Well...what can I say? We had ideal weather conditions at this years Apple, but I did not put in an ideal performance. I actually lost exactly 20 seconds from last years Apple Du. I did have one highlight: I pr'd run 1 by putting in an 18:27 5k time. Its the fastest I've run a 5k--ever. Can that count as my 5k PR???? Prior, it was 18:48 at a 5k only race.
The field at the Apple 2009 was stacked and my age-group was the most competitive. That is not my opinion, that is Jerry McNeil's opinion from MN Tri News: "On paper" the deepest men's division is 35-39: Beversdorf, Shelp, Kevin Sampson (Overland Park, KS), Troy Vargas (Hudson, WI), Mario Minnelli (Kasson, MN), Dereck Podratz (Lino Lakes, MN), et al. 45-49, 50-54 and 55-59 are also stacked. Actually, Troy can be removed from the above as he is in the 40-44 (and he won that AG). However, you can add Tony Tousley of Golden, CO, who took 4th. Jerry is pretty accurate as the 35-39 top 10 were:
1- O'Connor, Kevin
2- Beversdorf, Mark
3- Shelp, John
4- Tousley, Tony
5- Sampson, Kevin
6- Podratz, Derick
7- Minelli, Mario
8- Mortensen, Jeff
9- Gambescia, Joey
10- Westrup, Jesse
Considering who I was up against, I don't feel too bad. After all, O'Connor and Shelp usually race Elite when an Elite wave is offered. Why didn't they do that at 2009 Apple as Shelp did in 2008?
I did some rookie things prior and during this race. Mistake #1: Didn't know the start time. For some reason I thought the first wave was at 9am. I don't know why I thought that. I even told Carin that the race starts at 9. So, 8am rolls around and I'm munching on my "1 hour prior to race-start snack". I thought it was strange that there was a sudden increase in the amount of people warming up right about then. Finally, at about 8:15 I ask a transitions volunteer what time the race starts and he says: "In about 15 minutes, at 8:30am." I hadn't run/warmed-up at all yet! I calmly exit the trans and start warming up. The Clif Bar I just finished didn't bother me at all and I had a good opening run. My best actually. Mistake #2: Allowed myself to be Mentally Beat Up at the Line. I get in the start chute with my field and end up next to Kevin O'Connor. I see John Shelp a few guys over. I step out of the line up because this has to be the Elite field wave. I say to a spector, "I don't think I want to race elite." He says "That's the 30-39 wave." Right then, my heart sinks, I swallow hard, and duck back under the tape. What are O'Connor and Shelp doing here? Shelp raced elite in 08 and I think O'Connor has held his Elite license at one time. I see Podratz (was in 30-34 in 08, but now a contender for this AG) and Clif Owen (2nd in 35-39 in 2008 at Apple)--I know now that I am in the right wave. I figure now all I can do is give it a shot and see how it plays out. However, I was a little discouraged and it played with me mentally. I did my homework on Sampson and Tousley and knew they were contenders for a top 3 finish so with the 4 guys I already mentioned you throw in a couple more and I'm now hoping for a top 10. Mistake #3: Too many calories too close to Run 2. I was worried a little about bonking so I took one e-Gel at about mile 2 on the bike--what was part of the plan and usually works well early on after run 1. With about 5 to go on the bike, I took most of a second gel. This was not good. It didn't have enough time to digest and circulate. The first half of run 2 was miserable. My gut was burning and I couldn't breathe deep without getting that stabbing pain in the side. I was passed by 4 guys through the first 2 miles--two in my AG (Podratz and Gambescia). Gambescia was later penalized--probably for some trivial reason, so his pass didn't matter in the end. After he passed me and got up a couple yards or so, I maintained my pace as I was feeling better by then. I was actually gaining on a younger guy who passed me so I was feeling pretty good by then. However, I couldn't make up enough time to put in a better run 2 than last years. Run 2 was almost 30 seconds slower than in 2008 (20:41 v. 20:15).
Wow--- I sound negative. However, I am not going to dwell on the bad. I had a great first run, had the 5th fastest bike split of my AG, 24th fastest bike overall, and feel that I was competitve to some degree in my AG. I need to focus on the good and improve where I can. Full Apple Results HERE.
Next up is the Pigman. 2008 Pigman was my first try. I had a solid bike and run, but hope to improve my swim by 90 seconds. That's a big goal, but I think it's do-able.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
400 Yard Dash: May 12, 2009 - Track & Field Day
Jace is in a yellow shirt over a long sleeve base layer and blue shorts--he's on the very inside of the track. Video's not the best, but it works.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Stay Out of the Sun Run (5k)
Staying out of the sun was not a problem. It was a little misty the whole time and cool, but I thought that was sort of nice for a 5k puke-up-a-lung pace. My goal was 18:30 which would have been a 5k PR for me. Last fall I did a race from this same location in 18:53 and thought I could get to 18:30 no problem. However, they changed the course from last fall and added more hills. Not to be cruel, but due to logistics of having a 10k and a fun walk in addition to the 5k, they had to use what worked the best. Also, they had nearly 700 participants between the 3 events! The course change had us going over and back over more overpasses. Also, the first 1/3 to 1/2 mile goes down hill to start the race, you get that going up to finish.
I was on pace at mile 2 to a PR (11:42 at the 2 mile split), but then the last overpass and the long hill to the finish. Robert and I are both in the 30-39 AG, but they pulled the overall man and woman out of the AG's so I moved to 1st in the 30-39. I don't know how I feel about that, but I guess I'll take it.
When the results were first printed, they didn't have Rob on there--the announcer knew who he was and announced it when he won, but the timing service wasn't ready for someone to come thru in 16 minutes. Crazy fast! Results are HERE.
I was on pace at mile 2 to a PR (11:42 at the 2 mile split), but then the last overpass and the long hill to the finish. Robert and I are both in the 30-39 AG, but they pulled the overall man and woman out of the AG's so I moved to 1st in the 30-39. I don't know how I feel about that, but I guess I'll take it.
When the results were first printed, they didn't have Rob on there--the announcer knew who he was and announced it when he won, but the timing service wasn't ready for someone to come thru in 16 minutes. Crazy fast! Results are HERE.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Tri-Rochester TT #2 in the Books
Last night there was another good turn out for the TT's. Right around 30 riders as I was #27 to take off and Rick H and J-Mo still had yet to go. The wind at a mild 5-7 mph was right for PR's all around and maybe someone, either of the two previously mentioned, to set a CR. Rick's time on the 14 mile rolling course was 33:00 (25.45 MPH) and mine was 33:22 (25.16 MPH)-- PR's for both of us, but the course record of 31:52 set by Tim Cardinal was not broken. J-Mo was coming off of a sub 3:30 marathon at Fargo so his legs must not have been recovered yet. I think his time was just over 34 min. He's hit way better times than that.
Last weeks times are here: http://trirochester.com/images/TT090505.pdf
Yesterdays times are not HERE, but will be when they are posted.
Last weeks times are here: http://trirochester.com/images/TT090505.pdf
Yesterdays times are not HERE, but will be when they are posted.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Track & Field Day
The 2nd grade classes at Kasson Mantorville Elementary had T & F Day today. Various runs of 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 yards, 50 meter hurdles, relays, and a bunch of fun stuff like 3 legged run, egg on a spoon carry, soft ball toss, etc. I watched the first half of the day which was all the running events. Kids could only do 2 of these so a couple weeks back Jace decided to do the 400 and the 800. I asked why he picked those and he said "Cuz they didn't have the mile." I meant why didn't he pick a long and a short--he just said he didn't want to. That's fine. I don't like to brag, but as a parent, you have to boast a little. You never know how long they'll be interested in something, then not care about it at all. Right now, Jaces thing is running. However, that is a distant 2nd to FOOTBALL. Kid loves it. Anyway...
The first of the longer running events was the 800 (twice around the track). After about 200 yards into the race, Jace went from about 10 back, to the front, then opened up a pretty good gap. By the end of one lap he was about 50 yards up. One more lap to go and he finished about 75-100 yards up on the next kid. Time- 3:16. That's a 6:32 pace.
The 400 was a bit more challenging. He was about 5-6 kids back of about 20 kids until halfway into it. Then moved up to 3rd and in the last 100 yards on the straight-away to the finish he kicked it in, passed the last two in front of him and got about a 10 yard gap. Time- 1:25 (5:40 pace).
It was pretty exciting to watch. All the kids try so hard. They smile thru the whole 5o yard events. For the first 10 seconds of the longer ones they still manage to smile. After that they look like us (adults) when we race--they have that look on their face that says "And I signed up for this because...?"
I will try to load video, but I've never put video on the blog so we'll see how it goes.
The first of the longer running events was the 800 (twice around the track). After about 200 yards into the race, Jace went from about 10 back, to the front, then opened up a pretty good gap. By the end of one lap he was about 50 yards up. One more lap to go and he finished about 75-100 yards up on the next kid. Time- 3:16. That's a 6:32 pace.
The 400 was a bit more challenging. He was about 5-6 kids back of about 20 kids until halfway into it. Then moved up to 3rd and in the last 100 yards on the straight-away to the finish he kicked it in, passed the last two in front of him and got about a 10 yard gap. Time- 1:25 (5:40 pace).
It was pretty exciting to watch. All the kids try so hard. They smile thru the whole 5o yard events. For the first 10 seconds of the longer ones they still manage to smile. After that they look like us (adults) when we race--they have that look on their face that says "And I signed up for this because...?"
I will try to load video, but I've never put video on the blog so we'll see how it goes.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Tri-Rochester TT #1 in the Books
Last night was the first of four 14 mile (ok, 13.98) TT's presented by TriRochester. The punishing rolling hill course is the perfect length to train on. It really helps you dial in your speed and technique prior to some of the more important du- and triathlons. Since there were about 30 riders, they sent us off one-by-one in 30 second intervals. I was the 25th rider to be released.
I had a good ride last night, with the exception of a shifting malfunction that happened just a minute or so in. The TT starts out going down hill then turns right and goes up. I should have kept the chain in the big ring and muscled up the hill, but I figured since it was just the start of the course, it'll be better to spin up the climb. I attempted to shift to the small ring and the chain got hung up as if it were floating between the larger and the small ring. I shifted back to the big ring, but since I was at the foot of the hill, I almost came to a standstill. I pedalled, then shifted back to the small ring and made my way up the climb. I probably lost 10 seconds or so. Once over this initial hill, the course welcomes you to a wind from the SSW at about 10-13 mph. Since we were going west, the next five miles were a little tough, but after the next right turn, it felt a lot better. On this first longer stretch into the wind, just a few minutes in, I was caught by Dave Herbert. We was the 26th starter--started 30 seconds behind me. He's a force in the road racing scene--and he's 51 years old! Not 15...51! We played cat & mouse for the next 5 miles then he opened a gap on me and would finish in 32:39--the fastest time of the night (he is usually the fastest or in the top 3). No one else caught me and I passed maybe 15 of the riders that started before me.
My PR on the course is 33:37--from last season. Last night I clocked 33:47 (24.83 mph average). I was happy with the ride and think I posted the 3rd fastest time of the night. I believe Rick Hoover, aka: quadman, was 2nd with a time of 33:14. We'll have to see when the results are posted how it all played out. CLICK THIS FOR A MAP of the course.
I had a good ride last night, with the exception of a shifting malfunction that happened just a minute or so in. The TT starts out going down hill then turns right and goes up. I should have kept the chain in the big ring and muscled up the hill, but I figured since it was just the start of the course, it'll be better to spin up the climb. I attempted to shift to the small ring and the chain got hung up as if it were floating between the larger and the small ring. I shifted back to the big ring, but since I was at the foot of the hill, I almost came to a standstill. I pedalled, then shifted back to the small ring and made my way up the climb. I probably lost 10 seconds or so. Once over this initial hill, the course welcomes you to a wind from the SSW at about 10-13 mph. Since we were going west, the next five miles were a little tough, but after the next right turn, it felt a lot better. On this first longer stretch into the wind, just a few minutes in, I was caught by Dave Herbert. We was the 26th starter--started 30 seconds behind me. He's a force in the road racing scene--and he's 51 years old! Not 15...51! We played cat & mouse for the next 5 miles then he opened a gap on me and would finish in 32:39--the fastest time of the night (he is usually the fastest or in the top 3). No one else caught me and I passed maybe 15 of the riders that started before me.
My PR on the course is 33:37--from last season. Last night I clocked 33:47 (24.83 mph average). I was happy with the ride and think I posted the 3rd fastest time of the night. I believe Rick Hoover, aka: quadman, was 2nd with a time of 33:14. We'll have to see when the results are posted how it all played out. CLICK THIS FOR A MAP of the course.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Honorable Mention-- I'll Take it...
Minnesota's 2008 All Americans
Minnesota Tri News congratulates the Minnesotans triathletes and duathletes who earned USA Triathlon All American honors in 2008. Todd Firebaugh, Marlo McGaver, Julie Hull, Jeanne Fleck, Becky Youngberg made both lists.
Tri Men: Devon Palmer, Patrick Parish, Michael Williams, Dennis Dane, Marc Ellingson, Eric Hendrickson, Eric Ellingson, Anton Pschon, Andy Newman, Curt Wood, Dan Arlandson, Brett Lovaas, Matt Payne, Steve Sander, Kevin O'Connor, Scott Penticoff, Mark Carey, Carl Unger, Todd King, Brian Bich (#2-40-44), Rhett Bonner, Doug Davis, Rich Heilman, Nathaniel Tollefson, Mo Mouw, Todd Firebaugh, Pete Guidinger, Dave Dow. Honorable Mention: Scott Ross, Terry Alexander, Jason Bates, Anthony Hirschman, Josh Blankenheim, Gary Bork, Duane Millslagle, William Schmitt, Mark Lawrence, Ted Patton, David Goldberg, Dan Friendrich, Rick Campins, Jey Carlson, Richard Hoover, Joe Langel, Paul Krumrich, Jim Guenter, Mario Minelli, Ananda Bates.
Du Men: Todd Firebaugh, Brendon O'Flanagan. Honorable Mention: Joe McGaver, Lucas Pedersen.
Tri Women: Kate McCann, Kortney Haag, Robyn Wangberg, Cathy Yndestad (#2- 30-34), Becky Youngberg, Jenny Wilcox, Julie Hull, Marlo McGaver, Susan Williams, Jeanne Fleck, Sarah Mercer, Sue Rubens, Jan Guenther, Amy Samples, Barb Beutler, Jeanne Minder. Honorable Mention: Brook Mutzenberger, Jennifer Imsande, Erika Binger, Merilee Sander, Amy Klosterman, Suzann Mouw.
Du Women: Cynthia Brockman, Jeanne Fleck, Marlo Crosby-McGaver (#1-35-39), Julie Hull (#2 - 35-39), Jenny Wilcox, Becky Youngberg, Sarah Kolpin (#2 -25-29), Ann Moyer (#3- 25-29). Honorable Mention: Ann Rhea, Robin Tedlund, Susan Burton.
Minnesota Tri News congratulates the Minnesotans triathletes and duathletes who earned USA Triathlon All American honors in 2008. Todd Firebaugh, Marlo McGaver, Julie Hull, Jeanne Fleck, Becky Youngberg made both lists.
Tri Men: Devon Palmer, Patrick Parish, Michael Williams, Dennis Dane, Marc Ellingson, Eric Hendrickson, Eric Ellingson, Anton Pschon, Andy Newman, Curt Wood, Dan Arlandson, Brett Lovaas, Matt Payne, Steve Sander, Kevin O'Connor, Scott Penticoff, Mark Carey, Carl Unger, Todd King, Brian Bich (#2-40-44), Rhett Bonner, Doug Davis, Rich Heilman, Nathaniel Tollefson, Mo Mouw, Todd Firebaugh, Pete Guidinger, Dave Dow. Honorable Mention: Scott Ross, Terry Alexander, Jason Bates, Anthony Hirschman, Josh Blankenheim, Gary Bork, Duane Millslagle, William Schmitt, Mark Lawrence, Ted Patton, David Goldberg, Dan Friendrich, Rick Campins, Jey Carlson, Richard Hoover, Joe Langel, Paul Krumrich, Jim Guenter, Mario Minelli, Ananda Bates.
Du Men: Todd Firebaugh, Brendon O'Flanagan. Honorable Mention: Joe McGaver, Lucas Pedersen.
Tri Women: Kate McCann, Kortney Haag, Robyn Wangberg, Cathy Yndestad (#2- 30-34), Becky Youngberg, Jenny Wilcox, Julie Hull, Marlo McGaver, Susan Williams, Jeanne Fleck, Sarah Mercer, Sue Rubens, Jan Guenther, Amy Samples, Barb Beutler, Jeanne Minder. Honorable Mention: Brook Mutzenberger, Jennifer Imsande, Erika Binger, Merilee Sander, Amy Klosterman, Suzann Mouw.
Du Women: Cynthia Brockman, Jeanne Fleck, Marlo Crosby-McGaver (#1-35-39), Julie Hull (#2 - 35-39), Jenny Wilcox, Becky Youngberg, Sarah Kolpin (#2 -25-29), Ann Moyer (#3- 25-29). Honorable Mention: Ann Rhea, Robin Tedlund, Susan Burton.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Mom was Right "7:01"
While I was up at the Falls Duathlon on Saturday, Carin took Jace to the RTC Spring Classic Kids Mile. There was a 15k and a 5k for the rest of the runner, but the kids race was an out-n-back 1 mile run. The race was timed, but not scored and no places were awarded. They anounced the times as the kids were crossing so you had to listen. Carin didn't see the clock when he crossed the line, and there was too much clapping the whole time kids were crossing so she couldn't make out the times. She said he was first across so she she stopped the watch where she thought the line was. Time- 7:01. Jace said it was 6:58 (of course). I know the race director so I shot her an email and this is what she said:
"Actually I can confirm 7:01 for you because we all stood around and marveled at how fast the first kid came in. If Jace took his time right when he entered the chute – which is where they started vs where the line was that the timer used to call out the times he probably was just a hair under 7 as he would have had a few steps left to go. He is an awesome runner and should be very very proud of his time and his first place finish – even if it was not recorded that way. "
Nice. I told Jace it was 7:01 and he said "Mom was right." Yep, until you're out on your own, mom is usually going to be right... :)
"Actually I can confirm 7:01 for you because we all stood around and marveled at how fast the first kid came in. If Jace took his time right when he entered the chute – which is where they started vs where the line was that the timer used to call out the times he probably was just a hair under 7 as he would have had a few steps left to go. He is an awesome runner and should be very very proud of his time and his first place finish – even if it was not recorded that way. "
Nice. I told Jace it was 7:01 and he said "Mom was right." Yep, until you're out on your own, mom is usually going to be right... :)
Sunday, May 3, 2009
FALLS DUATHLON
Sunday was the second race of the season for me and it went pretty well. I went up to Cannon Falls for the FALLS DUATHLON (click THIS for results). The race director emailed the start list out to me the day before and I recognized a handful of names. One of which was Brent Bruessel--we both raced for Peace Coffee Racing the last few years and both live in Kasson. I didn't know he was getting into multisport racing. He's been mtb racing many years and over the last few he's been doing some endurance gravel road races (Ragnarok 105, Almanzo 100). Anyway, I shot him an email on Friday and we ended up carpooling. It was to be, and ended up, his first solo duathlon--congrats to Brent! Over 150 people raced in the Falls Du and when we left, they only had the top 50 posted. Brent didn't make the top 50--it was his first du (and he never did a brick workout before--ever).
As for me, I finished 4th over-all and 4th in my age group. If you're terrible at math you should still be able to figure out that the 3 guys in front of me were all in my age group (they did 10 year AG's for this so it was the 30-39 group). As for how the race went, here you go... The first run was 2 miles and it went ok at I finished in 11:43 so I did sub-6's. It was a nice loop thru some side streets, along and across the river, then hit a section of the Cannon Valley trail for a bit then back to the start/finish/transition area at Hanna's Bend Park. I hit T1 in 7th position and mounted the bike for 14 miles of fun. Within 2 miles on the bike I was in 4th. The WHOLE route was windy!! It was a cross wind so it wasn't so bad as far as wind goes, but it felt bad. By the time the bike section was coming to an end, I was in 3rd and was only 10 seconds or so out of 2nd by the time I was off the bike. Not sure of my bike time, but I averaged around 23.8 mph.
(photo courtesy of Steve In A Speedo--see his blog on the right.) The only way I was going to be in 2nd at any point was if I passed Jesse Nelson on the bike--that didn't happen so I would have to catch him on the run. Ok, that was a joke. I didn't have a prayer catching him and his 5 to 5:30 mile pace on foot. As he was leaving T2, I was running toward the exit. He quickly faded into the distance as the gap between us got bigger. Ahead of him, I would find out later, was Troy Vargas--a 35-39 age-grouper. I usually finish ahead of Troy, but today he was on fire! Flashback to the beginning for a second: Ian Lanza and Jesse were way out in front of everyone at the very start of the race, but at mile 12 (of 14) on the bike I closed in on Jesse and Ian as they were just about side by side. A few turns to get us back to the transition area I only saw Jesse. Ian made a wrong turn somewhere, but quickly got back on course just before the bike course ended--that cost him a few seconds. Now back to run 2: He was right on me entering T2. About 1/3 of a mile into run 2, he (Ian) caught me. Soooo..... getting passed by Ian I was back in 4th position and that's where I stayed for the remainder of the race. Run 2 was an out-n-back. About 100 yards from the turn around, Troy and I were crossing (he was about 100 yards running away from it, I was approaching it). Then seconds back from him, Jesse, then Ian. Jesse and Ian both caught Troy with about 1 mile to go in run 2. Jesse continued to expand the gap on both of them by the time the finish line was passing under him. I think he finished in 1:04 and some change, Ian and Troy were 1:05 - 1:06 and I was at 1:07:30 or so. Had I known that Troy was fading I would have kicked it into 'throw-up' mode and tried to snatch 3rd. Oh well. I think I may have scored the fastest bike time, but not sure as the full results aren't posted yet. At the very worst I was 2nd on the bike and Troy posted the fastest bike split. The link at the top of this page will take you to the results, but at the writing of this update the results weren't posted.
On the way home, Brent and I hit Burly Coffee Brand--a coffee shop in Cannon Falls. YOU GOTTA GO THERE. Looks like nothing on the outside, but awesome on the inside. I introduced Brent to the iced soy mocha. SWEET!
As for me, I finished 4th over-all and 4th in my age group. If you're terrible at math you should still be able to figure out that the 3 guys in front of me were all in my age group (they did 10 year AG's for this so it was the 30-39 group). As for how the race went, here you go... The first run was 2 miles and it went ok at I finished in 11:43 so I did sub-6's. It was a nice loop thru some side streets, along and across the river, then hit a section of the Cannon Valley trail for a bit then back to the start/finish/transition area at Hanna's Bend Park. I hit T1 in 7th position and mounted the bike for 14 miles of fun. Within 2 miles on the bike I was in 4th. The WHOLE route was windy!! It was a cross wind so it wasn't so bad as far as wind goes, but it felt bad. By the time the bike section was coming to an end, I was in 3rd and was only 10 seconds or so out of 2nd by the time I was off the bike. Not sure of my bike time, but I averaged around 23.8 mph.
(photo courtesy of Steve In A Speedo--see his blog on the right.) The only way I was going to be in 2nd at any point was if I passed Jesse Nelson on the bike--that didn't happen so I would have to catch him on the run. Ok, that was a joke. I didn't have a prayer catching him and his 5 to 5:30 mile pace on foot. As he was leaving T2, I was running toward the exit. He quickly faded into the distance as the gap between us got bigger. Ahead of him, I would find out later, was Troy Vargas--a 35-39 age-grouper. I usually finish ahead of Troy, but today he was on fire! Flashback to the beginning for a second: Ian Lanza and Jesse were way out in front of everyone at the very start of the race, but at mile 12 (of 14) on the bike I closed in on Jesse and Ian as they were just about side by side. A few turns to get us back to the transition area I only saw Jesse. Ian made a wrong turn somewhere, but quickly got back on course just before the bike course ended--that cost him a few seconds. Now back to run 2: He was right on me entering T2. About 1/3 of a mile into run 2, he (Ian) caught me. Soooo..... getting passed by Ian I was back in 4th position and that's where I stayed for the remainder of the race. Run 2 was an out-n-back. About 100 yards from the turn around, Troy and I were crossing (he was about 100 yards running away from it, I was approaching it). Then seconds back from him, Jesse, then Ian. Jesse and Ian both caught Troy with about 1 mile to go in run 2. Jesse continued to expand the gap on both of them by the time the finish line was passing under him. I think he finished in 1:04 and some change, Ian and Troy were 1:05 - 1:06 and I was at 1:07:30 or so. Had I known that Troy was fading I would have kicked it into 'throw-up' mode and tried to snatch 3rd. Oh well. I think I may have scored the fastest bike time, but not sure as the full results aren't posted yet. At the very worst I was 2nd on the bike and Troy posted the fastest bike split. The link at the top of this page will take you to the results, but at the writing of this update the results weren't posted.On the way home, Brent and I hit Burly Coffee Brand--a coffee shop in Cannon Falls. YOU GOTTA GO THERE. Looks like nothing on the outside, but awesome on the inside. I introduced Brent to the iced soy mocha. SWEET!
Friday, May 1, 2009
Kids...
So, Jace got these new shoes a few months ago and they 'wore' pretty well for a while. They're little Asics (Gel Galaxy 2). They sort of look like the mens 2130. He used to wear some New Balance, but those would completely stretch out and fall apart on the outside within weeks so we decided to go with the Asics this last time. The Asics seem to be holding out pretty well as I just helped tie his shoes when he did the 2 mile race a couple weeks ago. I didn't notice any problems other than normal 'kid' wear. Just the other day, I noticed that I could see his toes thru the front of the right shoe--and he was wearing socks! Upon further inspection, I found that he completely burned a hole thru the shoe, the insert, and his socks. .jpg)
Actually, he has a few pair of socks with the big toe area ripped right thru. I asked him why he didn't tell us his shoes were shot. He said "They're not. They're awesome!" I pointed out the obvious problems, but he insisted that they were his "lucky shoes" and he has to run the Kids Mile this weekend in them and that he has the 400 & 800 at school on May 12. "NO WAY. We're getting you some new ones" I said. Below more pictures of these 'Lucky shoes.' and the identical pair of new ones. Look at what a kid does to his shoes--I still can't believe it...
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Actually, he has a few pair of socks with the big toe area ripped right thru. I asked him why he didn't tell us his shoes were shot. He said "They're not. They're awesome!" I pointed out the obvious problems, but he insisted that they were his "lucky shoes" and he has to run the Kids Mile this weekend in them and that he has the 400 & 800 at school on May 12. "NO WAY. We're getting you some new ones" I said. Below more pictures of these 'Lucky shoes.' and the identical pair of new ones. Look at what a kid does to his shoes--I still can't believe it....jpg)
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