Sunday 21st 2011 Canadian National Triathlon championships, I plan to own it.
Sunday 28th Ironman Canada I have been dreaming out this for years and look forward to taking in the whole experience, nervous about it and at times feel under prepared but I suspect that is normal, regardless my kids will see me do the biggest race and event of my life and will be cheering me on all the way and that will get me across the finish line!!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Lake Chaparral Triathlon
This was the third year I have done this event and its one of my favorites
This year sticking with the sprint distance as that is the official para distance.
Swim - Got in a good warm up swam well out in 17:57
Bike - This is a tougher bike course due to a steep hill and with the handcycle climbing is tough. They also altered the course this year to make sure that it was a full 20km, unfortunately the extension went onto a road that is not in very good shape super bumpy, started to get spasms and thought that if I have to do this section too many times I would pull out. finished the bike in 55:59(this includes t1 and t2)
Run / Push - Got a good start, I worry a bit about the pathways and passing people but no issues this time. Ended up with a 21:12 run time
Overall 1:35:08 great time for me getting faster every race ended up 79th out of 177 finishers felt great to not finish last or near the end.
This year sticking with the sprint distance as that is the official para distance.
Swim - Got in a good warm up swam well out in 17:57
Bike - This is a tougher bike course due to a steep hill and with the handcycle climbing is tough. They also altered the course this year to make sure that it was a full 20km, unfortunately the extension went onto a road that is not in very good shape super bumpy, started to get spasms and thought that if I have to do this section too many times I would pull out. finished the bike in 55:59(this includes t1 and t2)
Run / Push - Got a good start, I worry a bit about the pathways and passing people but no issues this time. Ended up with a 21:12 run time
Overall 1:35:08 great time for me getting faster every race ended up 79th out of 177 finishers felt great to not finish last or near the end.
Swim Swim Swim
Decided to do a last minute 3km swim race with Xterra at an event in Canmore at quarry lake. Event Link
Figured this would be a good test event for IMC to see if I can swim 3km as I have focused mostly on the bike.
Started off well took me about 500m to get in my grove which tells me that I need to make sure that I get in a good warm up to get my heart rate up so that I can settle in faster into my swim.
Swam the 6 laps coming back was the toughest the high winds kept pushing me to the right and I have a tendency to move that direction also so off course a bit.
Ended up doing the 3km in 1hour 15min supper happy about it was hoping for an 1hour and 30min.
I am on track for my swim at IMC so that is great just have to figure out how to bike and the day will be in the bag.
Figured this would be a good test event for IMC to see if I can swim 3km as I have focused mostly on the bike.
Started off well took me about 500m to get in my grove which tells me that I need to make sure that I get in a good warm up to get my heart rate up so that I can settle in faster into my swim.
Swam the 6 laps coming back was the toughest the high winds kept pushing me to the right and I have a tendency to move that direction also so off course a bit.
Ended up doing the 3km in 1hour 15min supper happy about it was hoping for an 1hour and 30min.
I am on track for my swim at IMC so that is great just have to figure out how to bike and the day will be in the bag.
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