WOOOOOO!!!!
Team Big Kahuna #1!
On a windy day in Iwakuni, Team Big Kahuna dominated its competition and came across the line in first place in the team division. With efforts by Kirstin and Bonnie and myself we came across the line nearly 10 minute ahead of our closest team, and in 7th place overall!
Times ran something around this. Swim, 25 minutes. Bike, 1hr 5min. Run 43min. All times combined plus some transition time round us out to 2 hrs 15 minutes. Thanks huge to Kirstin and Bonnie for letting my cycle for them. I think I've secured my place on the Team Big Kahuna for next year.
The cycling today was rough, but I did get a lot of benefit out of it.
Here's my stats for the race:
Distance: 40.53km
Time: 01:05:38
Avg Speed: 37.051 kph (23.15mph)
Max Speed: 47.1kph (29.4mph)
Cadence: Avg, though not measured, was easily 100+
Average HR: 176
Max HR: 182
Zone 1: 00:00:00
Zone 2: 00:00:00
Zone 3: 00:01:11
Zone 4: 00:17:59
Zone 5: 00:46:00
This HR information establishes something for me I've suspected for a while. My lactate threshold has gone up since I last measured it in the spring. Using the 40km TT method, I lapped a middle 20 minute section of the race today on the second lap, and the average HR for that time period was 177 instead of 175, which is what I've been using. So I'll adjust all my HR zones today which will be great timing moving into the off season training.
This time and pace really encourages me for the upcoming races the next two weekends. I wasn't able to draft at all today - being a triathlon. I think in a draft I'll be a much more competitve rider now than I was in May when we did the 40km race on base. Our average speed - with drafting - for that race was right at 39.9kph. It'll be interesting to see the paces I can stick with in the coming weekends.
Off to readjust my HR training zones and everything that follows. Yeehaw! Oh, and I'll start polishing my trophy too. :P
VW
Team Big Kahuna #1!
On a windy day in Iwakuni, Team Big Kahuna dominated its competition and came across the line in first place in the team division. With efforts by Kirstin and Bonnie and myself we came across the line nearly 10 minute ahead of our closest team, and in 7th place overall!
Times ran something around this. Swim, 25 minutes. Bike, 1hr 5min. Run 43min. All times combined plus some transition time round us out to 2 hrs 15 minutes. Thanks huge to Kirstin and Bonnie for letting my cycle for them. I think I've secured my place on the Team Big Kahuna for next year.
The cycling today was rough, but I did get a lot of benefit out of it.
Here's my stats for the race:
Distance: 40.53km
Time: 01:05:38
Avg Speed: 37.051 kph (23.15mph)
Max Speed: 47.1kph (29.4mph)
Cadence: Avg, though not measured, was easily 100+
Average HR: 176
Max HR: 182
Zone 1: 00:00:00
Zone 2: 00:00:00
Zone 3: 00:01:11
Zone 4: 00:17:59
Zone 5: 00:46:00
This HR information establishes something for me I've suspected for a while. My lactate threshold has gone up since I last measured it in the spring. Using the 40km TT method, I lapped a middle 20 minute section of the race today on the second lap, and the average HR for that time period was 177 instead of 175, which is what I've been using. So I'll adjust all my HR zones today which will be great timing moving into the off season training.
This time and pace really encourages me for the upcoming races the next two weekends. I wasn't able to draft at all today - being a triathlon. I think in a draft I'll be a much more competitve rider now than I was in May when we did the 40km race on base. Our average speed - with drafting - for that race was right at 39.9kph. It'll be interesting to see the paces I can stick with in the coming weekends.
Off to readjust my HR training zones and everything that follows. Yeehaw! Oh, and I'll start polishing my trophy too. :P
VW