Where did the month go?
June 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Lets see, there was training, then racing, then training, then racing…
Vanessa and I went out Show Low Az for Dueces Wild Triathlon Festival May 30th. Fool Hollow Lake is normally pretty nice camping, showers, flush toilets, electrical hook-ups if you like. We got out there Thursday and camped for the race on Saturday.
Very pretty.
Camping out of the Ironvan:
Unfortunately this year, since Vanessa was camping with me, it rained. A lot.
We did get some nice periods of sun though.
And race day was nice.
The only lessons learned from this particular race is Hammer Perpetuem has too much protein and is too much work to digest for the intensity level of a half. That and the importance of maintaining core strength, as I’d really fallen off the wagon on the strength training. As soon as I got off the bike and started to run I immediately got a side stitch which I had to try to deal with in one form or another for the entire run. Still, I was quite happy with a 4:55 1/2, a new PR. Vanessa went and did the Olympic, and while she didn’t have the race she really wanted it was a good first race back since all the injuries and she still came out with the AG win.
Last weekend Vanessa went to Buffalo Springs 70.3 in Lubbock. Didn’t get much pictures, weather was bad race day and didn’t want to drag out the camera. We stayed in Lubbock Saturday night and headed out to the lake about 0500. At the lake we were greeted with howling wind, and lightening off in the distance. Race got started with windy, overcast conditions. I had a disappointing swim, 2.5 minutes slower than Show Low a few weeks ago. Once again got into a good rhythm on the bike and did almost the same bike split. The wind was there, but not too big a deal I didn’t feel. Just had to take advantage of the tailwind sections knowing you’d have to give some back heading into the wind. The wind did ultimately die down, but that was when it started pouring rain for the last 30 min or so of the bike. A nice wet treacherous decent back into T2, then it was off on the run. Thanks to all the rain, feet were soaked and the running shoes had standing water in them. The run went pretty well, the new nutrition strategy worked great and I had no stitch and managed a run split PR of 1:43:06 and a total time of 4:50:54. Vanessa again didn’t have the day she was hoping for, but continues to make progress back from the injuries and did manage a very impressive 1:38:xx run.
About the only pic from BSLT 70.3: all over and getting transition packed up.
Oh yeah, and something to keep in mind, no package liquor sales in Lubbock, so bring your beers if you want them at the hotel. They serve booze in the bars/restaurants, but no package liquor sales. I already thought it was odd a race like this caught on in Lubbock Tx, and now I find it completely mystifying. Still, good stuff and I’d go back.
Here is a table showing my 3 Dueceman finishes, and BSLT. Note the 2006 DM was pre hip scope.
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