I had the race of my life last weekend and wanted to share a
little history. Maybe if you are looking at your first 5K, first bike ride that
involves driving somewhere to start biking, or first “all together in one day?!”
triathlon this season, you will see yourself somewhere in my history/trajectory
and get excited about what might end up happening in your future.
This weekend’s huge PR and podium has been a long time
coming.
After swimming for years, I started trying this jogging
thing in 2005, but it took many times starting Couch-to-5K to make it off the
couch all the way to a 5k.
2007: First 5k race
2008: First sprint tri
2009: Joined Team Z, first 4 mile run, first 10K, first 40 mile ride
2010: First half-marathon
2011: Half-marathon improvement, first running injury
2012: First 60 mile bike ride, first 20 hr training week, first half-ironman
2013: First Skyline ride, First sprint tri under 2 hours, Half-iron improvement
2014: Bike VO2Max testing & training & improvement, 45 pounds lost since the beginning of the year, Half marathon PR , Kinetic Sprint PR, 5K PR, Half-iron PR and podium!
Some of these things came easily, some were terrifying, but
they are my accomplishments now, and I’m super proud of all of them. My 2007
self doesn’t even know what to make of where I’ve ended up this year :)
Now, a little bit about this race
2013 WBurg Result
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Rational Goal
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Crazy goal
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2014 WBurg Result
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Swim
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0:49:45
2:35/100m
Bad current
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0:40:00
2:04/100m
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0:38:28
<2:00/100m |
0:38:27
1:59/100m
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T1
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0:07:50
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0:05:00
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0:05:00
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0:04:51
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Bike
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3:40:35
15.2 mph
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3:35
15.6 mph
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<3:30
16 mph
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3:24:33
16.4 mph |
T2
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0:02:38
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0:02:30
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0:02:30
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0:01:10
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Run
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3:20:08
15:15 min/mi
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2:43:39
12:30 min/mi
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Whatever it takes to break 7
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2:42:56
12:27 min/mi
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Total
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8:00:56
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7:06:09
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<7:00:00
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6:51:58
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