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August 5
August 4
- 16m 01s
- 1.70 miles
- 09m 25s /Mi
7:30a. 50*, drizzling.
Run thru the neighborhood at +\- 5k pace.
Northern Trust Triathlon Goals:
Hopefully the winds will be calm and the rains hold off. My best shot at this is on the swim and the bike. Last year's time was 2:53:11.
Event | Time | Pace |
| Swim: | 0:24:00 | 1:36/100m |
| T1: | 0:02:00 | |
| Bike: | 1:10:00 | 21.4mph |
| T2: | 0:01:00 | |
| Run: | 1:05:00 | 10:29/mile |
| Total: | 2:42:00 |
August 3
*GAAAAASSSSSP* Day off today! Wow, this is the second within a week. I'm such a slug. :(
Other than going into Anchorage for race packet pickup, don't know what's on tap for today. On tap? Beer maybe? Nahhhh. Can't do it until after the race.
Forcast calls for showers today, but it's only overcast now. It's about 55 degrees outside. Uggh - barely tolerable. ;) The forcast calls for showers on Sunday, too. So everyone keep their fingers crossed for it to hold off. I don't mind swimming and running in a little rain, but I'd rather not bike in it. Especially when there's a possibility of having to swerve to miss hitting a moose or a bear. Plus, riding on race slicks in the rain just ain't cool.
Have a great day, BT!
August 2
- 30m
- 4.00 miles
- 8.00 Mi/hr
Mtn. biking at the Little Lake Campbell Loop. I'm insane. (sorry Steve) There were a couple downhills I thought I was going to die on. No, really! Die.
- 30m 31s
- 3.00 miles
- 10m 10s /Mi
7:30a. 55*, calm.
30' mostly easy, plus a couple 1' pickups at 5k+ pace. A couple good hills thrown in for good measure.
Best weather I've run in since March! Might be one of the best runs in awhile too. It was quite a bit faster than what my "easy" pace should be, but for the most part I didn't pay attention to the Garmin and just ran on feel.
- 25m
- 1600.00 meters
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2-loop OWS at Little Campbell Lake with Veronica (AKtri). First loop was a warmup, second loop at race pace. I like me some wetsuit!
August 1
- 1h 30m 13s
- 30.72 miles
- 20.43 Mi/hr
Upper Zone 2-Zone 3.
Rode from the house to the race site, then most of the race course. Fantastic ride! I hope the race goes this well.
Hey everyone! That was one lonnnnnng flight yesterday. A couple hours into the flight, somewhere over Kansas, I had to start running laps up and down the aisle just to keep my sanity! I won't log it because I've already told a few people (you know who you are) that I was taking a training day off. ;)
I turned the Garmin on for the flight! It was pretty wild seeing 500mph show on the screen. Total distance from Houston was about 3300 miles, and our altitude was consistently 36000 ft.
The weather's pretty good right now, but the forecast calls for partly clowdy skies or showers all week and next. The temp's about 55 degrees at 7:40am Alaska time, and will probably get into the 60's.
Plan for today: put the bike together, then ride the race course. Then maybe some fishing, mtn. biking, hiking, or just bein' lazy!
Have a great day, BT!
July 31
July 30
- 32m 42s
- 3.00 miles
- 10m 54s /Mi
9:00a. 80*, a little humid.
30' easy run w/ a few pickups at 5k+ pace.
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9:45pm: Finally finished with my work, now it's time to start packing for my trip. Can hardly wait to get up there.
I'll be internet-connected, so I'll stay in contact with everyone after tomorrow night.
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Not good. Just didn't feel it today.After thinking about it, I'm pretty happy with it.New 10k PR!
WTF was this?? My swim and bike let me down but my run catapults me past my goal? Needless to say, this was a great run!
Bleccchh! Had to roll over on my back about 4 times to get the water out of my leaky goggles. Bad sighting, too. But I came close to my goal, so I'm good with it.
2007 Northern Trust Triathlon Final Preliminary Results:
The transition times are not separated out, but the swim time is accurate b/c they took my number as I exited the water. The only other time they took my number was at the start of the run, which means that both transitions are counted in the bike time. T1 was about 3:00, T2 was about 1:00.
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RACE DAY!!!
After a night of swilling beer and listening to a German polka band at a local joint called Schwabenhof, meaning "Drinking House" in German, I'm ready to race! I only had one beer so I guess it doesn't count as swilling. More like "pre-hydrating" and "carbo-loading". It was Spaten Optimator, which is a dark beer, so I guess I was getting a good dose of flavanoids too.
The weather looks like it'll be about 55-60 degrees at race time, with little chance of rain. I'll have to abandon my BT tri top for long sleeves, which means a longer than normal T1.
I'm riding my bike to the race site, about 6 miles, so I'd better get a move on. Have a great day, BT! Race results posted as soon as I can.