As a last minute decision, I decided to do the Kal Rats sprint Tri. I thought it was important to have some BPR representation on the line.
I trained right thru this tri so the plan was just to get some more open water racing experience and dial the bike and run in for Osoyoos and IMC.
I was feeling optimistic about the swim at the start line and probably bust off the beach way too fast when the gun went off ... BTW ... What's with the quick guns in Tri's
No countdowns
?
My swim time was slow but I REALLY think the course was longer than 750 m ... lots of 10 min guys went 12 mins ... hmmmmmmm
My time was 18:29 which was slower than Oliver paces. I'm still struggling with my swim and would really like to speed it up. I have put the call out to several fast swimmers to help. As I always say ... once I learn to swim fast it's going to be a whole different race
As usual ... coming out of the water I had some time to make up and people to catch ... like 65 ...
With some encouraging words from Killer'martin ... I set off on my mission. As usual
it was non stop passing ... I was able to average 42.1 km/hr with a 28:32 time.
Staring the run I was struggling with some cramping issues ... which lasted the whole race. This definitely affected my speed and I ran a 22:03 split which is slow for me.
Overall I did 1:11:43 ... I can go way faster and will make amends in Osoyoos.
As for race specific issues ... my respiration in the water was thru the roof as I definitely went out too hard. The bike was pretty controlled with both HR and respiration and the run was controlled as my cramping slowed me down enough to the point I was below BP.
In the end I was 15th overall and second in my age group.
Tx for reading ...
S
