown of my 2013 races. A mileage update will come soon.

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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Hawaii in Pictures

Leaving

Our new friend Greg

Pro Hillary Biscay

At the Mahalo Party

At the Mahalo Party

At the top of the Mamalahoa Bypass

My new Wigwam socks from my new friend Natalie

Cheering on winner Mirinda Carfrae

At the PATH 10K (time: 50:48)

After the race; it was hot and fun!

The PATH 10K with Dad

Riding with the PROS!
Jackie Arendt, Beth Walsh, Tamsin Lewis,
Kate Bevilaqua, Bree Wee

On the Queen K with Dad's friend John

Yep!

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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

2012's Races Aggregated

These are all the races I did in 2012, including links, results, recaps, etc.

Crits: 38
TTs: 7
RRs: 12
Circuits: 2
CX: 1
(Total bike races: 50)
Triathlons: 1 as relay (bike-run)
Mile: 1
5Ks: 4
5mi: 1
10Ks: 0
Half marathons: 0
Marathons: 1 as relay
(Total running races: 7)
Relay races: 3

  • 2012's races below
    • Total races: 58
      • Bike races: 50
      • Running races: 7
      • Tris: 1
      • Relays: 3
    • Noteworthy: 
      • TBRA/TBAR Cat 3 champion
      • TN Cat 3 State Crit champion
      • TN Cat 3 State RR 3rd place
      • Mile PR: 6:27
      • Half marathon PR: 1:47:xx
      • winner of Sheboygan stage at ToAD
      • 3rd and 6th in stages at Joe Martin
  • 2011's races here 
    • Total races: 48
      • Bike races: 43
      • Running races: 3
      • Tris: 1
      • Relays: 1
    • Noteworthy: 
      • TBRA 10/28 Cat 3
  • 2010's races here
    • Total races: 24
      • Bike races: 1
        • Running races: 14
        • Tris: 8
        • Relays: 1
      • Noteworthy: 
        • Mile PR: 6:30
        • Half marathon PR: 1:48:30
  • 2009's races here
    • Total races: 26
      • Bike races: 10
      • Running races: 11
      • Tris: 5
      • Relays: 0. 
    • Noteworthy:
      • Ironman PR: 12:21:22
      • NC.com series champ
Here are all the race results; recaps are linked, as are official results.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012

NashVegas Triathlon

Before the swim

Today was so much fun. Last year I’d volunteered at the NashVegas Triathlon and got a free entry, so Anna and I decided to do the Olympic distance as a relay team. She was going to do the swim and run, and I was going to do the bike and possibly run with her (with her wearing the timing chip).

Our distance started at 7:45, and the female wave went off just before 8, so once Anna started I had about 25 minutes to wait. I grabbed my stuff that I’d previously put in transition and ran it up to my car; it was starting to rain, and I wanted it to stay mostly dry. Although I knew I’d get wet as soon as I started to ride, I waited under a tent just outside of the transition area and watched for her to run up. I jumped on my bike and started the 24-mile ride in the rain. It rained nearly the entire time, but I could see that the sky was beginning to clear and hoped that it might be dry for the run.

Starting the bike leg
Source

The bike course was great. We had a 5-mile-or-so out-and-back section on a highway and then turned off into the country. There was about a 1-mile climb and a lot more up-and-down throughout the entire course. I got passed by a few and passed many more, including the dozen or so I passed within the first mile.

Finishing the bike leg

By the time I returned to transition (actually, before I even left transition), I was a soaking wet mess but feeling good. I passed the chip to Anna and stopped to chat with Valerie for a second. I caught up to Anna but wasn’t able to keep her pace, so I just ran behind her.

Anna running strong...and it was dry!

When she turned around I did too, thus the run distance being shorter than 10K. Surprisingly, my run was much faster than I expected and I felt much better than I expected—thus the pleasantness of the race in general.

After the race...dry and happy!

It did end up clearing up and we had a fairly dry run, and the sun came out while they gave out the awards. Anna and I finished in 2:32:32, 2nd in our division (Female Relay).

Race number, t-shirt, medal, and results
We also won a door prize (socks, Body Glide, and more)

Swim: 29:38
T1: 00:47
Bike: 1:12:48, 24.21 miles, 20.1 mph (39.0 max), 172 bpm
T2: 01:10
Run: 48:09, 5.92 miles, 8:16 pace, 174 bpm (M1 – 7:36; M2 – 8:14; M3 – 8:41 turnaround; M4 – 8:07; M5 – 8:42 walked up the hill to stay behind Anna; M5.92 – 7:32, 8:12 pace)

Anna, Val, and I chilled for a while after the race. We all knew quite a few people there and chatted a bit. Then I came home for a nap!

Honestly, this was probably the most fun I’ve had at a triathlon. Granted it’s been a year since I’ve raced one so maybe my memory’s a little off, but because there wasn’t a lot of pressure I was able to just enjoy it.

Friday night Lauren, Bennett, Aunt Renee, Uncle John, and I went to see Much Ado about Nothing at Centennial Park, and we also went to a Greek Festival beforehand for dinner.

The stage in Centennial Park

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

A Life Without Limits

Chrissie Wellington's book A Life Without Limits is on my list of books I want to read. Maybe once I finish reading the books I'm currently reading. But definitely before this:

Chrissie Wellington A LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS
Q&A and Book Signing at Acme Multisports
900 Conference Drive, Goodlettsville, TN 37072
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:00pm
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Sunday, January 1, 2012

2011's Races Aggregated

These are all the races I did in 2011, including results, links, etc.

Crits: 27
TTs: 6
RRs: 9
Circuit Races: 1
(Total Bike Races: 43)
5Ks: 3
Olympic Tris: 1
Relay Races: 1

Predators Fangtastic 5K, 2/12/11
23:27; 4 of 115 (AG); 16 of 515 (females); 79 of 946 (OA)

Tour de Tuscaloosa, 3/26-3/27/11
Crit: 13 of 16 (Cat 1/2/3)
RR: 12 of 22 (Cat 1/2/3)

Hell of the South, 4/02/11
RR: 9 of 17 (Cat 1/2/3/4)

Sunny King Crit, 4/09/11
Crit: 6 of 36 (Cat 3/4)

Foothills Road Race, 4/10/11
RR: 23 of 23 (Cat 1/2/3)

Team Belladium Cycling Camp
(4/16/10 thru 4/18/11)

Gatorade Crit, 5/08/11
Crit: 5 of 26 (Cat 3/4); 15 of 16 (Cat 1/2/3)

Rev3 Knoxville Olympic-distance Tri, 5/15/11
2:46:05, 4 of 15 (AG), 41 of 159 (females), 230 of 506 (OA); female winner: 2:03:00

TN State TT, 5/28/11
1:11:03, 20 of 27 (females); 103 of 119 (OA)
female winner: 1:03:39

MOAB Crit, 5/29/11
Crit: 4 of 9 (Cat 1/2/3)

PCB Omnium, 6/04-6/05/11
RR: 6 of 11 (1/2/3); 2:08:46; 18 of 33 (1/2/3/4)
TT: 11 of 12 (1/2/3) (3 miles; 7:49)
Crit: 17 of 33 (1/2/3/4); 13 of 16 (1/2/3)
Omnium: 9 of 12 (1/2/3)

Smith and Nephew Omnium, 6/18-6/19
Circuit Race: 17 of 22 (1/2/3)
TT: 13 of 20 (4 miles; 9:49.46)
State Crit: 12 of 26 (1/2/3)
Omnium: 10 of 18 (1/2/3)

Tour of America's Dairyland, 6/20-6/25
Greenbush RR, 6/20: 24 of 40 (Cat 3/4)
Schlitz Park Crit, 6/21: 13 of 28 (Cat 3/4)
Ripon TT, 6/22: 8 of 19 (25K, 41:48) (Cat 3/4)
Sheboygan Crit, 6/23: DNP (rain) (26 women)
Fond du Lac Crit, 6/24: DNF (got pulled) (69 women) (P/1/2/3)
Downer Crit, 6/25: 18 of 43 (Cat 3/4)

Maryland Farms Firecracker 5K, 7/04/11
23:10 (unregistered, thus unofficial); 4 of 56 (AG); 16 of 527 (females); 122 of 1,064 (OA)

ETJC State RR, 7/09/11
Road Race: 12 of 15 (1/2/3)

French Broad Cycling Classic, 7/15-7/17/11
TT: 13 of 16 (20K, 32:40; winner: 29:33) (1/2/3)
RR: 19 of 20 (1/2/3)
Crit: 6 of 22 (1st Cat 3) (1/2/3)

Oak Ridge Velo, 8/06-8/07
RR: DNF (1/2/3)
TT: 6 of 9 (7.8mi, 30:55; winner: 19:16) (1/2/3); 9 of 21 (1/2/3/4)
Crit: 1 of 9 (1/2/3)

Grant Park Crit, 8/21
Crit: 7 of 20 (3/4)

River Gorge Omnium, 8/27-8/28
TT: 18 of 37 (4mi, 9:58; winner: 9:24) (1/2/3/4); 14 of 18 (1/2/3)
Crit: 11 of 20 (1/2/3)
RR: 26 of 39 (1/2/3/4); 18 of 20 (1/2/3)

NashvilleCyclist.com Crit Series (summer)
5/11/11: 6 of 13 (1/2/3/4)
5/25/11: 6 of 11 (1/2/3/4)
7/03/11: 2 of 12 (1/2/3/4)
7/06/11: 1 of 12 (1/2/3/4)
7/13/11: 4 of 16 (1/2/3/4)
7/20/11: 3 of 15 (1/2/3/4)
7/27/11: 1 of 13 (1/2/3/4)
8/10/11: 3 of 11 (1/2/3/4)
8/17/11: 7 of 13 (1/2/3/4
8/20/11: 1 of 11 (1/2/3/4)
8/24/11: 8 of 18 (1/2/3/4)
Overall series: 3 of 32 (1/2/3/4)

Final TBRA Results
10 of 28 (in-state); 10 of 54 (inclusive)

Ragnar Relay, 11/04-11/05/11
29:12:02, 93 of 211 teams
25 of 105 Regular Mixed Open teams
23:36; 3 of 8 (AG); x of (xx females); 36 of 120 (OA)
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Rev3 Knoxville Oly Tri

What I was least looking forward to...

Today’s was my one and only tri of the season, so I wanted to make it the best one. I drove over to Knoxville yesterday and did all the pre-race stuff: Pick up my packet, attend the athlete briefing, rack my bike, check out what I can of the course without driving, mentally prepare, pray about the race, and chat with people who are around. I made it just in time for the second of 2 athlete briefings and after listening to them discuss the course and race realized that I’d forgotten my wetsuit. It was supposed to be in the 60s in the morning, and the water temperature was currently about 65°—Brrr! I was prepared for the cold weather but not the cold water. Oh, well, I’d deal with it in the morning. I headed over to the Giles’ house, where I was staying for the night, played some baseball and watched part of a movie with Leah and Michael, and was asleep before 10. That wasn’t as early as I would’ve liked, but I could also sleep in in the morning compared to my normal weekday routine.

I was out of the house by 6am after a breakfast of water and oatmeal with brown sugar and honey and all set up before Transition closed at 7am. I missed the start from the start point but was doing at the swim finish to watch the pros get out of the water and on to the bike. That was fun to see, but of course I didn’t have my camera and don’t have pictures. My start time was 8:02, with all the other Olympic-distance-racing women, the latest start time of the day. I got in the water around 8:01 after having debated with myself for the previous 30 minutes whether to even start the race. I knew I had enough to keep my warm once I was out of the water, but I didn’t want to freeze in the water and not finish the swim. So I made a deal with myself: If I saw at least 5 people without wetsuits (I watched nearly everyone else start), I would start the race. By 7:55, I’d seen only 2 guys, not the 5 I’d needed. But I walked to the dock anyway, and there I saw a women and her daughter, both without wetsuits. I went to chat with them, and they convinced me to start, stating that we were basically already committed anyway and pointing to a girl behind me who had on only a swimsuit—the 5th person I needed to see. So I jumped in. This swim was probably my slowest.swim.ever at (on my watch) 32 minutes. Unfortunately, that’s pretty close to my half-distance swim with a wetsuit. But given that I was without a wetsuit and hadn’t been swimming much, I didn’t let the time phase me.

Finished with the swim, finally!

I’d learned from last year’s Music City Tri that everyone else might have just as slow (or slower) a swim as I had, so I went into transition ready to ride hard and fast.

What I was most looking forward to...

My transition was pretty long (for me) because I took the time to change from the shirt I swam in to my Team Belladium fleece jersey, completely dry my feet and put on nice wool socks, and cover my shoes with my booties (they were already on, but I had to pull them up and zip them). I did not regret that decision at all. Though I warmed up on the bike, I was never hot, so I was comfortably dressed. The best part of this ride was that I passed so many people on the bike. I actually looked forward to every hill. I know from my past years of racing that triathletes are great on flats and not as strong on hills. Roadies are much better on hills, and since becoming a roadie I’ve become better on hills. That skill was definitely my advantage today and I passed more people than I could count. I passed a number of women in my age group as well, moving from 11/15 out of the swim up to 4/15 after the ride.

The excitement for the ride was watching some guy hit a car. He’d been riding on the car’s bumper because he wanted to pass but the car was not moving to one side or the other and the rider didn’t know which side to pass on. He shouldn’t have been right at the bumper regardless, but he was, and the driver hit the brakes. Car stopped, rider hit bumper, rider braked, rider fell. I looked at the car’s license plate and memorized it but figured there wouldn’t be much opportunity for me to actually share it with anyone. About a mile or so later (measuring mileage on the bike in a race is not my strong point), we passed an officer in his car protecting an intersection for us. I told him, “There was a rider down near the corner of Stout and Tipton Ridge!” and kept riding. Even while I was paying attention to all this, I was moving up in the field and continuing to race (a huge improvement over last year, when I finished the bike thinking I didn’t really race it at all). Another mile or so later, said rider passed me again (and I saw him again on the run), so thankfully he was OK.


I knew the photographer was here, so I'm trying to smile. But I didn't adjust my stride for him at all, and this is a much better looking step than I've had in similar pictures in the past. Hooray!


T2 was much quicker than T1 as I took off my fleece jersey, grabbed a visor, put on my tennies, and headed out. I remember the course from last year (did not remember any of the bike course) and also pretended like I was running around the big block at the MFY. It worked well, I ran the whole thing, and I didn’t allow myself to be passed by too many people. I passed only a few, but it was still a success (given my lack of run training). Around mile 3, a girl from my age group passed me. I had no more speed than what I was giving, so I had no chance of staying with her. I tried and couldn’t, so I let her go and just kept racing my race. Less than a mile from the finish, I passed a girl in my age group and encouraged her to keep it up, secretly hoping she was too tired to keep up with me. She was, and I beat her. So I maintained my 4th place position during the run and ended up 4/15 in my age group. Hooray! This is way better than last year’s 16th place finish!

  • Totals: 2:46:05 (slower than last year, thanks to a ridiculously slow swim). 4/15 in Age Group. 41/159 females. 230/506 overall.
  • Swim: 33:53
  • T1: 3:47
  • Bike: 1:15:06, 24.8 miles, 19.8 mph (35.1 max), 175 HR (189 max)
  • T2: 0:57 (much better than T1, but T1 also included the run up from the swim)
  • Run: 52:21. Mi 1: 8:04. Mi 2: 8:14. Mi 3: 8:20. Mi 4+bathroom: 8:28. Mi 5: 8:35. Mi 6: 8:29. Mi 6.23: 1:51. 8:25 pace.

The winner of our AG finished in 2:11:53. The first swimmer in AG (same girl) did 24:47, the first cyclist (same girl) did 1:04:56, and the first runner (same girl) did 39:19. Her transitions were 1:55 and 0:54. The first overall female finished in 2:03:00. She swam in 16:44, rode in 1:06:30, and ran in 37:45. My last year's times were the following: Total: 2:41:01. Swim: 23:47. T1: 2:10. Bike: 1:21:59. T2: 2:10. Run: 50:53.

I had a great time and am very happy with how I raced, how I felt, and how I finished. Success! Full results are here.

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Saturday, January 1, 2011

2010's Races Aggregated

These are all the races I recorded in 2010, along with results, links, etc.

Crits: 1
TTs: 0
RRs: 0
Circuits: 0
(Total bike races: 1)
Triathlons: 8
5Ks: 9
8Ks: 1
10Ks: 2
10mi: 1
Half marathons: 1
Marathons: 0
(Total running races: 14)
Relay races: 1

Resolution Run 5K
01-01-10; 23:56; 4 of 40 (AG); 21 of 376 (females); 121 of 754 (OA)

Predators Fangtastic 5K
2-06-10; 22:58 (23:12); 3 of 174 (AG); 14 of 660 (females); 86 of 1,206 (OA)

WSM Online Springer Mountain Farms 5K
3-06-10; 23:09; 2 of 112 (AG); 4 of 303 (females); 25 of 502 (OA)
female winner: 20:26, then 21:49, then 22:34, then me

Tom King Classic Half Marathon/5K
3-13-10; 23:17; 3 of 46 (AG); 10 of 239 (females); 47 of 430 (OA)
female winner: 20:00, then 20:58, then 21:06

Purity Moosic 10K
4-10-10; 49:06; 8 of 83 (AG); 26 of 366 (females); 102 of 627 (OA)
female winner: 38:10, then 42:08, then 43:51

Team Belladium Cycling Camp
4-16-10 thru 4-18-10

Crazy Legs World 8K; Madison, WI
4-25-10; (unofficial results) 38:26; 55 of 1,363 (AG), 289 of 6178 (females), 1,956 of 12,893 (OA)
female winner: 26:48

Rev3 Knoxville Olympic-distance Tri
5-09-10; 2:41:01, 8 of 16 (AG), 39 of 107 (females), 164 of 359 (OA)
female winner: 2:03:48

Memphis in May Sprint-distance Tri
5-22-10; 1:09:55, 8 of 20 (AG), 24 of 120 (females), 102 of 350 (OA)
female winner: 59:38

Memphis in May Olympic-distance Tri
5-23-10; 2:35:49, 25 of 56 (AG), 92 of 388 (females), 395 of 1,119 (OA)
female winner: 2:05:55 (this amateur beat the pro women!)

Rev3 Quassy Olympic-distance Tri
6-05-10; 2:53:05, 6 of 25 (AG), 23 of 134 (females), 112 of 375 (OA)
female winner: 2:27:58

Bell Buckle 10-miler
6-19-10; 1:26:33; 9 of 70 (AG), 46 of 348 (females), 202 of 786 (OA)
female winner: 1:06:36

Old Hickory Lake Sprint-distance Tri
06/26-10; 1:10:45; 1 of 19 (AG), 10 of 126 (females), 42 of 383 (OA)
female winner: 1:06:45

Andrews Cadillac Firecracker 5K
7-04-10; 23:42; 6 of 60 (AG), 40 of 488 (females), 186 of 990 (OA)
female winner: 19:07

I Run for the Party 5K
7-05-10; 24:39; 2 of 50 (AG), 5 of 274 (females), 40 of 500 (OA)

Chattanooga Waterfront Olympic-distance Tri
07-11-10; 2:41:26; 13 of 68 (AG); 57 of 406 (females), x of 1,234 (OA)
female winner: 2:13:41; AG winner: 2:28:57

NashvilleCyclist.com Criterium
7-24-10; 40 minutes; 7 of 15; won 2 primes

Music City Olympic-distance Tri
07-25-10; 3:09:12; 11 of 28 (AG); 60 of 125 (females), 140 of 422 (OA)
female winner: 2:14:22; AG winner: 2:34:33

Mountaineer 5K, Kannapolis, NC
07-31-10; 24:32, 3 of 10-ish (AG); no chip timing, so no linkable results, but I set a new mile PR: 6:20!

Fall Creek Falls Olympic-distance Tri
8-15-10; 2:31:10, 2 of 12 (AG), 11 of 98 (females), 75 of 309 (OA)
female winner: 2:17:23; AG winner: 2:31:06 (yes, 4 seconds)

Franklin Classic 10K
9-06-10; 48:32, 4 of 42 (AG), 21 of 381 (females), 157 of 908 (OA)
female winner: 39:12; AG winner: 46:39

Women's Half Marathon, Nashville
9-25-10; 1:48:30 (not registered so no official results)

Ragnar Relay (Chattanooga to Nashville)
11-05-10 through 11-06-10

Turkey Trot/Pumpkin Pie Run, Nazareth, PA
11-25-10; 24:02; 6 of 43 (AG), 50 of 361 (females), 173 of 706 (OA)

Jungle Bell 5K
12-04-10 (not registered so no official results; didn't finish because I wasn't registered)
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Fall Creek Falls Olympic

Running up one of the many hills

Pre-race sunrise; though the flash went off and you can see my Team B t-shirt, you can also see the sunrise in the background—it's actually a pretty cool pic!

Today's race was great. I don't have much time to write today, but hopefully I'll finish a race report soon. In the meantime, here are the highlights:
  • The best thing I heard before the race: "Race for Jesus!" It was from a man talking to someone else, but I decided it should be what I focused on.
  • I swam well and knew I was in the top 10 coming out of the swim when I got out and heard, "Top 10, Baby!" from a man to his SO. But I knew if she was, I was too (at least in my wave)! Plus I could see 6 women ahead of me and one beside during our 400-meter run up to transition, so I knew I was close. I passed a couple of them in transition and at least 2 on the bike.
  • I rode super well knowing how close I was to the front. Didn't see the first man (who would have started up to 9 minutes before me) until my mile 9 (his mile 15) on the bike and the first woman (Tammy, with Lynn close behind) until my mile 11 or 11.5 (their mile 12.5 or 13).

    • Out on the bike

  • I actually ran down a girl on the run, but also got run down by a couple.
  • My final time was 2:31:10, I was second in my AG, and 10th overall female. Woohoo!
In previous races, I had the following times:
  • Knoxville (5-9-10): 2:41:01, 8 of 16 (AG), 39 of 107 (females), 164 of 359 (OA)
    female winner: 2:03:48
  • Memphis (5-23-10): 2:35:49, 25 of 56 (AG), 92 of 388 (females), 395 of 1,119 (OA)
    female winner: 2:05:55
  • Quassy (6-05-10): 2:53:05, 6 of 25 (AG), 23 of 134 (females), 112 of 375 (OA)
    female winner: 2:27:58
  • Chattanooga (7-12-10): 2:41:26, 13 of 66 (AG), 57 of 406 (females), x of 1,234 (OA)
    female winner: 2:13:41; AG winner: 2:28:57
  • Nashville (7-25-10): 3:09:12, 11 of 28 (AG), x of xx (females), x of xx (OA)
    female winner: 2:14:22; AG winner: 2:34:33
Shows you some of the hills in the area; if I remember right, we rode this road as part of our out-and-back bike route.

OK, here are the official results:
  • 75/309 overall
    3/12 in AG (I ended up with the second-place award because the other girl was in the Athena category)
    11/98 females
  • Swim: 22:21 (96th OA; 19th female, 10th in my wave)
  • T1: 3:58 (71st OA; 19th female)
  • Bike: 1:12:13 (77th OA; 11th female)
  • T2: 1:04 (T-94th OA; T-28th female)
  • Run: 51:36 (75 OA; 18th female)
  • Total: 2:31:10 (75th OA; 1th female)
Finished! I try to stop my watch after I've finished so it's not in the picture, but evidently I was too early on this one.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Music City Triathlon and NashvilleCyclist.com Crit

Michael C and me at the finish—his wife was at the finish to catch both of us :-)
I almost don't want to recap this weekend because it was so brutal and I did not end up with the results I wanted, but I have pictures and want to share them!

Saturday was a 40-minute crit put on by NashvilleCyclist.com. I ended up in 7th place behind a breakaway of 3 and 3 others I couldn't out-sprint because my legs died. But I did win one sprint and a cash prime, so all was not lost.

Me, Laura, Valerie, Marsha, Shelly

Jessica, Marsha, Olga, me, Lisa C, Laura, Valerie, Lisa S, Cali
Sunday was an Olympic-distance tri put on by Team-Magic, the Music City Triathlon. The swim was brutal, keeping me in the water 10+ minutes longer than I should have been in there. It all went downhill from there, with me not being able to get my HR down and probably not regulating my body heat well. I drank at least 32 ounces (water) before the race, at least 64oz (water, gatorade) during the race (not including any river water I might have consumed), and up to 200 oz (water, gatorade, recovery drink) during the rest of the afternoon, but I still didn't feel totally quenched. And that was after having up to 132 oz (water, gatorade, recovery drink) after 1pm on Saturday. Yikes! Needless to say, it's been HOT here!

I loved being able to race with Team B on Saturday, and loved that a few of them were out there on Sunday to cheer us on. It definitely helped with my motivation, and I was glad that Lisa and Lisa were there at the finish and especially glad that neither had to accompany me to the med tent (tho I know Lisa S would have); thankfully after I spent a few minutes in the shade I felt well enough to watch them all crush the crit in just has hot or hotter weather. The asphalt and open parking lot are completely unforgiving.

Finished with the swim, finally!
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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon

This was the 4th Olympic-distance triathlon I've done this year, after Knoxville, Memphis, and Quassy. Today's times are pretty comparable (as in, little improvement) to those races.
  • Knoxville (5-9-10): 2:41:01, 8 of 16 (AG), 39 of 107 (females), 164 of 359 (OA)
    female winner: 2:03:48
  • Memphis (5-23-10): 2:35:49, 25 of 56 (AG), 92 of 388 (females), 395 of 1,119 (OA)
    female winner: 2:05:55
  • Quassy (6-05-10): 2:53:05, 6 of 25 (AG), 23 of 134 (females), 112 of 375 (OA)
    female winner: 2:27:58
  • Chattanooga (7-12-10): 2:41:26, 13 of 66 (AG), 57 of 406 (females), x of 1,234 (OA)
    female winner: 2:13:41; AG winner: 2:28:57
Today's time was good enough for 13th in my age group of 66. Not quite the 5th place or higher that I was hoping for, but I felt like I raced well and went about as fast as I could on that course.

Stats from the watch and the Garmin (full results and stats to come):
  • Swim: 25:41 (I thought my time was about 23 minutes); T1: 2:33
  • Bike: 1:22:01 (watch); 1:20:22 (Garmin), 1:14:54 (results); 25.84 mi, 19.3 avg (40.1 max), 1,676 cal, 160 HR (187 max); T2: 4:57
  • Run: 53:21; 8:31, 8:29, 8:15, 8:27, 8:36, 9:25, 1:38
  • Swim: 23 of 68; fastest was 20:37; T1: 20 of 68; fastest was 1:46
  • Bike: 3 of 68; fastest was 1:12:47 (Mindy)
  • Run: 17 of 68; fastest of 43:44
  • Fastest bike for females was 1:07:41; I was 19 of 406 for bike time!
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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Old Hickory Lake Tri

Some day I'll learn to use my arms effectively while I run

This triathlon is slightly different from other sprint tris because it is a swim/run/bike/run. The 5K run is split up into two 1.5-mile legs. I knew that and had been practicing it, so I felt pretty comfortable during the first run leg. Based on the number of people I passed, I would guess that most people weren't as comfortable!

I finally got a win, too, in this the 5th race of my season. I didn't win overall, but I won my age group in convincing fashion (9 minutes ahead of the 2nd place girl). I was still 4 minutes behind 1st place, but I was close felt great the entire race.
  • 383 finishers, 127 females (7 relays), 255 males
  • 10 of 126 females, 1 of 21 in age, 42 of 383 overall (might include relays; and according to an email I got, I was 39 of 311; not sure about the conflicting results—maybe relays?)
  • The first-place female's times were 1:06:45 total, 6:22 swim, 11:38 R1, 2:24 T1, 35:42 bike, 10:41 R2 (first place male was 1:00:01).
  • Total time: 1:10:45
  • Swim: 6:53
  • T1 + R1: 12:39
  • T2: 1:14
  • Bike: 38:29
  • T3 + R2: 11:32
My 6:53 swim time was #14 of the 120, and the fastest was 5:38 (4:59 for males).
My 12:39 T1 + R1 time was #16, and the fastest of 10:55 (9:42 for males).

My 1:14 T2 time was tied for #7, and the fastest was 1:05 (0:56 for males).
My 38:29 bike time was #8, and the fastest was 35:42 (my goal) (33:02 for males).

Note to self: the bike-to-run transition area is nasty. Keep shoes on feet, not on the bike!
My 11:32 R2 time was #20, and the fastest was 9:52 (she beat me by 1 second) (8:03).

The seat and crossbar should be parallel
This is what I rode on during today's race. At the first corner, my seat moved, and I refused to stop and try to fix it. I managed and didn't lose my focus.

The home-made cheese crackers I made didn't turn out quite like I was expecting. You should be able to microwave little pieces a slice of cheese for 60–90 seconds and then they come out like Cheez-Its.

Home-made cheese-its
I know it works because Delana brought some to work the other day. I asked what she zapped them on, and she said parchment paper. Well, while I was at Publix and WalMart, I noticed that wax paper is significantly cheaper than parchment paper and both are microwavable; I didn't know any other difference, and neither did Will. So I thought no big deal, I'll use the wax paper. Well, the cheese didn't come off so well. It seemed to melt (to) the paper. But they did taste good, and pretty much just like Cheez-Its!
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