I haven't posted in a while... mostly because there wasn't much to post. I signed up for a Tri on December 7th I think... in New Mexico, but I had a cold that was lingering for about 3 weeks, so I decided it wasn't wise to go do it. Luckily the race director was nice enough to let me roll my entry over into a different race they are having in the Spring sometime... that made me feel much better about dropping out.
In November I did 2 Cyclocross races (in Payson and Phoenix)... those were really fun, but very tough for me. The second one I almost didn't finish last... but a flat tire on the last lap fixed that for me (ran the bike the rest of the way).
The Arizona Ironman was the same day as the Phoenix cross race, so I went down to Tempe to check that out after. Was pretty interesting to see the tons of people out there cheering, and just the scale of the event itself.
So now I'm trying to figure out what to do for events or training. I haven't done any exercise for about a month now because of that cold, and then vacation (golf doesn't count as exercise). I'm trying to find some cheap cross country skis, I'm still debating trying to do the crazy (awesome) Mt. Taylor winter quadrathlon in February. Would need to get some x-c skis and also snowshoes.
I may try to go down to Tucson next week for a few days, if I do I will be bringing my bike down (and my golf clubs... haha). Need to start training somehow or another... I'm thinking I may start out by mostly lifting weights often rather than biking or running directly (want to get back in the pool though). So far the only determined race that I'm doing is that N.M. one... need to figure out the rest. Also, I want to get this book about Ironman training soon so I can see whether ramping up like I'm planning is the way to go or not. If not that would change my races for sure.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
11.09.2008 Blue Water Sprint Triathlon
Well, I did the Blue Water Sprint on Sunday in Parker. The resort the race was held at was quite nice, but the rest of Parker was... eh, not so great. The race was a 600m swim in the Colorado River (or Lake Moovayla), a 15k bike, and a 4k run. This is shorter in each discipline than the Lake Powell race, so I set myself a target time of 1:20 (last years winners were at :50). The problem with this was that I didn't take into account the fact that I'm still pretty congested from the cold I got on Halloween, and also I didn't count on the crazy wind that made the bike feel like it was in tar.
The water temp. was not too bad. It was a little chilly when first getting in, but I think it was warmer than Powell... which made it tons warmer than the Deuces Wild last year. I couldn't see very well with my goggles on when just warming up (I'm starting to think the "cool blue" goggles I bought were a mistake)... so I just left them on my forehead for the race. I started off swimming pretty well, but I was having a hard time with the congestion. As soon as that happened, I just decided that I was not going to worry about the overall time, just finishing the race is good enough. Afterward, I would rethink that somewhat.
Results:
Swim 22:59.5
Bike 35:16:0
Run 31:31:0
Total 1:29:46.5
Anyway, the results show me at 22:59.5 for the swim. I think that includes the transition time from swim to the bike. So, it was probably about 16 minutes for the actual swimming... 2.67 minutes per 100m. That looks really fast, so that is probably not right. It's much easier when they include the transition times separately.
Let's see... how can I figure this out. I think the swim time includes that transition to the bike, and the bike time includes the transition to the run. I think the transition was more like 3 minutes... giving 20 minutes for the actual swimming time, which is 3.33 minutes per 100m... which is still probably too fast.
Then the bike, was 35:16 minus maybe a minute for transition, 34 minutes, and we did
9.3 miles... so that is 16 mph... better than I thought also.
The run (walk) was 31:31 minutes, and we went 2.5 miles. That's about a 12.4 minute mile... now THAT sounds right.
The water temp. was not too bad. It was a little chilly when first getting in, but I think it was warmer than Powell... which made it tons warmer than the Deuces Wild last year. I couldn't see very well with my goggles on when just warming up (I'm starting to think the "cool blue" goggles I bought were a mistake)... so I just left them on my forehead for the race. I started off swimming pretty well, but I was having a hard time with the congestion. As soon as that happened, I just decided that I was not going to worry about the overall time, just finishing the race is good enough. Afterward, I would rethink that somewhat.
Results:
Swim 22:59.5
Bike 35:16:0
Run 31:31:0
Total 1:29:46.5
Anyway, the results show me at 22:59.5 for the swim. I think that includes the transition time from swim to the bike. So, it was probably about 16 minutes for the actual swimming... 2.67 minutes per 100m. That looks really fast, so that is probably not right. It's much easier when they include the transition times separately.
Let's see... how can I figure this out. I think the swim time includes that transition to the bike, and the bike time includes the transition to the run. I think the transition was more like 3 minutes... giving 20 minutes for the actual swimming time, which is 3.33 minutes per 100m... which is still probably too fast.
Then the bike, was 35:16 minus maybe a minute for transition, 34 minutes, and we did
9.3 miles... so that is 16 mph... better than I thought also.
The run (walk) was 31:31 minutes, and we went 2.5 miles. That's about a 12.4 minute mile... now THAT sounds right.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
11.02 - 11.08 Schedule
Sun 2 - exercise bike 30 mins
Did this, just spinning easy.
Mon 3 - exercise bike 60 mins
Did this one while watching the SNL presidential bash. Again, just easy.
Tue 4 - exercise bike 30 mins
yep
Wed 5 - swim 700m
yep
Thu 6 - bike 6 miles
Rode the bike for about 2.5 miles in 9 minutes. It was too cold and my throat started to hurt, so I turned around.
Fri 7 - exercise bike 30 mins
Rode the exercise bike for around an hour.
Sat 8 - nothing... day before Blue Water Triathlon
Drove out to Parker, got a roach-riddled (literally) motel room.
Did this, just spinning easy.
Mon 3 - exercise bike 60 mins
Did this one while watching the SNL presidential bash. Again, just easy.
Tue 4 - exercise bike 30 mins
yep
Wed 5 - swim 700m
yep
Thu 6 - bike 6 miles
Rode the bike for about 2.5 miles in 9 minutes. It was too cold and my throat started to hurt, so I turned around.
Fri 7 - exercise bike 30 mins
Rode the exercise bike for around an hour.
Sat 8 - nothing... day before Blue Water Triathlon
Drove out to Parker, got a roach-riddled (literally) motel room.
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