Top Gun Triathlon - Fort Desoto Park
1/4 mile swim, 10 mile bike, 3.1 mile run.
This was an awesome race. Fort Desoto Park is over by St. Petersburg FL and its a swim in the Gulf. I had a great time - Brett and I drove over the night before and met up with my friend Alex at packet pickup and went to dinner with other Triathletes. Dinner was kinda mehh but the laughter was out of control.
Ok So race day - up early, get my bike and stuff set up - wait in line to use a port-o-potty - then head down to the beach.
Swim:
Swim was awesome - swam out then down the beach instead of an out and back type thing. Though coming out of the water you had to run on a boardwalk and it was narrow so some girls would walk slowly side by side so you couldnt get by...
Triathlon 1 Results 14:37
Triathlon 2 Results 12:27
Triathlon 3 Results 8:07
Yowwwwwzzerrs! Everyone says swimming in the ocean is easier than lakes - So excited about the decrease in time. Now just have to make sure I keep the time down for Tri #4 coming up.
Bike:
The ride was nice - though because this was a USAT sanctioned event there were rule enforcers watching via motorcycles writing down #'s to hand out time penalties - luckily I received zero.
When you started the ride it was great- I was averaging 17-18mph but.....upon the way back in you didnt realize there was a wind which was in your favor going out so coming in I had to fight it which reduced my mph to 16. Definately can tell Spin class 2-3 times a week is helping.
Triathlon 1 Results 12.4 Miles - 49:14 - 15.11 avg mph
Triathlon 2 Results 11.7 Miles - 49:19 - 14.23 avg mph
Triathlon 3 Results 10.0 Miles - 36:59 - 16.22 avg mph
Run:
I was not a fan of this run - it wasnt a run on the beach but almost in the grass where park service vehicles drive. I wish I had a pic but i dont....anyways - the first mile was almost entirely in soft sand - Soft sand sucks, bad! and again because it was mostly a path for service vehicles - narrow.
At Mile 2 guess who comes to bother...I mean Encourage me? my friend Alex (who by the way got 1st in her age group because shes that good!). I was dying after the soft sand and shes the "come on come on youre almost there" type. So I'd run....walk catch my breath and she'd say no you gotta run so we wouldnt catch any breaths and keep running. As much as I wanted to kill her I'm glad I have a great friend who wants to help me improve. While we were running she noticed I run "heavy" aka feet pounding the ground - so thats my new goal before race 4 - to learn to run better (which I've started already with brett). So Hopefully race #4 I'll have a better run time.
Triathlon 1 Results 2.75 miles - 35:26 - 12:53 per mile
Triathlon 2 Results 3.90 miles - 53:13 - 13:38 per mile
Triathlon 3 Results 3.10miles - 36.51 - 11:53 per mile.
Final Results:
Triathlon 1 - 1:45:47
Triathlon 2 - 1:58:47
Triathlon 3 - 1:25:49
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Ok OK I'm back...
Hiya there Slacker, welcome back to your blog.
Ok so after a year of cliffhangers I'm going to start (trying) updating more often.
Made some changes in my life (aka - new job = less stress & hours = more time for training)
with my new job i'm close to home, close to the gym and so maybe I am going to give this a one more try thing to keep me on track.
So with all this being said lets go make a new post of the last Tri I did a week ago.
:)
Ok so after a year of cliffhangers I'm going to start (trying) updating more often.
Made some changes in my life (aka - new job = less stress & hours = more time for training)
with my new job i'm close to home, close to the gym and so maybe I am going to give this a one more try thing to keep me on track.
So with all this being said lets go make a new post of the last Tri I did a week ago.
:)
Monday, September 15, 2008
Triathlon #2
Downtown Orlando Triathlon
1/4 mile swim, 11.7 mile bike, 3.9 mile run.
I almost didnt show up - I was on vacation 2 weeks ago, the past week I was at a corporate training so not a whole lot of working out was done. I ran 2 or 3 days on vacation, then ran 2 days while at training....so i didnt feel really really prepared.
Swim:
So start with the swim.....in Lake Underhill....GROSS! We had to tread water before starting....not fun. Then the lake is filled with lake weed. You couldnt avoid it. And you got tangled in it so that wasnt fun.
Triathlon 1 Results 14:37
Triathlon 2 Results 12:27
2 mins and 10 seconds faster this time around!! Yippeeeeee
Transition 1 Swim to Bike
Triathlon 1 Time 5:10
Triathlon 2 Time 2:14
Almost a 3 min improvement. So cool!!
Bike:
What a horrible ride. Get onto my bike - start riding and probably somewhere in mile 3, I hit a pot hole because of some stupid lady on my left wanting to fly by me so I had to move back over quickly instead of avoiding the hole. So that means my tire gets a pinch flat. I'm not happy because I have to ride slower to finish or I have to stop and quit the race. So for the whole rest of the bike ride I'm kinda just strolling along but I finished it so thats the best part.
Triathlon 1 Results 12.4 Miles - 49:14
Triathlon 2 Results 11.7 Miles - 49:19
5 second difference between Race 1 and Race 2. I really wish I could know my "real" time if I would have been able to ride on a fully inflated tire.
Transition 2 Bike to Run
Triathlon 1 Time - 1:18
Triathlon 2 Time - 1:36
Run:
Boy was I tired starting this run. It was all along side local roads so there wasnt a lot of shade so it was really hot. I did get the company of Brett and our dog Kady at about the 1/2 way point. He took her running 3 miles then ran down the road I'd be coming up on to spy on me to make sure I was really running. The poor dog, she looked like she was going to die b/c at this point she had ran about 4 miles. So at the water station I grabbed water for me and then stopped and gave a cup to Brett to give to Kady.
Though it was great to see them - I was so upset with the bike ride that I couldnt focus on the run and was having horrible cramps so I was walking a lot more than usual. I'm pretty sure I ran the last mile entirely and its such a great feeling when you cross that finish line.
Triathlon 1 Results 2.75 miles - 35:26
Triathlon 2 Results 3.90 miles - 53:13
Final Results:
Triathlon 1 - 1:45:47
Triathlon 2 - 1:58:47
1/4 mile swim, 11.7 mile bike, 3.9 mile run.
I almost didnt show up - I was on vacation 2 weeks ago, the past week I was at a corporate training so not a whole lot of working out was done. I ran 2 or 3 days on vacation, then ran 2 days while at training....so i didnt feel really really prepared.
Swim:
So start with the swim.....in Lake Underhill....GROSS! We had to tread water before starting....not fun. Then the lake is filled with lake weed. You couldnt avoid it. And you got tangled in it so that wasnt fun.
Triathlon 1 Results 14:37
Triathlon 2 Results 12:27
2 mins and 10 seconds faster this time around!! Yippeeeeee
Transition 1 Swim to Bike
Triathlon 1 Time 5:10
Triathlon 2 Time 2:14
Almost a 3 min improvement. So cool!!
Bike:
What a horrible ride. Get onto my bike - start riding and probably somewhere in mile 3, I hit a pot hole because of some stupid lady on my left wanting to fly by me so I had to move back over quickly instead of avoiding the hole. So that means my tire gets a pinch flat. I'm not happy because I have to ride slower to finish or I have to stop and quit the race. So for the whole rest of the bike ride I'm kinda just strolling along but I finished it so thats the best part.
Triathlon 1 Results 12.4 Miles - 49:14
Triathlon 2 Results 11.7 Miles - 49:19
5 second difference between Race 1 and Race 2. I really wish I could know my "real" time if I would have been able to ride on a fully inflated tire.
Transition 2 Bike to Run
Triathlon 1 Time - 1:18
Triathlon 2 Time - 1:36
Run:
Boy was I tired starting this run. It was all along side local roads so there wasnt a lot of shade so it was really hot. I did get the company of Brett and our dog Kady at about the 1/2 way point. He took her running 3 miles then ran down the road I'd be coming up on to spy on me to make sure I was really running. The poor dog, she looked like she was going to die b/c at this point she had ran about 4 miles. So at the water station I grabbed water for me and then stopped and gave a cup to Brett to give to Kady.
Though it was great to see them - I was so upset with the bike ride that I couldnt focus on the run and was having horrible cramps so I was walking a lot more than usual. I'm pretty sure I ran the last mile entirely and its such a great feeling when you cross that finish line.
Triathlon 1 Results 2.75 miles - 35:26
Triathlon 2 Results 3.90 miles - 53:13
Final Results:
Triathlon 1 - 1:45:47
Triathlon 2 - 1:58:47
Monday, August 18, 2008
The week of August 18th
What a wonderful way to start the week. A tropical storm to become a Hurricane! Looks like running/swimming outside is going to be rather difficult on tues/wednesday.
Monday August 18th - Could have ran, could have swam, but the weather was so sketchy that I didnt do anything. Boo for me I know.
Tuesday August 19th - Rain Rain go away.....wait that actually worked??? It was raining and extremely windy when I got up...then it was nice and sunny during work hours but then it rained all through the night, SOoo today was slacker day # 2.
Wednesday August 20th - What an ugly day this morning - Hoping tonight is rain free.
Thursday August 21st - This is what i've delt with ALLLLLL day. Fay is a fat slowpoke. She has spent too much time in the central florida area and i'm sick of her. So 630am, get up look outside, yep its raining, sleep until 7, check again even more rain. So no morning run no morning swim for me. Head to work - hoping I can go outside tonight, nope, there's the doppler at 1030pm its still raining and we have wind gusts of 40-50mph. Lets HOPE shes gone tomorrow.
Friday, August 15, 2008
The Week of August 11th
Ok so Monday August 11th I was lucky enough to get a root canal. So monday and tuesday were a little rough for me but I still did something active because we are keeping the dog with us this entire week. So that means lots and lots of walk/runs for her.
So Monday August 11 - 2 mile walk (kady had a 2 mile run with Brett)
Tuesday August 12 - 2 mile walk (another 2 mile run with Brett)
Wednesday - 1 mile walk or was it 2?? I dont remember oops
Thursday - 1 mile run with Kady, 2 mile walk and a 600 yard swim that night.
Friday - 4 mile walk, 1 mile run. and at the time of this posting...might do another swim tonight - not sure yet but i'll update the results.
So overall it was a good week with 12 miles of running and walking and a decent swim. Kady killed it though with 16 miles. I highly recommend a doberman for a dog if you want to get in shape.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
8-9-2008
Another 2 mile run around the lake today. The Hubs was with me. SO thankful for him pushing me though i'm so hardheaded and hate him when we run I love him so much afterwards. awwww right? LoL
Forgot to get a stop watch so not sure how fast today was but wow there were too many people out tonight. They were all over the place so a lot of weaving had to be done. BOO people who dont know how to walk one one side and who dont know to move out of you way when they see you running.
And Yeah speaking of BOO moments - guy walking his pitbull who obviously doesnt like people because we come running by him and his dog (like face to face, not coming up behind him) and the dog lunges at us barking. Talk about scary!!
Forgot to get a stop watch so not sure how fast today was but wow there were too many people out tonight. They were all over the place so a lot of weaving had to be done. BOO people who dont know how to walk one one side and who dont know to move out of you way when they see you running.
And Yeah speaking of BOO moments - guy walking his pitbull who obviously doesnt like people because we come running by him and his dog (like face to face, not coming up behind him) and the dog lunges at us barking. Talk about scary!!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
8-3-2008
2 Mile Run! Yippeeee. Now I have ran a 5K, and just recently ran 2.75 miles in my last triathlon so there shouldnt be some huge celebration with running 2 miles right? Wrong....
I hate running. I hate running long distances with a passion. My Husband loves to run, he was training for a marathon and was up into the 22-23 mile range before his body couldnt take it any longer. So running with him isnt the easiest of things because he has a bigger stride thus a quicker pace than slow poke me.
OK so anyways today 3pm Brett says lets go run. Deep down inside I dont want to go, but I say yes. We go to Lake Eola and find a new starting point (i'm so mental with where the start/end points are) so we take off running with Brett leading and I follow. It is HOT! Dang its hot outside, but I complete 1 mile and feel great. We keep going 1.5 miles yayay! 1.75 miles my calves are killing me but I push through it and finish! I think tomorrow will be a swim day.
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