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I did Augusta last weekend, the race was fun and hot. It was for me a late start, Augusta is a big race, 26 waves with the first one starting at 7:30 am and mine at 9:04 am.

SWIM
The swim is in the Savannah river, no wetsuit legal but you swim with the current which makes fast. Faster than expected I was out of the water in 37 min

BIKE
The bike is fairly flat, with long and fake flats and not much shade. It was a hot and humid day with an average temperature of 81 and a max of 88. I had 2 bottles of infinit and 1 of water and refilled water in the second aid station and some gatorade in the 3rd one. I followed my nutrition as planned, I eat potatoes on the bike, but I will start moving to other type of nutrition as I have to eat too many potatoes and carry them on the bike which makes it not very convenient

My HRM was not working properly so I was following mostly RPE to pace myself.

I was done with the bike in 3:17.

RUN
Hot hot hot, average temperature 92. My strategy was to make it to the next aid station to cool down with ice and water. I was running 8minutes and walking 2minutes. I was tempted to not follow the walk/run because a lot of people were passing me, at the end I passed some of them by the end of the run. I was don in 2h32

Total time 6h37min (2min faster than last year jajaja)

Got some  lessons:
1-) i lost part of my nutrition and salt pills during the bike. Next time I will separate for the bike and run independently
2-) i will get a new heart rate. My zones were high all time, but I wasn’t feeling like dying so I think it is a mix of improvement and bad hr monitor
3-) more open water practice.

Next challenge: full IM lake placid

Thanks you AJ for your help and ready to start working together

 

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Peasantman is a good start of the season. I have been doing some training but not 100% as my training plan started this Monday so I signed for the sprint.

Swimming –  I wanted to do the swim in less than 19 min (my time last year), but it took me 21 min to get out of the water. The water was choppy and got a bit disoriented, I ended up swimming 120 extra meters :-/ .But a good practice for bad conditions.

Bike – once again, I got a flat tire during a race (after like the first two miles on the bike). This year I was prepared, and only took me 8 minutes to change it (vs 15 last year and 1hour + many youtube videos the first time). I did the kinetic half bike course on Saturday, it was rainy and cold. I’m glad I did it because the forecast for kinetic this Saturday is also rainy and cold.

Run – this is the first time I have enjoyed the running part. I’ve been practicing splitting the running in 1 mile at a time. Mentally it helps me to keep focus and motivated.

Carlos

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I can’t do the brik-nic tomorrow. anyone going to great falls?

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I have a site reserved and have space for 1 more tent. Let me know if you still need it.

 

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<span style=”font: 12.8px/normal arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;”>Hi, </span>

<span style=”font: 12.8px/normal arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;”>I think that they have not sent any update/new information since the welcome e-mail: Feb 6 at Tenleytown Library (</span><span style=”font: 12.8px/16.12px arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;”>4450 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016). See you Monday</span>

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<span style=”color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;”>I think they have not sent any update/additional information since the welcome e-mail: </span><span class=”aBn” style=”border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: #cccccc; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;” tabindex=”0″ data-term=”goog_1079364577″><span class=”aQJ” style=”position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;”>February 6th</span></span><span style=”color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;”> (</span><span class=”aBn” style=”border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: #cccccc; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;” tabindex=”0″ data-term=”goog_1079364578″><span class=”aQJ” style=”position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;”>6:30 pm – 9 pm</span></span><span style=”color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;”>) at Tenleytown Library (</span><span style=”color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 16.12px;”>4450 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016).</span>

 

 

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