Just back from another exciting weekend of racing and camping fun. As I am in dire need of a sound night's sleep, this is nothing but an update, with the full race report, takeaways and lessons learns all scheduled for tomorrow's post, targeted for sometime soon after spin class.As you know I was shooting for a 5:10. Based upon last years results that would have provided a top ten and AG win. Bigger than that was the personal test of current power to weight, a test of a totally new nutrition strategy and carrying 12 less pounds over the course of 70.3 miles than 12 months ago. There is the outline and structured protocol.
Results: I did a 5:20, ten minutes off goal. Still good enough for an Age Group win, but a not-so-spectacular 20th overall. Undaunted, I sit and sip a Guinness and think, that a 43 minute gain over prior year is, well, something.
What IS something was Stephanie's masterful virgin triathlon performance and silver medal age group time of 1:36. Taking a second place podium spot in your first tri is like winning an Oscar in your first film.
We brought home some hardware and had a great time doing it. There is more work to be done. More lessons to learn, more speed to develop and more strength to build.
We'll take them one day at a time. Tomorrow, 0530, full spin ahead.
Pix: One of the wonderful things about our sport is its community. Here is Coeur d'Alene AG winner Lisa Walker, the RCVman and multi-time IM finisher and record holder Sister Madona Buder before Saturday's event. Stephanie is all smiles after her trip to the podium to accept her award for a snappy (and happy) 1:36.
2 comments:
You went from 364 minutes to 320 minutes, a 12.088% improvement. That's PDG in my book. Well done!
Yeah, I'm happy. It was a fun day at the office! Thanks.
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