Jumped into Cedar Lake, cold right away. Had a hard time putting my head in and getting my breathing down, but once I started to swim I was OK!
Not sure water temp, but it's been really cold. The day before it was only 60 and windy.
When I went into the water it was 80 and humid out so at least I was getting out to warm temps.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Oakdale Du (season opener) and cold hands...
It was 43 degrees and rainy when I got up for this race last weekend May 14th...I thought to myself I'd never be biking in this type of weather if this was just a workout, but this was different of course, and at least I didn't have to swim!!
I had a tough time trying to figure out what to wear so I packed a lot of different options and headed out the door. I was pretty excited for the first race of the season and wanted to see what I could do with my runs especially since I haven't done much speed work due to the IM training.
I warmed up with Greta Simpson which was fun and left pretty good at the start of the race. It was just three of us girls in the elite wave. I started off pretty strong with a 6:08 first mile. That sort of scared me because I was thinking I'd gone out too fast. I had Hilatry Patzer right in front of me but I decided to hold strong instead of killing myself trying to catch her. She had a very strong run.
Coming into the transition I was not cold yet, but my hands were getting there. I hopped on the bike and had trouble getting my gloves on and my bike shoes due to the cold hands. I was so slow in the transition that Greta Simpson who was about 40sec back from me on the run came into the transition while I was still fumbling around...Geez!
The bike was COLD and there were lots of little turns. It started to rain also on the bike, not bad, but enough to make my hands even colder. I knew that T2 was going to be a great challenge. I was just hoping I'd be able to undo my helmet, as I've had trouble with that before with my cold hands. I felt fairly strong on the bike.
T2 was a similar story as T1. I actually managed to pass Hilary, the first place girl on the bike, but due to my fumbling around she came out of T2 ahead of me, and Greta was pretty darn close also.
The run went pretty well, I felt strong it's just that my feet and hands were so numb it took a long while before I felt normal at least with my feet. I never caught up to Hilary, she had a very strong second run also, but overall I was happy with how I felt mostly.
Run 1: 19:57 (as Gabe's camera recorded, although results said it was 20:07 (5K run, 6:43 pace)
Bike: 14miles 37:58 22.1 mph
Run 2: was shorter than 3 miles, about 2.7 17:18 (6:56 pace)
Overall Time: 1:17:38
T1 over a min, T2 over a min.
Second place woman, very happy with the first race just wish it was warmer!
Things to remember here: Lots of bike turns, hands were very cold have to work on faster transitions.
Next up: New Bri Sprint!
I had a tough time trying to figure out what to wear so I packed a lot of different options and headed out the door. I was pretty excited for the first race of the season and wanted to see what I could do with my runs especially since I haven't done much speed work due to the IM training.
I warmed up with Greta Simpson which was fun and left pretty good at the start of the race. It was just three of us girls in the elite wave. I started off pretty strong with a 6:08 first mile. That sort of scared me because I was thinking I'd gone out too fast. I had Hilatry Patzer right in front of me but I decided to hold strong instead of killing myself trying to catch her. She had a very strong run.
Coming into the transition I was not cold yet, but my hands were getting there. I hopped on the bike and had trouble getting my gloves on and my bike shoes due to the cold hands. I was so slow in the transition that Greta Simpson who was about 40sec back from me on the run came into the transition while I was still fumbling around...Geez!
The bike was COLD and there were lots of little turns. It started to rain also on the bike, not bad, but enough to make my hands even colder. I knew that T2 was going to be a great challenge. I was just hoping I'd be able to undo my helmet, as I've had trouble with that before with my cold hands. I felt fairly strong on the bike.
T2 was a similar story as T1. I actually managed to pass Hilary, the first place girl on the bike, but due to my fumbling around she came out of T2 ahead of me, and Greta was pretty darn close also.
The run went pretty well, I felt strong it's just that my feet and hands were so numb it took a long while before I felt normal at least with my feet. I never caught up to Hilary, she had a very strong second run also, but overall I was happy with how I felt mostly.
Run 1: 19:57 (as Gabe's camera recorded, although results said it was 20:07 (5K run, 6:43 pace)
Bike: 14miles 37:58 22.1 mph
Run 2: was shorter than 3 miles, about 2.7 17:18 (6:56 pace)
Overall Time: 1:17:38
T1 over a min, T2 over a min.
Second place woman, very happy with the first race just wish it was warmer!
Things to remember here: Lots of bike turns, hands were very cold have to work on faster transitions.
Next up: New Bri Sprint!
Monday, May 2, 2011
It's been a while...New Season 2011 and new ending goal race!
Been a long while since I've posted but there have been so many changes, updates, and new things going on...
Well first off I signed up for IM Madison, September 11, 2011, and have been working with a coach Jeremy from Optum Helath Performance Center in Eden Prarie, MN since January. It's been an interesting ride having a coach. I'd say it takes some stress of off me when it comes to figuring out what to do the next day or even a week out. It's nice to be able to ask someone questions when I'm not sure of something when it comes to training. Overall I'd say I like the coaching experience, there are some "downs" of course, but I won't go into that in a public blog =) I'll say nothing specific to the coach, just my own little quirks (I think).
I would say I haven't really started racing yet, although I did do a half marathon (Winter Carnival) as a training run, as well as the 25K Trail Mix. I didn't do as well as I wanted in the trail mix, and even though the conditions were muddy, rainy and cold, I still didn't feel as fast as 2009, when I got a 2:01, this year different story 2:14 (ouch). That leads me into the IM training, everything I've been doing in training has been base, a lot, a lot of base. This means lots of volume, no real speed. So in short I feel pretty darn slow and I can just feel that I am not used to moving very fast. Hopefully this will change, but right now I'm not so sure.
I have my first upcoming race of the season the Oakdale Duathlon. I always like to start out with a Duathlon, May 14th, to break myself into the season. I'm pretty excited just to see how slow I really am...Maybe I'll surprise myself, just maybe! My first tri is the New Brighton, coming up June 4th. This race was my first race of 2008, which was also my first triathlon season and Rookie of the Year nominee. I'll most likely be checking my results compared to 2008. I'm excited for the races, training, and just the end goal of this season, the IRONMAN!! This should be a fun ride, I just have to keep the goal in front of me and keep it fun.
Till next time, hopefully not next year...I'll start posting more regular when the races start, I hope.
Well first off I signed up for IM Madison, September 11, 2011, and have been working with a coach Jeremy from Optum Helath Performance Center in Eden Prarie, MN since January. It's been an interesting ride having a coach. I'd say it takes some stress of off me when it comes to figuring out what to do the next day or even a week out. It's nice to be able to ask someone questions when I'm not sure of something when it comes to training. Overall I'd say I like the coaching experience, there are some "downs" of course, but I won't go into that in a public blog =) I'll say nothing specific to the coach, just my own little quirks (I think).
I would say I haven't really started racing yet, although I did do a half marathon (Winter Carnival) as a training run, as well as the 25K Trail Mix. I didn't do as well as I wanted in the trail mix, and even though the conditions were muddy, rainy and cold, I still didn't feel as fast as 2009, when I got a 2:01, this year different story 2:14 (ouch). That leads me into the IM training, everything I've been doing in training has been base, a lot, a lot of base. This means lots of volume, no real speed. So in short I feel pretty darn slow and I can just feel that I am not used to moving very fast. Hopefully this will change, but right now I'm not so sure.
I have my first upcoming race of the season the Oakdale Duathlon. I always like to start out with a Duathlon, May 14th, to break myself into the season. I'm pretty excited just to see how slow I really am...Maybe I'll surprise myself, just maybe! My first tri is the New Brighton, coming up June 4th. This race was my first race of 2008, which was also my first triathlon season and Rookie of the Year nominee. I'll most likely be checking my results compared to 2008. I'm excited for the races, training, and just the end goal of this season, the IRONMAN!! This should be a fun ride, I just have to keep the goal in front of me and keep it fun.
Till next time, hopefully not next year...I'll start posting more regular when the races start, I hope.
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