My last long ride and long run are in the books. They were uneventful, and I felt stronger than expected. I'm feeling confident with just one long swim left (4500 yards tomorrow) until a full couch-tastic taper begins. This is when I like to project some race goals.
Preface (sandbagging)
There is some context that goes into these goals:
- I have been swimming about half as much, when compared to my first Ironman. more
- Coeur d'Alene finisher times are, on average, 25 minutes slower for my age group. more
- Being my second Ironman, I'm not that caught up in success at any cost. Honestly, I am looking forward to the 4 days we're going to spend at a water park once the race is over.
Enough sandbagging, here are my goals. God, they look super optimistic now.
Swim
The swim at Lake Coeur d'Alene involves sprinting down the beach and into the water. Then you swim a bit in the freezing ass cold water. THEN you run along the beach again, and get back in the freezing ass cold water. Eventually, they let you get out of the lake and thaw in T1. I expect this swim to be about 10 minutes slower than my IM Arizona swim,
1:20:00
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| Who wants to help me find my balls after this cold swim? |
Bike
The bike course at CdA is much hillier than Arizona, so I expect something closer to
6:24:00
Run
All season my run has been faster. I'm not sure what's going on, but I'm just faster in all of my training runs. If I can drop my marathon pace by 45 seconds, I should be able to finish the run in
4:00:00
More typing here, and a graphic
One area of improvement is transitions. In the past I've totaled 17 minutes of transition. This year I want to keep it under
10:00 total T1 + T2.
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| Hold me to this. Also, just hold me. |
5 comments:
Great goals, I think you will accomplish them and I will be very impressed. You are the wind beneath my wings.
What's the time limit on mocking you if you fail?
The last time I held you, you didn't respect me in the morning. NO DEAL
Have fun dude! You might want to add an extra 5mins to T1 for some quality blanket time!
Congratulations on finishing, surviving AND meeting (3 out of 4 of) your goals! I look forward to hearing the race recap. Hope the water park treated y'all well.
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