Another beautiful day in the People's Republic of Boulder, time for an Olympic distance triathlon! 1850 people showed up to brave the altitude, and Old Stage Road (16% slope, 600 ft of elevation gain in 2/3 mile) to compete in one of the elite triathlons in the country, so how did we all do?... Who cares! This is my blog so you have to hear about me! No, i'm just kidding, sort of...I don't really know how everybody did, I think 300-400 people did not finish so, as usual, it proved to be a challenging course which makes finishing with a good time all the more rewarding.
I could fill pages of details and high points and low points about the race, however in the interest of your interests I will provide a quick synopsis...
Had a tough swim, got knocked around pretty good in the beginning, but hey what do I expect, can't go out there with a plastic bubble, the beginning of the swim is a dogfight, and I got caught in it. So, anyhow, finally got into a good rhythm about half way through, and was out of the water in 24 minutes 30 seconds, not too bad, not too good, might have swam a mile with all the zig zagging I did.
Onto the bike....
As usual, felt good on the bike, found a few good riders to race with, not draft off of, but to provide the impetus to keep the pace high, finishing the bike portion of the race in 1hr 6 minutes and 54 seconds, again, nothing too special but solid, and more importantly, my legs felt pretty good going into the run.
The run, the bane of my existence, the puzzle I have yet to crack. Held back a little bit the first 2-3 miles to get my legs under me, and then started to feel pretty good and worked into a decent pace. I think it's a testament to the type of training I do (mostly for longer distance triathlons) that I did not start to feel really strong until mile 5, hopefully that will stay with me and peak in November for Ironman Arizona! Finished the run in 40 minutes and some change for a total time of 2 hrs 14 minutes and 21 seconds.
10th in age group, 28th overall out of 1400 some odd finishers. No major issues, just another pretty fast, solid triathlon day...
I like to race against the best competition I can find and must hand it to my fellow competitors here in Boulder, especially in my age group, they go very fast and keep me trying to get faster! Sometimes I feel like I'm banging my head against the wall, but I know when I leave Boulder to do a race I have a good foundation for being competitive!
Next race: Boulder Half Ironman, August 8, 2010
until then....
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