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gianmarco said:
Anyone getting @-OZ- updates?
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Brony said:
OZ looks like he had a pretty sweet bike ride today. 

https://www.trisignup.com/Race/Results/40858/IndividualResult/QgQb?#U4874962
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Thanks.

Happy with my swim and bike.

Run sucked donkey balls. I'll blame the heat but I took a wrong turn and just ended up running my own 13.1 route. I'll probably take myself out of the running for awards, just didn't run the right course. So I'm pissed about that. Overall can't complain too much.

 
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gianmarco said:
Oh no. I'm so sorry.
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Funny thing, as I was doing my thing, about 7 other people asked me where the route is. I told them I had no friggin idea. They didn't mark it well or have people tell us where to go. 

I think I was the first over 40 to finish, so there's that.

 
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-OZ- said:
Funny thing, as I was doing my thing, about 7 other people asked me where the route is. I told them I had no friggin idea. They didn't mark it well or have people tell us where to go. 
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Wow, that's a bummer.  That happens semi-regularly at trail races, wouldn't think it would happen in a tri or road race. 

 
-OZ- said:
Thanks.

Happy with my swim and bike.

Run sucked donkey balls. I'll blame the heat but I took a wrong turn and just ended up running my own 13.1 route. I'll probably take myself out of the running for awards, just didn't run the right course. So I'm pissed about that. Overall can't complain too much.
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Damn, that sucks to hear.  I hate to hear that that error takes away from a huge effort. 

 
Brony said:
Damn, that sucks to hear.  I hate to hear that that error takes away from a huge effort. 
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I don't know if the director would have, but I did. 

5th overall, 4th on the bike, first over 40 to finish.

I think of it as I chose (after the miscommunication / error) to run my own race. The award isn't important to me (actually finishing first in the old dudes crew was nice though). 

 
-OZ- said:
I don't know if the director would have, but I did. 

5th overall, 4th on the bike, first over 40 to finish.

I think of it as I chose (after the miscommunication / error) to run my own race. The award isn't important to me (actually finishing first in the old dudes crew was nice though). 
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@-OZ-, you crushed it.  Missing the AG award sucks.  RD's fault.  Runners (me especially) are not thinking clearly deep into a race and directions need to be obvious.  With marshals pointing the way.  While you might not get a medal, you owned all the other over-40 racers and that's kick-### in my books.  Great race.

 
Blossom Time 5.25

I chose this race for several reasons. It's very competitive. Looking over past results I would be very surprised if I finished top 5 and didnt expect top 10. I also felt like I had some unfinished business from Fall, when I set out to break 30 minutes in a 5 mile and fell just short for the second time. Because I've been on a roll lately the hilly nature of the course also got my attention. Because I'm a masochist. And last, timing. Timing has been an issue all spring then looking ahead my other options were amidst a festival filled weekend and the weekday night before we leave for vacation. Which is probably how I justified the rest of that. 

Anyway, nothing noteworthy this morning. Great night of sleep (9 hours!!!), neurotism, coffee + banana + oatmeal, good poop then out the door. Short walk around town, poop #2, and a very encouraging warm up. Let's do this.

Miles 1 + 2 - 6:12/6:13

Just about the entire first 1.75 miles is uphill. There is a brief flat followed by a relatively steep down about a half mile in, but that's it. The rest is up. I decided pre race to just really focus on cadence and save my energy for the last 5k, but I'd be lying if I said everyone else's start made it difficult holding back. I'm used to fast starters at short races, but I've never seen a sea of people doing it like this one. Are they all this fast?!?! No, they cant. Stick to your script. So I let them all go, including a the bikini bottom I wasnt happy to lose. I have no idea how many were in front of me, but I slowly started picking groups off towards the end of the incline. Then when we started our way down I started flying. Could tell from running motion of the groups ahead how much energy they used on the way up because their speed did not change once going down. So let's have some fun.

Mile 3 - 5:44

Passed at least a dozen people on this country road. They all were moving along pretty good and when I moved by them each person/group tried to stay with me. Which helped. It helped get me closer to the next target before they faded. And just as I passed what I thought was the last of the pack. There she was. Miss bikini bottom. A sight for sore eyes. About 100' feet ahead. Hopefully shes not slowing down.

Mile 4 - 5:45

Jokes and pervs aside, she was a good down hill runner. The meat of the downs were mile 3, but we were still making our way down on mile 4. While mother nature was making her way in. I was starting to get a little uncomfortable and was a little worried if I would have anything left at the end. So that downpour was welcomed. We hit another good down at about 3.75 and I coasted by her yelling to come with me. I could tell by the look in her eye as I went by that wasnt happening. 

Mile 5 (.25) - 5:51/5:11

The open to mile 5 is the hardest part of the race. Locals call it their version of heartbreak hill. It didnt finish me, but I did labor more than I would've liked towards the end of it. And I confirmed that I had ran a good race at the last little incline because nothing was firing on the way up. Excellent, muscles are fried but it's all down hill from here. Open the stride and bmf!!!

Official time 31:34/18th place/2nd AG/unofficially 5:54 pace

Course ran long, so I'm giving myself credit for the sub 30 five miler. Strava had me at 29:45. But that heel thing I mentioned last week? She's angry right now! Scratching my plan for the week and will take it day-to-day. If it is behaving itself I wont consider anything > easy pace before at least Friday. Going to bag speed work all together until post mid-June relay too. I want to ensure I get there healthy then re-assess after. 

Now  :popcorn:  waiting for @Zasada and @-OZ- race reports. 

 
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@MAC_32, @Zasada, and @-OZ- - I'm so impressed with all three of you guys!  You all displayed key traits of self-awareness, self-discipline, and self-confidence.  MAC and Zasada, I love the discipline you showed to hold back early on, trusting in your training to carry you through.  OZ, just preparing for a half-IM is incredibly impressive ...particularly when you've got a handful of kids all in need of attention.  In the race, to miss a run turn and still have the discipline to just run your race, course be damned, highlights the fact that in triathlons, we're ultimately competing against ourselves and our own limits.  You didn't let the mix-up break you.  You persevered and finished with a superb effort.

Way to represent, FBGs!   :pickle:    :pickle:    :pickle:   BMFs, all.

 
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