Hello!
Well, Saturday was a tough day as I rode for ~ 4.5 hours in the hot Austin sun with some Ironmen (& Woman) around the outskirts of Austin.
It wasn't a bad ride, but I certainly need to be eating MUCH more while I'm on the bike. Although I was feelin' pretty beat up near the end of the ride, I was still able to flip the "on" switch in my head and get up and down the hills on 360 (a highway here in Austin) pretty well.
Then on Sunday I decided to hop in the Congress Avenue Mile. It's a downhill mile that ended up having a bit of a headwind oddly enough. This was definitely not what my body had in mind the day after the longest ride I've ever done, but I thought it'd be fun to see what I could do. (On a side note, Resie ran in her first race since middle school off of almost zero training and ran a 6:25...not too shabby for having ACL surgery in November!)
So, after a couple of miles to warm up, I was standing on the start line of the Open Elite field and thinking to myself that this was a very bad idea. I was already tired just from the warm-up, then the gun went off and a couple of guys took off. "Great", I thought, "this is gonna be TONS of fun". After finally catching up with those guys by the quarter mile mark, I tried my best to settle into a pace, but it just wasn't happening. By the half mile mark, I finally found my legs and decided to take the lead and see if I could just run away from these guys...well...that didn't work. They stuck right on me and at the 3-quarter mark Scott Kimbell of Adams State went right by me and I thought the race was over right then and there. I was feelin' pretty crappy at this point and my only instinct was "ok, just stay on his heals!". This I did for about 100m, and decided to throw down my hand and hope the finish line came quickly. Turns out I didn't do too shabby...I won by 4 seconds in 4:12. I just kept accelerating for as long as possible then hung on 'til the finish line.
What a great feeling it is! I absolutely LOVE winning races. It's where I feel the most "at home".
I cooled down about a mile with Resie then we had lunch and she got on a bus back to Kansas to take care of some things and get her car back. Afterwards I started feelin' guilty for not having run enough mileage earlier in the day, so I went back to the trail and knocked out another 7 miles. Now THAT, was a death march. Crazy hot!
Anyway, I've since recovered and this morning did some hill repeats with Derick Williamson. I think I'm getting pretty fit and am excited to see how this weekend goes at the Lake Pflugerville Sprint Tri. This is simply a training race, where I won't even wear an aero helmet or use race wheels, I just want to get in a good workout and work on transitions.
Well...that's it for now.
Hasta later,
-Yorek
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Long time!
Well hello! I know it's been FOREVER since last posting. This whole internet/computer debacle should be figured out and dealt with in the next couple weeks and I'll be able to start posting on a regular basis again.
So, I did not end up racing in the ITU race, which ended up being a terrific idea. Instead I raced the Invitational wave at the CapTexTri and won the whole thing!! It was a fun race, but I could definitely improve in several areas.
My swim was yet another PR (I've PR'd in every Olympic distance swim I've ever done...crazy!) 21:44, but I could have swam much faster had I not been swimming in jagged, crooked lines the whole way and beating up poor Jen Perez the whole way.
My bike was by far the most impressive leg for me. I rode 59:00 for over a 2 minute PR on a pretty hilly and turny 4 loop bike leg. Of course, I rode so hard that my run fell all to crap at the end of the race.
My first 2 miles were 9:58, so right on pace...but after taking the overall lead just before 3 miles, I slowed way down. The heat started to get to me, and so did that 59 min. bike leg. I ended up running a pitiful 34:20 run split (though I felt a little better when I found out it was .2 long) Still...not was I was hoping for.
Of course, that all said, I won my first big triathlon and am not officially qualified for my pro/elite card.
The next race will be at Lake Pflugerville to tune up for what I've training for since March...the Buffalo Springs Lake 70.3. I'm right where I wanted to be...pro card at CapTex, 3 weeks of crazy long training with the J & A boys, a warm-up race, and the pro field debut at Buffalo Springs. I'm pumped!!
Though this will be my first "pro" race as well as my first 70.3, I believe that I can do well. I have talked a bit with Derick Williamson at Soure Endurance (www.source-e.net) about some longer training and hooked up with T3 (www.austint3.com) for my swim workouts.
With the help of Jack and Adam's and my always supportive brothers at Multisport Ministries...I believe that I can start to make this dream really come true.
I love you all and I'll put up some of my training over the last couple days so you can see how I've picked up the training :)
Saturday=3.5 hour ride followed by a 4-mile run @ 5:30 pace
Sunday=14 mi. long run at about 6:45-7 min. pace followed by an hour of cross-x workouts at Pure Austin
Monday=1500-2000m in the pool nice and easy and a run/bike brick workout with Pure
Tuesday=2 mi. wu; 6xstratford hill repeats (~2 min. crazy hard, ~2:45 jog back down); 2 mi. cd
& I'll do about 90 min.-2 hours in the trainer later.
Love you guys!!
hasta,
-Yorek
So, I did not end up racing in the ITU race, which ended up being a terrific idea. Instead I raced the Invitational wave at the CapTexTri and won the whole thing!! It was a fun race, but I could definitely improve in several areas.
My swim was yet another PR (I've PR'd in every Olympic distance swim I've ever done...crazy!) 21:44, but I could have swam much faster had I not been swimming in jagged, crooked lines the whole way and beating up poor Jen Perez the whole way.
My bike was by far the most impressive leg for me. I rode 59:00 for over a 2 minute PR on a pretty hilly and turny 4 loop bike leg. Of course, I rode so hard that my run fell all to crap at the end of the race.
My first 2 miles were 9:58, so right on pace...but after taking the overall lead just before 3 miles, I slowed way down. The heat started to get to me, and so did that 59 min. bike leg. I ended up running a pitiful 34:20 run split (though I felt a little better when I found out it was .2 long) Still...not was I was hoping for.
Of course, that all said, I won my first big triathlon and am not officially qualified for my pro/elite card.
The next race will be at Lake Pflugerville to tune up for what I've training for since March...the Buffalo Springs Lake 70.3. I'm right where I wanted to be...pro card at CapTex, 3 weeks of crazy long training with the J & A boys, a warm-up race, and the pro field debut at Buffalo Springs. I'm pumped!!
Though this will be my first "pro" race as well as my first 70.3, I believe that I can do well. I have talked a bit with Derick Williamson at Soure Endurance (www.source-e.net) about some longer training and hooked up with T3 (www.austint3.com) for my swim workouts.
With the help of Jack and Adam's and my always supportive brothers at Multisport Ministries...I believe that I can start to make this dream really come true.
I love you all and I'll put up some of my training over the last couple days so you can see how I've picked up the training :)
Saturday=3.5 hour ride followed by a 4-mile run @ 5:30 pace
Sunday=14 mi. long run at about 6:45-7 min. pace followed by an hour of cross-x workouts at Pure Austin
Monday=1500-2000m in the pool nice and easy and a run/bike brick workout with Pure
Tuesday=2 mi. wu; 6xstratford hill repeats (~2 min. crazy hard, ~2:45 jog back down); 2 mi. cd
& I'll do about 90 min.-2 hours in the trainer later.
Love you guys!!
hasta,
-Yorek
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