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And a blurry one showing me actually running, but finishing behind a guy with a beer belly, wearing what looks like a swim cap & goggles.
Well you'll be happy to know that you whipped his ass, based on the results.
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You are right now that I check, very nice! Based on difference between chip & gun, he must've planted his ass in the A corral or something. Looking at his splits, he appeared to have the same race strategy as me -- start out too fast & finish with a nice leisurely jog. He had it rougher of course, as this was just the last leg of his IM; he never even had time to strip off all his swim gear.
Dave
Nice picture!
Damaris
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Well I think that you did great in training and in the race. A 12 minute PR is nothing to sneeze at!
I wonder if it was simply that miles 4-9 were just too fast to recover from, and that's what you felt at the end.
That's my assumption. Plus the 1-week layoff at the end I assume had some kind of negative impact on my performance. I was kicking myself for not pacing better, but in hindsight I don't feel too bad. If I ran a smarter race maybe I could've gained a couple minutes, but I doubt I had even a 3:35 in me, much less a 3:30. And it was fun to be able to string as many ~8:0x pace miles together as I did; some of it is about just having fun.