Batavia Triathlon and End of Transition

I have not had too much to write about this week, since I have been in a transition period. Monday marks the second half of my season, undoubtedly the most important. The focus of the first half of the season was on short course racing. We will turn the tides and focus on Ironman distance now until the big show in Kona in October.

I can truly say that I have enjoyed myself this past week. It was the first week off of school, so I treated myself to some good food, and indulging in my wife's amazing baking skills, which included cookies, cakes, and many muffins! Played with the kids a whole lot, and slept in about everyday!! It was a small break from my daily routine of training, but very, very well worth it. I am now recharged and ready to put forth the effort necessary to be successful in October.

To end the week, I entered a local sprint race in Batavia, 400 meter swim, 14.7 mile bike, and 4.1 mile swim. The race is a time trial start with a swimmer entering the water every 3 seconds. I was the 38th person to enter the water on the beach. Uneventful swim, time was 4:45, and I'm guessing it was a bit short of 400 m. Onto the bike, I was in about 15th place. I started picking off other riders immediately, and by the half way point I was up to 2nd place. Rode 35 minutes and change, average speed 24.9, normalized power of 318. I left T2 as the second runner on the course, I had about 2 minutes on the guy ahead of me. I ran about 23 minutes, average pace of 5:38. Although I was second across the line, due to the time trial start, my finish time was better. I ended up first place overall with a time of 1:06. Good effort. The sprint distance is very violent on the body!! Time to get back to work. All for now. Here's an article in the paper about the race. Enjoy!
http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2009/06/14/13976915/index.xml

SJI