Yesterday and today, I made my return to duathlon and triathlon racing and I enjoyed every second of it (even though some of the races hurt like heck).
It was at the HSBC Triathlon Series Lakeside Weekend of races. I did one race on Saturday and 2 races today. Hey, I gotta make up for the year I missed right?
Here is the stats rundown:
Saturday June 6, 2009
Lakeside Sprint Duathlon - Run 3 km, Bike 18 Km, Run 3 Km
5th overall in 1:02:56 First in the Men's 40-44 category
The splits:
3km run (14:24) 4:48/km pace, T1 - 45 secs
18 km bike (32:32 - 4th best) 33.2 km/hr, T2 - 23 secs
3 km run (14:54) 4:58/km pace
* At the turnaround of the run, I thought I might get caught. I saw I had a chance at a top 5 and just went for it. No one passed me. Red line effort the whole way. I did not feel all that great on the bike.
Sunday June 7, 2009
Lakeside Duathlon - Run 5 km, Bike 30 Km, Run 5 Km
15th overall in 1:48:21 3rd in Men's 40-44
5km run (26:50) 5:22/km pace, T1- 51 secs
30 km bike (52:36 - 7th best) 34.2 km/hr, T2 - 51 secs
5 km run (27:14) 5:27/km pace
* Fatigued from the day before. Hardly made it out of bed. Decided to race at Ironman heart rate 150-160 bpm. Thought it would rain heavily so brought out my road bike with no computer and raggedy aerobars. Somehow I managed the 7th best bike and was not passed by anyone during the bike ride. I could have finished at least 5 spots better but it really would not make much of a difference in the whole scheme of things. So chilled the final run to save the effort for the second race.
Give-it-a-Tri - Swim 300m, Bike 10 Km, Run 2 Km
4th overall in 38:02 First Men 40-44
300 m swim (6:43) 2:15/100m, T1 - 1:19
10km bike (18:52 - 2nd best bike) 31.8 km/hr, T2 - 40 secs
2km run (10:30) 5:15/km
* Water was cold but felt good on my tired legs. Legs were toast but pushed through. Final run actually felt good. I had a lot more in me. Made me wish I pushed harder.
Here is a nice article by the greatest photographer I know. A great guy too.
http://mikecheliak.com/mike-cheliak-posts/lakeside-triathlon-day-1
Have a great week.
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