Graniteman Big Lake Sprint triathlon

S=0.33 mi, B=15 mi, R=3.1 mi

Finsihed 8th of 33 in 40-44 age group

1:18:28

Swim was long at about 0.4 miles, time was 11:35

Bike time 39:12 @ 23.0 mph

Run time 25:06, 8:06 mpm pace

After my triathlon a couple weeks ago, I'm pretty happy with my finish time and especially the run. I managed to run the entire route and that was a win in itself.

Dead Harriers was 23:35 I think 

First leg of R2S was 8.5 miles and I did it in 1:05:56

Second leg of R2S was 5.5 and I did it in 48:36 but that includes a mandatory 2 minute stop (right before the handoff ) Weather sucked but I had a lot of fun.  

Good racing Rocken considering the other distractions. 

 

Chin up!

 Yes, this.  

And you got to have some fun!

 

Goal: Win it. Again.

 

 

Good Luck Candice.

My job interfers with this marathon every year. Maybe a good thing because this year I would be woefully unprepared.

Both an emphatically "HAH....you sucked!"

 

Beach to Beacon 10K = nope = 48:13.  (Ran it at 80 - 90% effort to save something for the next day...which as you'll see was stoopid)

 

Cape Ann Half = 2:00.13.  Yes sirree couldn't even hit sub-2.  Here's my log notes:

 

After today's trip to running hell...I now have a better appreciation of what the Boston Marathon runners faced this past spring. I have never been so hot while running in my life. Even thinking back to ancient days of late summer football practices where it seemed the intent was to, literally, make you collapse...I can't recall anything that felt like today.

Course was a 6.5mi out-and-back running North-South. Temp at start was over 80F and made it 87F in the next hour. Wind was a nice, soft breeze from from the south, so on the way 'out' there was some breeze. But after the turnaround and heading back north, the soft breeze made sure you were running in no moving air at all -- it completely offset any air moving from your running pace.

The road (Atlantic Ave in Gloucester) used by the course leads to public beaches north of Boston, and it was packed bumper-to-bumper with cars in sections....so from mile 2.5 to 9, you ran single file next to idling cars. On baking black asphalt. Let me tell you there's nothing quite like a bunch of people sitting in air conditioned cars giving you shit about your slow pace and bloody shirt. Also, if I ever meet the engineer who designed the Ford PowerStroke diesel engine used in their pickup trucks...I'm going to either punch him/her in the throat, or kick them in the groin -- those things spew.

Oh...another thing -- when you get soaked from sweat and dumping water over yourself, it makes your technical shirt cling to your chest and in the absence of bra for us guys, shreds the nipples. I had anticipated this and stuck on bandaids before the race...which promptly came off about mile 2.

By mile 9 any sort of actual running was done. It was walk/slog from there. If there had been any sign of a sag wagon, I would have DNF'd in a second. This was not a race, It was a death slog. I'm not logging it as a race.

and this is why I ran a 5k on Sat instead of the trail marathon/half marathon also offered in town.

Way to gut it out, but summer sucks for decent times on longer races.

When you're naturally well insulated, evn short 5k's can suck when its hot and humid.

That's why the list of participants in this thread keeps growing. 

http://www.runningahead.com/groups/2000somethings/forum/7663e29d58994dc6a1dfccfca3eb6687

8/11/12

Upsala Heritage 5k

Upsala MN

Goal: Sub 23:00