{"id":769,"date":"2019-03-05T05:42:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T05:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/?p=769"},"modified":"2019-03-05T05:42:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T05:42:41","slug":"take-1-arnold-indoor-tri-3-2-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/05\/take-1-arnold-indoor-tri-3-2-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 1 (Arnold Indoor Tri) – 3\/2\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Arnold Indoor Tri Logo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“And the magic music makes your morning mood.” – RUSH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year as I was planning out my Nationals qualifying races, I stumbled across an Indoor Tri in Columbus. Having family there, I decided to give it a try. And while the run was a bitch, what sticks in my mind from last year was crushing the bike when good music came on. Even though I can’t remember if it was Welcome to the Jungle or Paradise City, I do remember hitting 28 or 29 on the bike when GNR came on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So going into this year’s race, I was really hoping for several solid songs together. I knew that that was the only way for me to make it off the bike in 20 minutes and ultimately to having a chance at 1:18. I also knew that facing the hill in practice would make it a little ‘less worse’ on Saturday. We got in a full lap along with some swim and ‘bike fit’ before calling it a night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on how practice went Friday night, I was confident that I could qualify Saturday IF T2 was less of a maze. And as we got into the pool, I was confident that I could come close to a 16\/2\/20\/2\/38 split to achieve the 1:18 I needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I felt good on the swim, it did not go as I wanted or needed it to. Results show that my 100s averaged about 45s slower than they should have been. And Robin mentioned that there were a lot of straight arm strokes. Definitely something that needs to be addressed before the next race\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we made it to the bike, I had no idea that I was 5 minutes off my mark. I honestly believed that I was at worst in a 2 minute hole. In any event, I was ready to try and keep a 30mph pace during the bike. To that end, I had 2 full bottles of Skratch and a Clif bar to eat towards the end. I figured by doing so, I’d keep the mph and have a little more for hill hell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While that was a great plan, it didn’t fully come to fruition. Even though I was able to spike to 29-30, I wasn’t able to sustain it for more than a minute. There were a couple of really good songs that helped the average. But during a couple, I could definitely feel the mojo draining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing that I was at about 54 minutes headed out to the run, it became purely about pride. I know I can’t run 7 minute miles on the best days. So there surely wasn’t any way I could run 7 minute miles in hill hell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can and will continue to call the run hill hell because of the river -> Premier part. When you come out of T2, you’re in the middle of two hills. The one to the right, where you start up, isn’t that bad. Let’s call it a 1\/4 mile gentle uphill. However, the one to the left is a PITA. Let’s call it a 1\/4 mile that starts with a ~25 degree uphill for 150-200 feet, followed by a steeper gradual uphill for the rest of it. And to add injury to insult, you have to slow\/stop your legs at the bottom of the downhill to turn. Not fun trying to restart your engine AND go up a steep grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lap 1 was okay; lap 2 was meh; lap 3 was a struggle. After 2 laps of struggling with the steep hill, I had little left for the uphills in lap 3. So it turned into staggered run\/walk to just get through it. Even though I had to walk in parts, I was able to nail the 5K pace that I wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while I just spent two paragraphs saying how frustrating the hills are, YES I will be back in 2020 to race it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Robin for guiding for me again this year! And to #EagleCheerleader and family\/friends for coming out to cheer us on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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