Well, after St. Anthony’s we had a two week turn around to the next qualifier, The Peachtree City International Triathlon. I was hoping for improvement here but apparently racing hard twice in two weeks is not in the cards for me. The swim was a bit long (at least we all felt so), but I had some sighting issues and probably swam 1700 meters when all was said and done. Its when I got on the bike that I could really feel my legs no there. I struggled to bring the bike in with a decent time, then rand a fair 10K for how I was feeling. In the end I finished up 25th of 56 in my age group, so not close like St. Anthony's to the 33% cutoff. Total time for the race was 2:40:07, and I was hoping for something close r to 2:33. Oh well. When I can only muster a 19mph average on an Olympic distance bike leg, it just is not my day. 2:40:07 is still my best time, so I will take it.
I was thinking of doing a few other Olympic races in June and early July, but it looks like we are going to shut it down as far as racing goes until August. The next event will be the Sandestin Triathlon in August, and I am going to aim for an aggressive time here with tweener distance this race is. After that either Rev3 Anderson Half, or Augusta Half. I am also still considering the Lake Lanier 5150 event on September 11th. There is a lot to choose from.
Over the past month i have been doing a lot of speedwork at the track and a few longer (2h plus) rides over the weekends to get the legs back. We just finished the Peachtree Road Race on July 4th so after a full recovery this week, we are looking at part 2 of this season kicking into high gear to get primed for August and September’s events.
On a little bigger note, it looks like next year I am going to take on the full distance and tackle Ironman France in Niece. This is two days before my 40th birthday, so lets see where that goes!
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