This happened on Saturday, not today. Horrible swim start. Was seeded way too high and got pushed from behind almost immediately. I totally went too hard and ended up in a super-tired, panicky state for the final 300m (400m total). Obviously, my swim training didn't do squat in preparing me for a swim sprint. My swim-to-bike transition wasn't too thought out. Hated having to sit down to put my bike shoes on (should have put them on my bike and did straps while riding). Plus, put my shirt on backwards (should have swam with it on) and had to reverse it - which was no small task with wet skin and a peaked heart rate. Once on the bike, however, I found some race form. The course was 12 miles, flat on fairly smooth roads. Didn't feel too stressed and just found a rhythm (which would be hard to come by on a mtn trail). Water bottle fell out and got stopped by a train but gained some time on this part of the race. Again, the run transition was super slow. At least 2 people came and went while I was still lacing up my shoes. I was pretty pooped right off the bat as I started running the 5K. Ended up taking short, fast steps and I think that helped me recover a little while still not going too slow. There was a slight uphill climb for the first part of the race and downhill finish. Killed it on the finish - felt like I crossed the line super strong. Short and sweet experience. Learned a lot from the swim.
Time: 1:07:08 (minus swim time)
Training Effect: 4.2
EPOC Peak: 149 ml/kg
153 bpm avg
166 bpm max
Vert: 328 ft
Ventilation: 117 l/min
Oxygen Consumption: 40 ml/kg/min
Respiration Rate: 40 breaths/min
Total Energy Consumption: 952 kcal
Distance 400m swim, 12 mile road bike, 5K road run
Sounds like fun and you learned a ton. Looks by your heart rate that you had a nice push at the end. What was up with the swim?
ReplyDeleteTotally went out way too fast on the swim. I had it in my mind that it was JUST 400 yards. But I didn't realize it would be such a sprint. Totally different story than the UofU sprint tri.
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