Training's been pretty awesome this week. I finally got to go to the Wednesday night Crit in Fort Worth. While I wasn't overly aggressive my first time out this year, I did manage to get a prime for $10 worth of BBQ at Colter's in Arlington. I followed that up with a tough trainer ride on Friday morning and my first trip to the Minyards ride on Sunday morning, which was AWESOME! I went farther than I've ever gone in my life. 67.24 miles in 3:37. We had a pretty good group even though it was small. Five of us went the full distance with others pulling off at various points.
This week is another build week which will be highlighted by the Firecracker 100K in Stephenville Saturday. It's an unofficial race, meaning it's not USA Cycling sanctioned but there's prize money so people will be there to race. For those of us on Broken Films, we won't be racing for ourselves, but rather our top woman, taking full advantage of the coed race while other teams are battling for their top guys. It should be great!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Hy-Vee Triathlon and Mendota 5K
Sorry about a lack of posts lately, I've been in Illinois visiting family and it's been pretty hectic.
The biggest news is last weekend's Hy-Vee triathlon and today's 5K run in Mendota.
Hy-Vee was a bit of a disaster as a storm caused a last minute race change as they altered the Olympic distance to a 400m, 20K, 5K. The swim and bike were both a little bit long, and the start was changed to a time trial beach start instead of a wave start.
My swim was pretty good, but I found myself struggling on the bike, especially the second half coming back toward transition. On the way out, the wind was relatively calm, but it was blowing hard by the time I got to the U-turn. My trip back was almost three minutes slower than on the way out and I found myself losing a lot of ground on the bike.
I went pretty hard straight away on the run and found that I had someone to run with, which was a bit of a relief. The other guy and I pushed each other all the way to the finish, catching another young runner who ended up sprinting away from us in the home straight. My run of 17:04 was respectable, along with my 3rd place finish in the 20-24 and 32nd overall finish out of 1340 competitors.
After a solid week of training I ran in the Mendota 5K this morning. I went out aiming at the relatively slow 16:44 course record. I was a bit nervous at the start though because there were a couple guys that looked pretty tough. Right away two guys took the lead and I sat in behind them. After two minutes one of them had already begun to fade leaving me alone with one guy. Four minutes in, I could already hear him laboring so I decided to make a move since I was feeling pretty comfortable. I quickly gapped him and just worked to stay ahead. I passed two miles in 10:26 and slowed a little bit over the last mile when I knew I had the race in hand. I finished in 16:26, 29 seconds up on the next runner, sewing up the course record!. I'm pretty fired up about the run because it's a PR and it really wasn't too difficult. I was hurting, but definitely not maxing out; I know I have a lot more in me.
We're heading back to Texas tomorrow so things will be back to normal. Thanks for reading!
The biggest news is last weekend's Hy-Vee triathlon and today's 5K run in Mendota.
Hy-Vee was a bit of a disaster as a storm caused a last minute race change as they altered the Olympic distance to a 400m, 20K, 5K. The swim and bike were both a little bit long, and the start was changed to a time trial beach start instead of a wave start.
My swim was pretty good, but I found myself struggling on the bike, especially the second half coming back toward transition. On the way out, the wind was relatively calm, but it was blowing hard by the time I got to the U-turn. My trip back was almost three minutes slower than on the way out and I found myself losing a lot of ground on the bike.
I went pretty hard straight away on the run and found that I had someone to run with, which was a bit of a relief. The other guy and I pushed each other all the way to the finish, catching another young runner who ended up sprinting away from us in the home straight. My run of 17:04 was respectable, along with my 3rd place finish in the 20-24 and 32nd overall finish out of 1340 competitors.
After a solid week of training I ran in the Mendota 5K this morning. I went out aiming at the relatively slow 16:44 course record. I was a bit nervous at the start though because there were a couple guys that looked pretty tough. Right away two guys took the lead and I sat in behind them. After two minutes one of them had already begun to fade leaving me alone with one guy. Four minutes in, I could already hear him laboring so I decided to make a move since I was feeling pretty comfortable. I quickly gapped him and just worked to stay ahead. I passed two miles in 10:26 and slowed a little bit over the last mile when I knew I had the race in hand. I finished in 16:26, 29 seconds up on the next runner, sewing up the course record!. I'm pretty fired up about the run because it's a PR and it really wasn't too difficult. I was hurting, but definitely not maxing out; I know I have a lot more in me.
We're heading back to Texas tomorrow so things will be back to normal. Thanks for reading!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
CapTex Behind, Hy-Vee on the Horizon
CapTex was this past Monday, and expecting to have my best race ever, I initially labeled it a disappointment, but in hindsight have a lot to be excited about. The course was far from the correct distance in two of the three events, with the swim mistakenly being measured for a half Ironman and the run extended to 6.8 miles instead of the standard 6.2. My swim was good for me at 28:52, pace for a 22:15 1500, but it left be more than six minutes down heading into the bike. I had my best ride ever, averaging 23.3 mph, but that wasn't nearly fast enough to contend with the top athletes who had all come out chasing an Elite License since this was a pro qualifying race.
My run started off pretty well, but I quickly found myself dropping off my target 5:40 pace, and with no mile markers on the course (probably because they knew it was wrong), I was left to wonder how bad it was going to be. In the end, I covered the supposed 6.8 miles in 41:16, pace for around 37:30, which isn't terrible, but isn't where I should've been.
Right now I'm trying my best to recover and prepare for Hy-Vee next weekend, the 13th. This is also an Elite qualifying race so I'll be aiming (fairly lightly) at the top three. It also offers a good opportunity to watch the pros competing in the World Cup event held later that afternoon. I'm looking forward to it. I think now that I have a good "Olympic distance" race under my belt, I can put out an even better performance at Hy-Vee.
My run started off pretty well, but I quickly found myself dropping off my target 5:40 pace, and with no mile markers on the course (probably because they knew it was wrong), I was left to wonder how bad it was going to be. In the end, I covered the supposed 6.8 miles in 41:16, pace for around 37:30, which isn't terrible, but isn't where I should've been.
Right now I'm trying my best to recover and prepare for Hy-Vee next weekend, the 13th. This is also an Elite qualifying race so I'll be aiming (fairly lightly) at the top three. It also offers a good opportunity to watch the pros competing in the World Cup event held later that afternoon. I'm looking forward to it. I think now that I have a good "Olympic distance" race under my belt, I can put out an even better performance at Hy-Vee.
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