the weather was good and i just finished recovering from shin splints due to some intense run training the past couple of weeks, (at least for me) i got up to like 47 miles in a week with 3 hard days. i still feel a shin splint on the left leg a little but for the most part its gone.
I had a good race today, went out feeling really good and finished strongly without feeling like i wanted to die. the splits were 5:26, 5:28 and 5:28, was really happy with the consistency.hopefullly next race i can get in the 16:30s. the overall time was 16:53 i think i didnt have a chip and was labeled "an Unknown" on the results, hehe.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Dick Batchelor 5k
Oct. 25, 2008
Expecting to better my time at the miracle miles 5k of 17:02, i went in feeling pretty confident, but the pack just took off from me at the start and i decided not to go, which was probably a bad decision, because i ended up running pretty much into wind by myself the whole time. i didn't get first mile but i heard 2 mile time 10:41, so i thought i was right on pace. But after that it started to hurt and i guess i slowed down, the final time was a painful 17:00, hopefully with more training and more miles under my belt i can make steady improvment untl the park ave 5k in jan.
Expecting to better my time at the miracle miles 5k of 17:02, i went in feeling pretty confident, but the pack just took off from me at the start and i decided not to go, which was probably a bad decision, because i ended up running pretty much into wind by myself the whole time. i didn't get first mile but i heard 2 mile time 10:41, so i thought i was right on pace. But after that it started to hurt and i guess i slowed down, the final time was a painful 17:00, hopefully with more training and more miles under my belt i can make steady improvment untl the park ave 5k in jan.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
2nd at Miracle Miles 5k
yesterday, i raced in my first open road 5k in like a year. My PR going in was 17:30, so i was expecting to crush that time. Marc told me to build into it, but i took that too much to heart. I felt (again) way to comfortable on the first mile. My first mile was 5:47 which is not good at all so, as soon as realized that i picked up alot and started passing guys in front of my. I passed like 4 people going into mile 2 and by the last half mile i had caught second place. According to Marc's calculations i went 5:47, 5:33, and 5:10, and :33 for the .1 of a mile. I felt like i was flying on the last mile so the time makes sense, but definetly i learned from this race, and hopefully over time i will learn how to control my running and pace alot better. the overall time was 17:03, so i was happy with the PR.
2nd at Disney Triathlon
On sept. 21, 2008 i competed in my first olympic distance triathlon. Disney's Athletes for a Cure triathlon. I was a little nervous, going into the race because, i have never done a 10k before, but it turned out okay.
The day before the race i met Simon Lessing, at the NTC pool! He looked like a triathlete and i saw his last name on the paddles, and immediately introduced myself. It was great to meet him. I found out he would be doing the swim in the race.
On race day it was really foggy, you couldn't even see the first bouy, thank goodness simon was there (5 time ITU World Champ) or else i would went way off course on the swim. He was very fast, about 600m into swim he started pulling away and did backstroke to wait up for me. About 1000m into swim he just takes off and i can't see him anymore. It was a long swim for me, i exit the water with cramps in my lats, probably since we weren't allowed to swim warmup. I head onto bike in first place and just keep thinking conservative as my coach Marc, told me. About 50min into bike i'm caught by Andrea Ugazio (old italian friend) and we bike together into t2, when i just take off, and never see him again. Into the run i am pretty scared because i know there is this guy named Anton Van Zyl who is really fast. I feel really, really good on run, but marc is there to tell me to stay conservative, so i do. Anton passes me about mile 3 in the run and i just can't stay with him, the pain hits me pretty quick and i am thankful i hadn't pushed any harder earlier on in the race. I come accross the finish pretty tired, a different kind of pain than i'm used to, ( i guess its olympic distance pain.) But it was a good result and i'm happy for my first olympic triathlon.
The day before the race i met Simon Lessing, at the NTC pool! He looked like a triathlete and i saw his last name on the paddles, and immediately introduced myself. It was great to meet him. I found out he would be doing the swim in the race.
On race day it was really foggy, you couldn't even see the first bouy, thank goodness simon was there (5 time ITU World Champ) or else i would went way off course on the swim. He was very fast, about 600m into swim he started pulling away and did backstroke to wait up for me. About 1000m into swim he just takes off and i can't see him anymore. It was a long swim for me, i exit the water with cramps in my lats, probably since we weren't allowed to swim warmup. I head onto bike in first place and just keep thinking conservative as my coach Marc, told me. About 50min into bike i'm caught by Andrea Ugazio (old italian friend) and we bike together into t2, when i just take off, and never see him again. Into the run i am pretty scared because i know there is this guy named Anton Van Zyl who is really fast. I feel really, really good on run, but marc is there to tell me to stay conservative, so i do. Anton passes me about mile 3 in the run and i just can't stay with him, the pain hits me pretty quick and i am thankful i hadn't pushed any harder earlier on in the race. I come accross the finish pretty tired, a different kind of pain than i'm used to, ( i guess its olympic distance pain.) But it was a good result and i'm happy for my first olympic triathlon.
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