Ooops

I just checked in and realized that I haven't posted in a while. Sorry for being neglectful but there is only so much time in the day. I regularly post on Twitter, and on my column at MySportShooter.com so check things out there.

The last few weeks have all been about getting in some final training hours before I headed into the taper this week for the Canadian 226.

I raced the Cobourg International Du today and the weather was brutal. Crazy rain and wind, and top that off with a hilly bike course.

I had a decent race. 7th overall, 3rd on my age group. I did not have the bike I wanted but it was likely due to the wonderful weather conditions because I felt good. It took me 46 min to ride the first 20km, and 32 minutes the do the 2nd 20km. Most of the really bad weather was during that first 20 km so surely messed up my time. I was definitely happy with my run, it was 7-8 in terms of perceived effort. One of my better runs and I resisted red-lining.

More racing to come on Sunday. The GT 12.9 at 8am, followed by the Sprint Du. I may just have to push hard and let go of the reins. We shall see how the body feels.

US Open Tennis starts in a few days. I love the TV coverage and camera angles. The best of all the Grand Slams.

Have a great week.

Performance

Thanks to my Markham Tri Group for turning me on to this video. Enjoy.

9.58

I just witnessed Usain Bolt's 9.58 100m world record at the World Championships in Berlin. Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow! Still not enough wow's.
Chicken nuggets for lunch too. Maybe I gotta start using that as my pre-game meal.

DNF this past weekend

Yes, my first DNF.

Although there was one quite a few years ago I don't really count that one since it was due to a poorly designed run course that got a got chunk of athletes lost in the woods and going in circles. We finally made it out and somehow popped out a few meters from the finish line.

Anyway, this past weekend, I did the Bracebridge Half Iron and flatted 3x. The final time I replaced the tube and when the tire deflated soon after I checked the tire and found a bunch of cuts in it and a few pebbles sticking out of a few cuts. My day was over with 10km to go.

I should have done the run to get in some run training but I was not in the mood.

Hopefully I got my share of flats to last me for a while.

I just found an old article from the local paper. Gotta get back into the positive.

http://www.yorkregion.com/article/93213

Have a great week.

By the way, if you didn't already know, Chrissie Wellington changed coaches again. She just dropped Simon Lessing. No news on the new one, or if there will be one.

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1st Post for August

I just realized I did not make a post for August.
I am not slacking. Really I am not.
Just got lots of stuff and writing going on elsewhere.

Check out this post on My Sports Shooter

http://mysportsshooter.com/rogers-world/bracebridge-half-iron-this-weekend

Have a great weekend.