Great work by everyone that came out for some work on a holiday weekend.
Karl C – 2:36 @ 215 watts
Mike V – 2:45:53 @ 177 watts
Katie A – 2:46:47 @ 171 watts
Katy L -2:54:58 @ 156 watts
Jody B – 3:09:57 @ 139 watts
Sherry F – 3:17:40 @ 115 watts
Elaine G – 3:27:04 @ 117 watts
Good Times (sort of) in Boise
A few quick notes here on the Boise 70.3 as I am late to the game as far as race reports go and I don’t simply want to repeat what everyone else has already said.
Boise is a really pretty town with a great vibe, I highly recommend a visit (stay downtown)
The country side is beautiful
The course, on a good day, would be very, very fast
Yes, it was ridiculously windy and I, like Felipe and Chris, was riding a disc. Not great under any circumstances but with my lack of bike handling skills…..fugetaboutit
The water was cold, but the air temp was warm = not so bad. Loved the first race in the new DeSotto suit
Easily the best run course I have seen along and over the river on very fast (on a good day) route
Big congrats to all of Team Breakaway racers but especially Whitney for backing up St. George with another AG win and a slot to Clearwater and C. Berg for 2nd AG and a return trip to Clearwater
And finally it was especially great to see my good friend Ben and his wife who DROVE up from Boulder to race (Ben) and hang out after.
Best of all there don’t appear to be any injury set backs. I only had 3, 6 mile runs coming into Boise and I didn’t know what to expect. Out of the water 71st, off the bike 21st and 12th to finish off the run for my best half Ironman placement. Next time out I plan to be joining the Clearwater crew……
Thanks to Adam and Catlin at Thrive Wellness as well as Nick at Muscle Specialists for putting me back together!
Next up IM Switzerland.
It’s Tuesday morning after race day and Jen and I are about to head out for a little brunch before making our way to the airport. If you’ve seen the twitter or FB feeds you already know yesterday was a tough day for me. I’ve been fighting the same lower back issues for about 9 months now and the flight over on Saturday saw me waking up with a serious pinched nerve (for lack of better terminology) on the lower left very similar to what I experienced coming home from Seattle over the holidays. Having been through it before I had a feeling what was in store. I was able to run but it was pretty painful from the first step. I ran a little mantra over and over in my head all day to try and keep the focus on the stride and not my back – “light, easy, smooth…what the hands do the feet do”. It helped to keep me together better than expected for quite some time. Coming into Boston I was pretty excited because I had been able to put together a solid 7 weeks of running and felt like I was striding better than ever thanks to the work Adam and Caitlin have been doing on me. I felt that on a good day I was in form to go somewhere between 3:12 and 3:18. Waking up Monday morning my focus shifted to making sure I finished the race ….period. That being said I moved through the first 10K in about 46 min and the half at 1:40 with a vague shot of 3:20 or better still lingering in my head. My form really started to degrade from their on in. I believe my last two 10 segments were 52 min and 57 min. That last 3 miles was the most painful of any race for me yet, including Ironman. Hopefully Adam and Caitlin can work some magic on me and get me back up and running (literally) soon. Half Ironman and Ironman are going to get here fast.
That aside Boston is always a great place to visit. We had a fantastic pre race dinner at Sportello, a little diner style restaurant with a fairly high concept menu that delivered. Wine and cocktails before hand were at Drink below in the basement. A great spot with a focus on old school, hand made cocktails. Post race dinner was at Eastern Standard, sort of a Ocean Aire/steak house kind of joint which was bustling with post race activity. I was adventurous and tried bone marrow for the first time. Reminded me a lot of escargot…..
I will keep you posted on the recovery progress in the near term. Thanks to everyone for their support and good wishes.
Nice job everyone with a stand out ride from Jon Lucas and a great comeback from a 10 min + mechanical/flat for Zach!!
Jon Lucas 2:52 196 watts
Trevor Blair 2:58 178 watts
Zach Barhorst 2:59 204 watts
Gene Yeo 3:05 167 watts
Maire Scharpegge 3:13 134 watts (5 min improvement!)
Sheila Birtsas 3:20 137 watts
Ron Kelly 3:23 152 watts
Elaine Gower 3:31 117 watts
Go tear it up on race day!
Great job for everyone Sunday especially for those going this long for the first time!
Here are today’s results, a special job well done by Kebby Holden!!
We have scheduled California 70.3 for the following dates currently. The link is attached if you would like to sign up.
March 6, 10:30 https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?studioid=9167&sclassid=22&sDate=3/6/2010&sLoc=1&sTG=25&sType=1
March 13, 10:30 https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?studioid=9167&sclassid=13&sDate=3/13/2010&sLoc=1&sTG=25&sType=1
If you have a group that would like to do a specific course please let us know and we can create a class just for you.
02/06/10
•Karl – 2:41 /222 watts
•Garry Grassi – 2:58 /179 watts
•Matt Buck -3:07 /169 watts
•Jeanine Huebner – 3:13/ 131 watts
•Mona Myers – 3:49 /103 watts
01/30/10
•Karl – 2:47 /204 watts
•Gerry DeOcampo – 2:49 /203 watts
•Kebby Holden -2:59 /171 watts
•Reg Holden – 3:00 /176 watts
•Jeanine Huebner – 3:07/ 136 watts
01/23/10
•Karl – 2:43 /216 watts
•Joe MacDonald – 2:50 /195 watts
•Kathy MacDonald – 2:59 /155 watts
•Elaine Gower – 3:26 /122 watts
•Norma Gonzalez – 3:30 /107 watts
•Erin Searfoss – 3:43 /98 watts
01/09/10
•Karl – 2:41 /221 watts
•Kent Frazier – 2:50 /195 watts
•Whitney Handy – 2:58 /173 watts
•Gary Elmer – 3:07 /157 watts
•Norma Gonzalez – 3:23 /116 watts
•Jeanine Huebner – 3:36/ 116 watts
•Remmi Molthen – 3:38/ 99 watts