And of course another good video of the volunteers. Races wouldn't be able to run smoothly without volunteers and I need to volunteer at more to give back to the racing community.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
IronMan Louisville video
Just found this video on the ole' youtube and decided to share it. Is it crazy that I want to do this at some point before I graduate from grad school (That gives me 3-4 years from now depending on what program I get into). Knowing that I'll never get to Kona, at least Louisville is relatively close in terms of IronMan triathlons go.
And of course another good video of the volunteers. Races wouldn't be able to run smoothly without volunteers and I need to volunteer at more to give back to the racing community.
And of course another good video of the volunteers. Races wouldn't be able to run smoothly without volunteers and I need to volunteer at more to give back to the racing community.
Monday, May 7, 2012
my TriZou results
Well it was an interesting TriZou that's for sure. The rain held off, but unfortunately the heat didn't, it was pretty rough. I think the MC said it was the hottest trizou they've had.
Either way, in general it was a good race for myself. I say in general, because I completely was a complete "struggle bus" (for lack of a better phrase) through the run. Mainly because I pushed myself a bit too hard on the swim and bike, and with the combination of that and the heat, I had to walk a few steps a few times during the run. I pretty much consider this a failure on the run portion, because I've never had to walk before and usually running 3 miles is pretty easy. But, at least I wasn't the only one, since I was one of the last ones to start there were a whole bunch of us walking because of the heat (and we're not exactly the "elite" group). The good part was that there were a few of us who were having a hard time and finally the last mile one of other girls came up to me and was like "come on, we're gonna do this together," so we ran together for the last mile. I can't thank that person enough, because usually I hate working out with other people but in this case having somebody to run with was my saving grace.
Now that I've given you the bad news, the good news is that I improved in every other category and improved my overall time by 3 minutes. I had timed myself in the pool at swimming a 10 minute, 400 meter, but adrenaline got me through it in 9:24. I also improved my bike time by several minutes. Mainly because I figured out my work out style- mainly, some people are better at lighter weight (resistance for a bike) and fast reps, but I'm better at less reps, but more power required. So on the flat parts I put the gears on a harder setting so I could get more distance and power with less reps. This is probably the wrong way to do it, and any legit biker is probably yelling at me, but in this case for just a 14 mile ride, along with a swim and run, that's what works best for myself. But, I did push myself to do better this year, which I did, but I payed for it in the run.
All in all, it was a good race, with the exception of the run. I guess we all are apt to bad moments. Oh well, something to improve on for next year. Well here's my results and some pics if you feel like looking at them:
Division Place: 10th out of 24
Gender Place: 94th out of 182 (I was amazed there were only 182 women out of 550 total people)
Swim Time: 9:24
Transition 1: 3:48
Bike: 53:38 ( 14 miles)
Bike rate: 15.7 mph (almost a 2 mph increase from last year!)
Transition 2: 2:01
Run: 30:16
Run pace: 10:16 (literally have never run a slower 3 mile pace, ever)
Overall time: 1:39:04
Now for the fun part: pictures
Either way, in general it was a good race for myself. I say in general, because I completely was a complete "struggle bus" (for lack of a better phrase) through the run. Mainly because I pushed myself a bit too hard on the swim and bike, and with the combination of that and the heat, I had to walk a few steps a few times during the run. I pretty much consider this a failure on the run portion, because I've never had to walk before and usually running 3 miles is pretty easy. But, at least I wasn't the only one, since I was one of the last ones to start there were a whole bunch of us walking because of the heat (and we're not exactly the "elite" group). The good part was that there were a few of us who were having a hard time and finally the last mile one of other girls came up to me and was like "come on, we're gonna do this together," so we ran together for the last mile. I can't thank that person enough, because usually I hate working out with other people but in this case having somebody to run with was my saving grace.
Now that I've given you the bad news, the good news is that I improved in every other category and improved my overall time by 3 minutes. I had timed myself in the pool at swimming a 10 minute, 400 meter, but adrenaline got me through it in 9:24. I also improved my bike time by several minutes. Mainly because I figured out my work out style- mainly, some people are better at lighter weight (resistance for a bike) and fast reps, but I'm better at less reps, but more power required. So on the flat parts I put the gears on a harder setting so I could get more distance and power with less reps. This is probably the wrong way to do it, and any legit biker is probably yelling at me, but in this case for just a 14 mile ride, along with a swim and run, that's what works best for myself. But, I did push myself to do better this year, which I did, but I payed for it in the run.
All in all, it was a good race, with the exception of the run. I guess we all are apt to bad moments. Oh well, something to improve on for next year. Well here's my results and some pics if you feel like looking at them:
Division Place: 10th out of 24
Gender Place: 94th out of 182 (I was amazed there were only 182 women out of 550 total people)
Swim Time: 9:24
Transition 1: 3:48
Bike: 53:38 ( 14 miles)
Bike rate: 15.7 mph (almost a 2 mph increase from last year!)
Transition 2: 2:01
Run: 30:16
Run pace: 10:16 (literally have never run a slower 3 mile pace, ever)
Overall time: 1:39:04
Now for the fun part: pictures
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| The finish line the afternoon before the race |
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| This really has nothing to do with the race but the Quad and the Columns were so pretty Saturday afternoon |
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| The sunset on the quad was pretty too |
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| The transition area at the TriZou with the bikes |
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| TriZou bike transition. Running leg next (I'm the one in the black) |
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| Finishing the trizou. Thanks to the lady in blue who's behind me who ran with me for the last mile |
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| the TriZou finish |
Friday, May 4, 2012
TriZou weekend
So the TriZou's this Sunday and I'm pretty excited. The only problems are that it's going to be close to 90 degrees, and if you're familiar with midwest weather the temperature isn't the bad part, it's the intense humidity. But, it's been humid this whole week so hopefully everybody will be at least a little bit use to it by the time race day comes. It also looks like it's going to rain, so cross your fingers that the rain won't start until after the race.
My training went fairly well this year. My only complaint is that I spent too much time on the indoor bike trainer as opposed to getting out there and biking on the roads. So I took some advice from people who are very knowledgeable in this field and did a bit more interval training. For instance if I was going on a 3 mile run, I would purposefully run faster than my normal pace for a bit about every 1/2 mile or so. It's one of the only ways to make you faster and hopefully it worked.
Tomorrow's packet pick up day and I think I'll swing by the track (aka Stankowski field) where all the transitions are/where the bikes are kept tomorrow afternoon and see if they've set up everything. If stuff is up, I'll take a few pictures for you guys.
If you're participating in the TriZou tomorrow, than good luck.
My training went fairly well this year. My only complaint is that I spent too much time on the indoor bike trainer as opposed to getting out there and biking on the roads. So I took some advice from people who are very knowledgeable in this field and did a bit more interval training. For instance if I was going on a 3 mile run, I would purposefully run faster than my normal pace for a bit about every 1/2 mile or so. It's one of the only ways to make you faster and hopefully it worked.
Tomorrow's packet pick up day and I think I'll swing by the track (aka Stankowski field) where all the transitions are/where the bikes are kept tomorrow afternoon and see if they've set up everything. If stuff is up, I'll take a few pictures for you guys.
If you're participating in the TriZou tomorrow, than good luck.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
zombie 5k video
this has got to be my favorite video yet of the Run For Your Life Zombie 5k. I think the hay stacks are traditionally the first obstacle where you meet the "zombies." This is pretty much the best video because 1. The four ninja turtles make an appearance at 1:30 mark
2. The dude at 3:40 "Come on Waldo, you got it, keep going! Go Waldo Go! I found you!"
2. The dude at 3:40 "Come on Waldo, you got it, keep going! Go Waldo Go! I found you!"
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