Oh Hell Yeah!
Well, the weather forecast was wrong. It was hot today. Temps hit 90 by the end of the run. Humidity was 80%. And the sun made it'self known all day long.
Learning from my last 1/2 IM in July where the temps were 100+, I stayed on top of hydration a *lot* better today. It paid off big time. I finished that one in 6:17 or so. Here's how I fared today:
Overall time (unofficial) 5:31
Breakdown as follows:
Swim 1.2 Miles: 0:32
Bike 56 Miles: 2:50
Run 13.1 Miles: 2:10
Give or take a few minutes for transitions and such.
Both the run and the bike were a lot hillier than I thought from looking at the elevation profile. Doh! I kept on my goal HR caps, and obeyed them. And it paid off big on the run. I passed a bunch of people on the latter 1/2 of the bike, and picked off a few more on the run. Not bad considering most of them got here by qualifying, and I was just a general entry participant.
Not a bad way to ring 30 years, eh? :)
Next stop, Chicago Marathon in 2 weeks. But right now, an ice bath and a nap. And then my postponed due to race Birthday Dinner.
Learning from my last 1/2 IM in July where the temps were 100+, I stayed on top of hydration a *lot* better today. It paid off big time. I finished that one in 6:17 or so. Here's how I fared today:
Overall time (unofficial) 5:31
Breakdown as follows:
Swim 1.2 Miles: 0:32
Bike 56 Miles: 2:50
Run 13.1 Miles: 2:10
Give or take a few minutes for transitions and such.
Both the run and the bike were a lot hillier than I thought from looking at the elevation profile. Doh! I kept on my goal HR caps, and obeyed them. And it paid off big on the run. I passed a bunch of people on the latter 1/2 of the bike, and picked off a few more on the run. Not bad considering most of them got here by qualifying, and I was just a general entry participant.
Not a bad way to ring 30 years, eh? :)
Next stop, Chicago Marathon in 2 weeks. But right now, an ice bath and a nap. And then my postponed due to race Birthday Dinner.
posted by Chris Parker at
1:58 PM
2 Comments:
Chris, that is a HUGE performance at a half iron! Congrats!!
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klbarrus, at 4:34 PM
Nice work, dude. I can't chime in the way Karl does, as I've only done one cycle leg of an Oly, and not the whole triathlon at any distance, so uh, yeah. Congrats on the being old, and way to post a nice result!
By
Sanford Owings, at 6:10 PM
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