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Amica 19.7 Sprint Race Report

Monday, September 27th, 2010

In the spirit of my first sprint triathlon in 4 years, I am going to try to make this race report as abbreviated as possible.

Amica 19.7 Triathlon: Newport, RI

.5 mile swim | 16.1 mile run | 3.1 mile run

Less than two weeks of recovery since Cedar Point and only one 2.5 mile run since then. And my quads were screaming the whole time.

Low expectations except for the fact that I was racing against Sam’s family. I know all the guys had secret aspirations to take down the newly-minted Ironman. I had no plans on letting them win.

Pre-race dinner with Sam’s family and playing with their dog. It decided it was done with play time and decided to use my hand as a chew toy, shredding my forefinger. Lots of blood and while cleaning out the wound and making guesses on the need for stitches, I passed out cold. Apparently having a low resting HR makes you more likely to pass out.

I texted pictures of the damage to my dad (an ER doctor) and he gave me the green light to race. Sam was freaking out and worried, as any good girlfriend would be, but I was psyched.

Time to finish up the 2010 triathlon season.

Race morning:

Wild wind and surf that would make for a better day of surfing than swimming. Swim: canceled.

Replaced by a .25 mile beach (quicksand) beach run. The faster I tried to run, the slower I felt like I was going.

1:25

T1 – 1:22

Bike:

Passing newbies with no understanding of what side of the road to ride on was less than entertaining, but I took it one rider at a time and picked ‘em off.

Distracted volunteer directed me the wrong way. Short detour adding on .25 miles. Angry, but ultimately it was still my fault.

Quads feeling strong, but still not at full strength. Kept on crankin’ through some more windy conditions.

Time – 48:56 (19.71 mph)

T2 – 1:12

Run:

Solid pace, but just couldn’t pick up the pace. Ran out of gears so I just kept focusing of a fast turnover. Picked off 2 or 3 runners, but no one else was in sight ahead of me and no one was gaining on me from behind. Kept on cranking.

Time – 21:41 (6:58 min/mile)

Psyched with somehow managing a sub-7 pace despite not having done any significant speed work since June.

Not too shabby for two weeks post-ironman.

Total Time – 1:14:35

And I beat all of Sam’s family, but most importantly, I got to cheer on Sam as she started and finished her run. She was part of a relay that was the last wave to start.