18 May 2008

Sunday, 18 May 2008

Encinitas Sprint Triathlon - .75K Swim, 20K Bike, 5K Run
1:22:03 - 11th of 33 Men aged 50-54, 131st of 483 overall
Swim -12:20 (7th, 46th overall)
T1 (Morph 1) - 3:06
Bike - 39:10 (9th, 137th)
T2 (Morph2) - 1:15
Run - 26:09 (19th, 275th)
HR 168/150; 983 cal
Zone5- 30:03, Zone4-41:11
Ocean conditions were much better than last year. No noticeable currents and water temp around 65 degrees. The course also had only 1 buoy that was farther out instead of the standard 2 buoys. This simplifies the swim but allows people to cheat by running down the beach before entering the water, thus shortening the distance of the swim. I chose not to cheat. On the run I walked once for 20-30 seconds at the half way mark through the water station.

Last year's effort, my first, took 1:37:37 in which I was 27th of 31 Men aged 50-54, 428th of 572 overall. Of course, I did ride Mrs Sladed's mountain bike and had to walk the 2nd half of the run with a calf strain.

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