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Leamington Sprint Triathlon

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2009
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Member Since:

Jan 22, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

PBs

Marathon: 3:16

1/2 Marathon 1:27

10 Mile 1:05

10km 37:10

5km 17:56

Short-Term Running Goals:

1. Complete a 1/2 marathon in under 1:24:00

2: Complete a Fall 2009 marathon in under 3:10

3. Knock down some 5km and 10 km PBs over the summer 2009 and compete in a duathlon/triathlon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Good longterm personal fitness level. Maybe an Ironman?

Qualify for Boston

Personal:

Before my recent career change, I use to be a chef and a Patissier! Needed the running to keep my weight down! lol

I am single with a beautiful 13 year old daughter.

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Asics 2120 Lifetime Miles: 246.42
Asics Gel 2140 Lifetime Miles: 107.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
28.5015.5022.003.1069.10
Asics Gel 2140 Miles: 20.60
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

Light swim- still feeling tired from the race.

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Little hill work:

3 easy miles warmup
6X1mile loops around a hill @ medium hard effort
1.5 mile cool down

Asics Gel 2140 Miles: 10.50
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45 minute easy swim followed by 1 hour spinning class. Always a good workout!

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Bike ride- 1 hour 25 minutes. My spedometer wasn't working. Estimating it was 44km.

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Swim workout:

10 minute warmup
12X100m @ 1:38-1:40 pace
20 minute cool down

My form is improving- use to be difficult to maintain 1:40 for all 12 repeats. Now I was ending up at 1:40 on the 12th.

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medium run...was feeling tired and not too energetic trough the run but it was a really nice day outside. Total time around 48 minutes.

Had my best training week so far-

240 minutes biking- 70.62 miles/113 km

187 minutes running- 25.54 miles/40.86km

150 minutes swimming- 6000 yards

Total 577 minutes/9 hours 37 minutes. Considering there were some good quality workouts in each discipline with a strong race on Sunday,  I'm very happy.

Asics Gel 2140 Miles: 7.00
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Bike ride at noon: 51km/1hour 48 minutes

Easy on the way out for 10km
5X3km hard with 2km recovery

Easy for the remaining distance.

Went out for an easy 4 mile run at aroudn 5:00pm. Wanted to go further but the knee was a little sore so cut it off earlier.

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Race: Leamington Sprint Triathlon 01:16:36, Place overall: 18, Place in age division: 4
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Sprint distance triathlon in Leamington, Ontario.

Swim-750m @ 16:22 minutes: My goal was to complete the swim in under 15 minutes. After the gun went, I found I really couldn't get into a rythym. The water was very murky and got wacked in the face a couple of times by other swimmers. Never really got comfortable and had troubleskeeping pointed in the right direction. For the next race, I'm going to have to get in open water swims.

Bike- 20km @ 39:31: Went into the transition area and stripped my wetsuit off. Grabbed my helmet and bike and was off. Had my shoes attached to the pedals already with elastic bands holding them in position. I did a running hop onto the bike and was supposed to slip my feet into the shoes and off I go. Worked very well in the duathlon I did a few weeks prior. BUT my head was still woozy and balance was way off from the swim. Hopped and cut off another biker and almost crashed into the curb. Tried to get off again but same thing- had real problems with balance due to the transition from the swim. Managed to get off and running. Had a strong bike ride. It was supposed to be 20km but it was actually 21km. THe time on my bike computer had 38 minutes- the bike ride time included both transtions from swim to bike and bike to run. My speed on the bike was 33km/hour which wasn't bad I thought. Had much better luck on the transtion to the run. I took my feet out of the shoes when apporaching the dismount area, swung my leg over while still running and did a pro dismount and run off the bike into the transition area. It was my saving grace!

Run- 5km @ 20:43: Ran into the tranition area and tossed my bike on the rack. Slipped ojh my shoes and tightened up the new elastic laces I bought. Worked like a charm and I was off. This was the first race I have done without socks and didn't have any problems. Did the first km in about 4:10 and the second in about the same time. Got into a nice rythym and passed alot of people. There was a duathlon and tri running at the same time so it was difficult seeing who you were competing against. Had very little problems with the legs tighening up after the bike- felt great!

18th of 76 pverall, 4th of 8 in my age classWell, I dropped 4 minutes off my previous result 3 years ago which is good. My goal was to finish it in under 1 hour 15 minutes which I was dissappointed with initially, but in retrospect this is the first triathlon I have done in a while and I have only been training for a few months for this. The swim and the transition from bike to swim needs some work for the next race. Lost too much time and would have hit my goal by including an open water swim once per week. Looking forward to my next race!!!!

Asics Gel 2140 Miles: 3.10
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