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Comments: The swim start was the worst open water swim start I've ever experienced. Mostly my fault though as I think I started too far back. I never really had any space to myself except for maybe a 5 minute period when we were headed into the sun. Fortunately, I could use all those extra bodies as navigation tools, cuz I sure couldn't sight off of anything because of the sun. I swam over several people but nearly drowned a girl from the wave in front of us. Apparently, she was taking a break. All I saw was a swim suit and then a panicked face gasping for air. I stopped and made sure she was ok, then kept going. Despite the difficulties, I never felt uncomfortable and the new wet suit performed flawlessly. What would you do differently?: Start more towards the front!!  Transition 1
Comments: I think I can trim a bit of material off the bottom of my wet suit to make it easier to get off my heels. Would probably save me 15 seconds in transition. What would you do differently?: Trim the ankles on my wet suit.  Bike
Comments: Once on the bike, it's a slight up-hill all the way to Old Stage. I had to really back off as my HR was hovering around 183. Once I calmed my HR down, I settled into a rhythm, but never felt strong. And I felt even weaker as guys in my AG seemed to pass me at ridiculous speeds. I just hoped that I would catch them on the climb up Old Stage. Sure enough, I caught many but not all of them. As I was climbing, I looked down into my bento box and remembered to start taking my Endurolytes. Going down the back side of Old Stage was torture!! The 35 mph speed limit is completely unreasonable and there seemed to be a lot of people blowing by me even though my computer read 35 the whole time. Once through the speed zone, I dropped the hammer to take advantage of the rest of the down hill. I played cat & mouse w/ a couple guys that I know would eventually drop me, but it felt good to work the legs out. I finally started feeling a bit stronger, but still made sure to keep my HR in check. What would you do differently?: Nothing. I didn't make my goal of averaging 20.4, but I'll take 19.9 on this course given my conditioning. It was still faster than last year. Obviously, I still need spend more time on the bike and a decent set of race wheels would be nice too. Transition 2
Comments: First I had a tough time finding my rack and then when I did, it damn near fell over as I racked my bike. I realized that the whole thing was about to fall over without my help so I had to unfold the rack a little bit and also be careful not to knock over the other two bikes that were already there. What would you do differently?: I dunno - maybe just lay my bike on the ground and be done with it.  Run
Comments: This is supposed to be strength for crying out loud!!! My run has sucked all year and this was no exception. Coming off the bike, my legs felt ok, I grabbed a gel on the way out which helped a bit and I just tried to get my legs to turn over. About a mile and a half Julia (juliapurr) caught me and gave me a hard time about running slow, so I picked it up and ran w/ her for a while. My calves and achilles were already angry w/ me, but surpisingly enough, speeding up seemed to help them. Then bad things started to happen. As I went to pop my last two Endurolytes into my mouth, I dropped both of them. In retrospect, I should have gone back and picked them up off the ground, because not long after that, my left quad started cramping and I had to let Julia go. From there on out, it felt like a death march. At the turnaround, I felt better knowing that I was heading back toward the finish line and even with my periodic walk breaks, I was catching some of my AG competitors. With 2 miles to go, I decided that I was done with the walking breaks. I found some people to pull me along and I just gutted it out. It ended up being one of my least favorite runs ever. What would you do differently?: 1. Go back for my Endurolytes. They've become invaluable. 2. Run training!!! and bricks!!! Post race
Warm down: Water, bananas, oranges, beer hang out w/ da crew. What limited your ability to perform faster: Nutrition and training. Event comments: The BoulderPeak is always a great race!!! Last updated: 2007-03-24 12:00 AM
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 2007-07-23 1:23 PM |
Expert  963   |  Subject: Boulder Peak Triathlon |
| 2007-07-23 1:42 PM in reply to: #897322 |
Pro 3715   AZ | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon Sounds like it was an interesting swim, and I have never done a race where they told you to not go over a certain speed. And what are you talking about? Slow run? I would take that pace any day!!! BUT, I guess for you....the super runner....you feel it is slow. I think you did great all around!! Nothing to scoff at. OH, and how about having a few extra electrolyte pills so you don't have to go back and get them. Just saying that might be easier. Awesome job! |
| 2007-07-23 2:09 PM in reply to: #897322 |
Master 2010 Falls Church, VA | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon Way to flatten them females in the swim. What are you doing starting in the back of the wave. Get up front, man. I never heard of a bike section with a speed limit, not that I would be over it. ha. Electrolytes eaten straight off the ground are perfectly acceptable in my book. Good job gutting out the run. |
| 2007-07-23 2:18 PM in reply to: #897322 |
Master 1404 Atlanta, Ga | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon Still looks like a good race to me. Isn't it amazing how different it is from one to the next? That's a scary story about the girl you swam over, but major kudos to you for making sure she was ok. Now she has a story to tell about being swam over.. How about mixing in some running intervals into the training. They hurt, but they help. Your run still looks good though, considering you walked and all.. heh. No walking next time. Great job on your PR! |
Happens to all of us at one point or another. | 2007-07-23 2:33 PM in reply to: #897322 |
Veteran 308 Denver, CO | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon Good race in the ridiculous heat. Sorry I missed you guys after the race. We left pretty early to get the baby out of the sun and heat. |
| 2007-07-23 2:42 PM in reply to: #897322 |
Expert 960 Highlands Ranch, CO | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon Great job. I don't think one person out on that run will say they had a "great 10K". The sun was brutal. |
| 2007-07-23 2:44 PM in reply to: #897322 |
Master 4101 Denver | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon I have a feeling some bricks, especially some in the heat would be a good idea before the Long Course. Those conditions took a toll on everyone so that's a pretty good time considering the suffering going on. |
| 2007-07-23 2:55 PM in reply to: #897322 |
Extreme Veteran 458 Denver, CO | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon Did anyone have a good race yesterday? Even though you know you can do better, I think you had a good race despite the hardships, and that's what it really is all about, right? When is a race not hard? When does everything go to plan, etc? There's always next year!!! |
| 2007-07-23 3:36 PM in reply to: #897322 |
Expert 622 Conifer, Colorado | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon Nice work out there... You are an inspiration with you continued swim improvement! I need to get there too! |
| 2007-07-23 8:58 PM in reply to: #897322 |
Extreme Veteran 407 Greenwood, SC | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon 4 minute faster is still something to be glad about! Sounds to me like you did great for a tough race. |
| 2007-07-23 10:11 PM in reply to: #897322 |
Expert 683 Denver | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon Run difficulties aside, you still had a nice race. But didn't you learn your lesson on swim starts at the last race where I set the example of where not to start and you set the example of where to start?! The good news is that since the run is your strength, one bad run doesn't knock out your confidence. |
| 2007-07-23 11:15 PM in reply to: #897322 |
Master 1873 Colorado | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon Try not giving your endurolytes away either
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SORRY I stole what ended up being your last 2. Funny, but I asked for them because my quads were cramping... Anyway, you did what you could do in the DAMNED heat. I actually thought that was a good swim for you too!! Give yourself at least a pat on the back for SOMETHING | 2007-07-25 12:03 PM in reply to: #897322 |
Veteran 269 Denver CO | Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon Good race given the weather! |
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Overall Rank = 396/1415
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 54/129
Got up at about 3:30, fixed myself the standard pancakes and eggs breakfast, loaded up the car and drove up to Boulder.
Quick ride on the bike to make sure everything was working properly, then off to the swim area for a short warmup.