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Location:

Spanish Fork,UT,

Member Since:

Dec 26, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Placed 33 in the 2008 Spudman (1500 athletes), Sub 40 min in the Speedy Spaniard.  Sub 19 in several 5Ks.  18:26 on May 26, 2008, fastest 5k in the last 10 years.

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Improve swim from 16 min 800 meter to sub 15 min  (accomplished 1/29/08, need to replicate).  Now want a sub 30min  1600m swim.  Race at over a 23 MPH bike.  Run a sub 43 min 10k on a tri leg. Ran a 42:20 at 08 Spudman.  Run a 18:30 5k 18:26, 5/26/08 MVP run, run a 38: 59 in a 10 K.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Don't get injured.  Stay in the game!!  Train for old age.

Personal:

Married to Kelly.  Have three daughters.  Professionally, I am involved with health promotions, so it is great to see people active. Coached track and cross country many years on the Jr. high level.

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I was as a little tired from two pretty hard workouts the last two days.  I went to the pool and the temperature was 88.  That is nheard on in the pool I go to.  Laps swimmers hate it warm.  The pool was busy and I decided to do 4x 300m as a workout.  I will be swimming a 300 in my pool tri, so I like to practice at that distance.

I jumped in with the fast swimmers.  All the other lane had at least two other slow swimmers in.  It is better to be the slowest in a lane than the fastest, then you do not have to pass anyone.  Well the fast people were doing 4x400.  So I jumped in with them and I always go faster when I get in with them since I am scared to death of getting run over.

I my race goal is 5:30 for the 300.  I swam 5:21, 5:12, 5: 31, 5:38.  The last one was by my self and the others were with a little drafting, especially the second one.  I did not realize that swim drafting helped that much . . . . . I might have to rethink my swim strategy in future races.

 

Comments
From Scott Zincone on Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 21:01:14

88 is too warm. It's something when you start to sweat while swimming in the water.

When I watch big swim events, like the Olympics, they mention drafting off the person in the next lane a lot on the longer distances. But as a kid I never noticed, or do not remember, it ever giving me an advantage.

Do you still plan on a 5:30 after today's split times?

I looked back at my one and only triathlon and my split for 300 meters was 5:23. I did have to pass one person but I only slowed for a quick bit because of it.

From JohnA on Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 23:46:16

Great question if I will revise my time. One, the swim is seeded (every 10 seconds a person starts according to times submitted) so I had to put in a time and that was 5:30. If I signed up after today, I might have put 5:15 with the idea that I might not hit that time, but then I would not have to pass anyone. It is a royal pain to pass people on pool tri's, especially if two are together.

But I think 5:20 will be achieveable. Two years ago I did this same race and swam a 6:16. Since I have improve my 800 time by about 2 min. Race conditions always make you go faster.

When we get closer, I will write an official prediction. But two years ago I took 11/250, and took first in my age group. This year they will cap it at 400, so we might have 400. I am in the older age group (40-44) and some of those athlete are excellent, well experinenced and wise. Not as many as in the 35-39, but the best are good. Tri's are a lot about experience.

I agree the 88 was too hot. I had a hard time breathing on the first interval. I wanted to take my girls tonight, but we had a big family event. There will be plenty of bacteria breeding from the toasty water.

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