Today can be summed up by the following: “Task failed successfully”
Officially, I’m listed as a DNF. It’s hard to pin down exactly what happened but suffice to say that I had to remove myself from the swim.
I got about 100 yards into the swim and just couldn’t get into my rhythm. I hung on to a kayak for a bit to try to calm myself and after continuing on for about another 100 yards I had to call it.
Disappointing, but I could tell I was just going to continue to struggle and it wasn’t worth it. (There are manned kayaks and paddle boards about ever 100 yards and a couple of rescue boats).
After the boat brought the few of us back to the beach, the race director said we could still continue the course, but we wouldn’t be timed. So game on!
T1 (swim to bike transition) went well. Bike shoes, sunglasses, helmet and an energy gel and I was off in about 90 seconds (I forgot to hit the lap key).
Bike course was 14 miles, which I did in about 50 minutes. Lost control about 2 miles in and nearly wrecked, but I was able to save it. About halfway through the ride, I couldn’t get my bottle back in the cage, so I had to pull over and lost about 30 seconds there.
T2 (bike to run) was fine, except for that damn bottle again, which fell off as I dismounted. So I lost time having to go pick it up (but still way less than the 2-minute penalty for littering would have been).
The run was just a matter of keeping my HR under control and keeping an even pace. At 34 minutes and change, it wasn’t my best 5k but that seemed par for the course today.
Total time for the bike/run was 1:29:20 which I’m okay with. Add in a should-have-been 10-ish minute swim and I’d have been thrilled.
Today was always supposed to be a practice session. Maybe that’s why I didn’t persevere on the swim. As it stands, I’m home, having eaten and showered. I’m disappointed, but not angry. Tomorrow, I’ll review the metaphorical game tape, try to break down what went wrong and what went right. Monday, I’ll be right back to training.
I guess in the end that’s why we are all here on this thread. We all have our own goals and it’s important to share our struggles and failures as much as it is our successes. It’s about perseverance in the face of setbacks.
In the wise words of Coach Ted Lasso, it’s better to be together and sad than alone and sad. But tomorrow, be a goldfish!
Officially, I’m listed as a DNF. It’s hard to pin down exactly what happened but suffice to say that I had to remove myself from the swim.
I got about 100 yards into the swim and just couldn’t get into my rhythm. I hung on to a kayak for a bit to try to calm myself and after continuing on for about another 100 yards I had to call it.
Disappointing, but I could tell I was just going to continue to struggle and it wasn’t worth it. (There are manned kayaks and paddle boards about ever 100 yards and a couple of rescue boats).
After the boat brought the few of us back to the beach, the race director said we could still continue the course, but we wouldn’t be timed. So game on!
T1 (swim to bike transition) went well. Bike shoes, sunglasses, helmet and an energy gel and I was off in about 90 seconds (I forgot to hit the lap key).
Bike course was 14 miles, which I did in about 50 minutes. Lost control about 2 miles in and nearly wrecked, but I was able to save it. About halfway through the ride, I couldn’t get my bottle back in the cage, so I had to pull over and lost about 30 seconds there.
T2 (bike to run) was fine, except for that damn bottle again, which fell off as I dismounted. So I lost time having to go pick it up (but still way less than the 2-minute penalty for littering would have been).
The run was just a matter of keeping my HR under control and keeping an even pace. At 34 minutes and change, it wasn’t my best 5k but that seemed par for the course today.
Total time for the bike/run was 1:29:20 which I’m okay with. Add in a should-have-been 10-ish minute swim and I’d have been thrilled.
Today was always supposed to be a practice session. Maybe that’s why I didn’t persevere on the swim. As it stands, I’m home, having eaten and showered. I’m disappointed, but not angry. Tomorrow, I’ll review the metaphorical game tape, try to break down what went wrong and what went right. Monday, I’ll be right back to training.
I guess in the end that’s why we are all here on this thread. We all have our own goals and it’s important to share our struggles and failures as much as it is our successes. It’s about perseverance in the face of setbacks.
In the wise words of Coach Ted Lasso, it’s better to be together and sad than alone and sad. But tomorrow, be a goldfish!