2015 Race Calendars - What are you guys doing this year?
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Oh best part about this race... I stayed at The Waves, which was right at the swim start. On race morning I left my wetsuit, cap and goggles in the hotel. I walked over to transition, got my area set up, tires pumped, etc, then went back to the hotel. I left a key in transition and took the other back with me. Got to rest in my room, use the bathroom there, thus negating any portopotty line, greased myself up in the room, wetsuit on, then tossed the keys inside and went to the start. Most relaxed start to a race I ever had all because I got to chill quietly for a bit right at the start and not worry about potty lines.0
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3rd in M35-39, and something like 19th OA in the Olympic (not sure exactly)
Pulled off a 19:49 swim. Course recorded about 150 yards short, and included that run in, run out, and the fact that the swim went with a decent current I got a wicked fast swim time. I usually swim 23ish minutes for an Oly so it was so cool to be out in <20.
Long run into T1 but once I got there I was in and out quick.
Bike: I simply FLEW on this course. Gentle rollers are perfect for the way I ride. 23.5mph average on about 250 watts. Was back into T2 in 1:03:30
Really fast through transition in about a minute
The run was crazy hilly. I was really hoping to go <40 minutes but those big hills didn't do me any favors and I ended up with 41:01.
Total time was 2:09:21 and was a huge Oly-distance PR for me.
How did your race go?
Good. I also had a very fast swim (for me), great ride and decent (for me) first half of the run. I remember thinking, this isn't nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be. By about mile 8 the wheels started to come off. I finished but the last few miles were pretty tough.
I loved the race, was happy with my performance and now have a time to beat next time. My tri club is talking about doing Challenge St Andrews next year but I wouldn't be surprised if a few did this one.0 -
My race schedule ended up being quite a bit different than planned, since I got some nerves related to switching to clipless pedals and just the whole tri thing in general (I'd done them years ago, but was blowing up the logistics in my mind) and kept postponing signing up for a tri.
The plan (just for the first part of the summer) was:
3/14 - Get Lucky Half-Chicago
5/2 - Wisconsin Half
5/23 - Soldier Field 10-miler
5/24 - Bike the Drive
6/7 - Batavia Triathlon
6/20 - Railsplitter Tri
7/19 - Racine Half Ironman
The reality was:
3/14 - Get Lucky Half-Chicago
5/2 - Wisconsin Half
5/23 - Soldier Field 10-miler
5/24 - Bike the Drive (on my old mountain bike)
7/25 - Iron Abe Oly Tri
8/23 - Blvd Lakefront Tour (63 miles plus ride there and back)
8/30 - Batavia Half
9/6 - Great Illini 70.3
Plan for the rest of the year -- trying to decide whether to do an early October Half Ironman (I think I want to because my run this weekend was affected by the heat and I want a redo!). Other than that, maybe a couple of century rides and half marathons on Halloween and Thanksgiving.0 -
I joined this group at the end of the season
I have a small, local 5K run in corn maze. Not a triathlon, but a fun way to say bye to 2015 
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OK so I said I wanted to go in the low-10hr range at B2B Full.
Lets just say I didn't quite do that.
In fact, I killed it.
9:57:49
51 minutes in the water, 5:35 on the bike and I pulled out a 3:24 marathon.
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Awesome performance at B2B. Glad your spill in Knoxville didn't hold you back. Next goals?0
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Going sub-10 in a full IM pretty much inspires me to try to qualify for the big dance...0
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That's awesome glevinso. Congrats!0
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Fabulous!0
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Exciting!!!!0
