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| My sister Carol and her sign |
Last Saturday when I ran in the Wisconsin Half-Marathon. The weather was supposed to be cold and rainy, but it turned out to be a pleasant 50 degrees with spotty sun. I remembering thinking around mile six, that this race was actually sort of fun. While it got less fun in the second half, I have to say that when I was on the run segment of the Tempe Triathlon yesterday, that fun notion never popped into my head.
The start of the race was delayed for 45 minutes so I went in the water at 8 am instead of 7:15, which meant that I started out on the run at about 10 am and instead of 9 am. The temperature was in the high 80s by then. Anyway that's my carefully constructed excuse for the poor run.
I didn't have a great race, although I did finish 2nd in my age group (out of 7). I had a strong swim, but I went too wide on the return and swam farther than I needed to. If I swam the course more expertly, I'd have made my goal time of 30 minutes. I had the same bike time as last year, but on the run I just started slow and got slower. I know I can run a lot better than a nine minute pace.
| YEAR | TOTAL | SWIM | /100 | T1 | BIKE | MPH | T2 | RUN | MIN/MILE |
| 5/16/10 | 2:49:19 | 33:13 | 2:01 | 2:10 | 1:18:31 | 19.1 | 1:50 | 53:32 | 8:34 |
| GOAL | 2:43:00 | 30:00 | 1:50 | 2:00 | 1:17:00 | 19.5 | 2:00 | 52:00 | 8:19 |
| 5/15/11 | 2:52:18 | 31:09 | 1:53 | 2:54 | 1:18:35 | 19.1 | 1:47 | 57:51 | 9:15 |
Next race: Evergreen Lake Triathlon July 16, 2011
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2 comments:
Wow, Len, I'm so impressed that you're out there doing this - and that you're trying to beat your times to boot. Kudos to you! It makes me have to sit down just thinking about all the energy being exerted - ha.
Thanks, Mitzi. Nice to hear from you.
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