Emerald Isle Tri - an ocean swim and my new bike test!!
Results are in from the Emerald Isle Triathlon. Big improvement for me against a bit less competitive crowd than my past two triathlons. Still plenty of fancy tri bikes and fast competitors though.
My results:
Swim 825meters 20:28 (78/205)
Bike 12miles 37:47 (33/205)
Run 3.2miles 20:50 (9/205)
The ocean swim was a blast. The running start from the beach was a new twist for me. I was mildly exhaused and a bit delerious by the end of the swim but I felt like I'd survived some sort of test rather than raced 350 yards offshore and back. I will try to do more ocean swim races!
The bike leg was fun on the new tri bike. My pedometer/speedometer didn't work as I foolishly forgot to calibrate it when I bought it last week. It was calibrated all wrong and told me I was going 34mph. I wish. I still feel pretty good about 33rd place. I need to really spend time on the bike as I move into next spring.
Run was pretty normal. Had some salt water sloshing around in my belly that didn't help me run faster...but I did OK anyway.
Off to a big travel week beginning Monday. Will likely get a few runs in but nothing on the bike or swim until at least Friday or Saturday.
My results:
Swim 825meters 20:28 (78/205)
Bike 12miles 37:47 (33/205)
Run 3.2miles 20:50 (9/205)
The ocean swim was a blast. The running start from the beach was a new twist for me. I was mildly exhaused and a bit delerious by the end of the swim but I felt like I'd survived some sort of test rather than raced 350 yards offshore and back. I will try to do more ocean swim races!
The bike leg was fun on the new tri bike. My pedometer/speedometer didn't work as I foolishly forgot to calibrate it when I bought it last week. It was calibrated all wrong and told me I was going 34mph. I wish. I still feel pretty good about 33rd place. I need to really spend time on the bike as I move into next spring.
Run was pretty normal. Had some salt water sloshing around in my belly that didn't help me run faster...but I did OK anyway.
Off to a big travel week beginning Monday. Will likely get a few runs in but nothing on the bike or swim until at least Friday or Saturday.
posted by Lucky at 9:32 PM
1 Comments:
Awesome! I've always wanted to do this race, but schedule conflicts caused me to miss it the last two years. IM Florida will be my first ocean tri! I cant wait!
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