Thursday 7/29
swim 1100
500: 9.09
200: back
200: breast
200: free
tested out my new two-piece today, that I was thinking using for the tri, and man am I glad I did...just as I should have guessed the bottoms were like a sail...thus the snail pace 500. And lack of overall workout. Guess I'll be wearing the same suit I did it the last tri and just sweating buckets as I bike and run in a one piece, at least the tri will be over before noon.
Friday 7/30
swim 1400
500: 7.35
100: breast
100: back
100: free 1.30
300: 4, 75s...no flip turns.
300: 4.48
Oh yeah!! Woo, what a fast 500! Was kinda gambling with my health by trying for a fast time 2 days before the tri...but super happy I did, because it gave me a HUGE boost to my self-esteem.
Race Results:
http://www.tuxbro.com/TriIndyS.html
I felt pretty darn good today. I was happy with my average speed on the bike...4 mph faster than i'd ever gotten on past rides, ah, the joys of competition.
Swim felt pretty good...coulda done without the dead bird that was floating in the water as I was walking to the start line. But the canal wasn't near as gross as i'd feared. And the two 90 degree turns weren't that bad. My goggles fogged up like nothing other near the end, so I ended up taking them off and putting them on my head at the end, looks like some fog-stopper stuff is in my future.
Run, not as bad as it coulda been. I wasn't miserable, but was definitely thinking the entire time I was running, that I would much rather not be running. I DID sprint at the finish, which was perfect proof that I had plenty of power left that I could have used in the run.
So happy I did the triathlon. It was awesome having Mom and Jim there to cheer me on and take some pics to document the occasion. As I came across the finish line, the announcer said my name and that I was from Indianapolis, IN! we'll have to see if they took some good pics.
my album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/kate.hanus/20100801Triathlon#
