Random Thoughts

Started the week off with a great open water swim. My average time per 400 meters came down. The best part of teh swim was that the weather was awful and I had the springs pretty much to myself. It was raining and real dreary,, no lightening. It was just different ot be out there under those circumstances. Very serene..

Track workout was weird, My asthma kicked in for about 5-10 minutes. I could not do anything. Everytime I tried to run,,, I had to stop. After awhile,, I went back to normal..

Gulfman Triathlon

This was a good race. Mainly because John, Judy, Phillip and Blayne came down to watch. That was special to me. I wish the race was prodcued better. It was very anti-climatic because it was so poorly ran. Usually, there is a lot of excitement and fanfare, expecially at the finish. In this race, they just put up some cones to lead you through the timing mats. It would have been nice for them to see a real triathlon. Well, anyway, I had a good race. I ran into a small problem in transition from bike to run. Teh ride was so flat, I stayed in aero for most of teh way. When I went to run, my back hurt like hell. I had to stop several times to strecth out. After about 40 minutes,, it got better and I could run ok. I almost threw in the towel. I am glad I didn't,, I woudl have regretted it. Another problem,,, although not a good excuse was that I changed my run pace to accomodate another athlete that needed some help and encouragement to get through. I stayed with him for about 90 minutes and we stopped every once inawhile. I stopped at points where I could have actually run. My goal was to be under 6 hours,, I finsihed in 5 hours 59 minutes and 47 seconds.
1 mile swim 34:06
T1 4:58
56 mile Bike 2:47
T2 1:43
13 mile run 2:31

I am happy..

The race producers have my results at 6:05:47,,, but they are wrong,,, it is 5:59:47,, and I am sticking to that....



Highlight of the week,,,, Having my family see me finish the Half Ironman...