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Mooseman international TRI (Read 146 times)

andytrihard view log TRI-HARD	posted: 6/7/2008 at 9:32 PM
	Well, TRI #2 down! This was an olympic or international distance-;.93mile swim, 27.25 mile bike and 6.2mile run. Got to the course at about 5:30 am. Got set up in transition, had a pretty good spot right between the run out and bike out. It's been raining the last two days and was still pretty overcast this morning. The fog was real thick on the lake, to the point where you couldn't see past the first buoy. This also kept the water temp at a brisk 58-60 degrees. The fog als caused a delay in the start of the race and as an end result they opted to shorten the swim to 2/3rds of a mile. My swim this week went much better than last weeks tri, and I pulled it off with about a 21 minute time. I had a small delay in T1 when the wetsuit strippers had difficulty removing my suit. Haven't seen the splits yet. Totally rocked the bike course!! I finished that in 1:29. Dropped my bike (literally ) in T2, and took off on the run. Ok, 1. took off a little too fast for the distance. 2. Wore new shoes that I just purchsed yesterday ( Yes, I know ) 3. This is about the time of day when temps. rose to approx: 95 degrees. 4. Right knee started aching. End result? Blisters on both feet ( again, yes, I know.) and had to walk most of the hills. Ended run in 56 minutes, for a total race time of 2:54:04. Overall, very happy as this is only 2nd ever Tri and 5th ever event of any kind. Next scheduled event, 70.3 half ironman in August that I'm seriously considering re- thinking
	Gotta TRI

BadDawg view log	posted: 6/8/2008 at 1:09 PM
	Keep triing Andy, you're doing a helluva job.
	Ed Tuesday Good Times 5K series in Lowell, MA HTFU "The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self." Whitney Young

shellabree view log TRIing to beat the heat!	posted: 6/9/2008 at 3:23 PM
	Way to go Andy! I love reading post-race reports... especially when they have a tri component to them. Keep up the awesome work!!!!
	HR monitor addict 5K PR- 23:58 (November '08) 10K PR- 54:27 (October '08) Goals for 2009 Sub-22 5K (stand alone) Sub-26 minute 5K attached to sprint triathlon Sub-54 minute 10K attached to Olympic triathlon Sub-51 minute 10K (stand alone) Complete first 1/2 marathon (Feb 2008) in approx. 2 hours Gear up training for early 2010 marathon