{"id":492,"date":"2017-03-25T17:39:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T17:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/?p=492"},"modified":"2017-03-25T17:39:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T17:39:52","slug":"national-beatings-progress-report-31917","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/25\/national-beatings-progress-report-31917\/","title":{"rendered":"National Beatings – Progress Report – 3\/19\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I love doing Experience Triathlon (ET) events. Coach Joe, the entire staff and all of the volunteers do such a great job with the events. I wish I’d been able to do the other two ET indoor triathlons, but the timing just didn’t work. <\/p>\n

Going into this event, I had definite numbers that I wanted to hit on each of the disciplines. Not only would it be a good progress test to see where I was at, but also a chance to find\/work out flaws. Even though I didn’t hit those numbers, it was still a good day and I found several things to work out prior to the outdoor season.<\/p>\n

Specifically –
\nSwim: Managing torpedo kicks and breathing. One of the torpedo kicks was so strong that I ended up gliding under the lane lines. Not a huge issue since there was an open lane, but it would be in any of the outdoor races. While my breathing is getting better, I still need to work on it for mid to late race to make sure I can finish strong. During this swim, I couldn’t get enough of the CO2 out and was struggling in the last 6-7 lengths to get it done. I’ve already talked with my head coach on the breathing and am working out several things with that.<\/p>\n

Bike: Being able to more easily clip in and making sure that I’m pushing harder in the first several minutes when my body is trying to recover from the swim. I thought I was going faster than I actually was during that first 8 min or so until Todd told me what I was at. Hopefully the tandem derailer will get put back on and I’ll get the loaner upright soon so I can get a lot more clip practice in.<\/p>\n

Run: Making sure that a sports drink is in my water bottle instead of just plain water. I had Tailwind in there and it helped a lot. I am going to be trying a couple others during training, and go with whichever works best. Having that extra burst meant that I only had to walk once for about 30 seconds. That’s about in line with the Turkey Trot from last fall, which was my most consistent 5K.<\/p>\n

It was back to training after this race as I continue to push towards the spring season. <\/p>\n

And for any of you who have these as open dates, I would STRONGLY recommend signing up for the following:<\/p>\n

ET Batavia – 6\/11\/17
\nET Lake Zurich – 7\/9\/17
\nET Naperville – 8\/6\/17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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