The TexasMan Triathlon was a great first time event. The RD really put together a memorable event. The weather was perfect in the morning, 70 degrees, and overcast sky's the whole morning. It was a wetsuit legal swim, so I dawned the wetsuit Phil loaned me. I lathered my legs up with PAM so that it would slide off easily. The swim was pretty quick and the first transition went smooth, but my chip came off when I took my wetsuit off.. so no more official splits. The bike course was very hilly and had strong head winds. So I wasn't able to keep up a good rolling speed. After about 3 miles I had moved up to 2nd place but I wasn't making any headway on the leader. Going into T2 I put my run shoes on and tried to feel the inside of my wetsuit for my chip, but couldn't reach far enough to grab it. My run was pretty typical of this year, a slow ugly death.. Full Results
I’ve really enjoyed Masters racing over the past couple of years, so I was excited to hit the track again for the mile at the Yeoman Fieldhouse at UH. Coming into the race, I felt strong —training had been solid and consistent, and I was ready to see what I could do. I had a good warm-up : a couple of miles of jogging, some strides , dynamic stretches, and 4 x 150m ramp-ups to 4:50 pace to get the legs firing. Race Plan & Execution They ran the mile in two heats , and I was in the second. My goal was to go out at 4:58 pace , hold that through 1009m , and then kick it up a notch . Once I started hearing my splits, I knew I was just a touch off pace —but I didn’t panic. At 809m , I still felt in control and started gradually picking it up. Navigating Traffic & The Final Push I was getting back on track when I hit lapped traffic , which forced me to run most of the penultimate lap in Lane 2 —this ended up being my slowest lap . Despite that, I closed strong , crossing t...
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