{"id":30,"date":"2013-09-23T01:12:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T01:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racereportblog.com\/?p=30"},"modified":"2025-02-25T20:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T20:54:31","slug":"westchester-jarden-olympic-triathlon-rye-new-york-september-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racereportblog.com\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Westchester Jarden Olympic Triathlon; Rye, New York &#8211; 9\/29\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a change, got a full 6 hours\u2019 sleep.\u00a0 After finishing the Toughman Half three weeks ago, and about to do my 7<sup>th<\/sup> triathlon in two years, I at least knew that I would complete this one in a reasonable time \u2013 so jitters were relatively minimal.<\/p>\n<p>Other than a lousy arrival (forgot my sippy cup so turned around 10 minutes from house; then daydreamed past highway exit &#8211; so arrived with 1 hr before transition closed instead of 1 1\/2 hrs.), and a lousy T1 (didn&#8217;t practice actually going out of SWIM IN to bike, and forgot\/didn&#8217;t believe I was in first row \u2013 \u201cwhere the !@#$% is my bike?\u201d), pleased with the results.<\/p>\n<p>Swim felt strong, not panicked about running out of strength.\u00a0 Crowded, probably because of all the turns on this course (an odd geometric shape rather than a good old-fashioned triangle). Got kicked a little; need to learn how to draft.\u00a0 Hard to see buoys, but gratifying to catch up to other-colored swim caps (meaning, I\u2019m passing folks who started 3 to 6 minutes ahead of me)!<\/p>\n<p>On the bike, mostly kept up the 90 RPM cadence.\u00a0 Also glad to have two guys to chase\/leap frog on the bike &#8211; one in my age group (who I had to pass), the other younger but who made nasty comment (who I wanted to pass).\u00a0 (\u201cOn your left,\u201d I say; \u201cYou\u2019ve got to be kidding\u201d he says, and zooms ahead.\u00a0\u00a0 Ooh, that made me mad.)\u00a0 Hills not too bad, but huffed and puffed most of the way \u2013 not the plan, but, oh well, it worked.<\/p>\n<p>Key to run at end:\u00a0 &#8220;you don&#8217;t have to run harder, just pick up the RPM.\u00a0 Short rapid steps are fine.\u00a0 They&#8217;ll add up.&#8221;\u00a0 Wore flats.\u00a0 Walked at the drink stops.\u00a0 Passed the only guy who passed me while I drank.\u00a0 Passed a LOT of people.<\/p>\n<p>The official results are encouraging: \u00a00:29 on the swim (which my gps says was closer to 1.1 miles rather than 0.9 mile), 1:12 on the bike (avg 20.5 mph), 45:50 run (including a negative split &#8211; 7:38 for first 4 miles, 6:56 for the last 2), total time of 2:32:59. \u00a0I guess I can say &#8220;2:32 and change&#8230;.&#8221; but that\u2019s a LOT of change.<\/p>\n<p>13\/68 for age group, 130\/844 overall.\u00a0Would have liked to podium, but I guess that&#8217;s for another day.\u00a0\u00a0 (First place was a good 19 minutes faster \u2013 but 2<sup>nd<\/sup> and third were only 12 minutes ahead\u2026.)\u00a0 Meanwhile: \u00a010:50 faster than last year (and would have been better if I hadn&#8217;t taken 4:30 at the swim-to-bike transition), including around 10 min faster on the bike and 3 minutes faster on the run.<\/p>\n<p>I briefly ran with a guy in his 40s, who said he wanted to pace his run with me. \u00a0I said, fine, you\u2019re not in my age group. \u00a0He said, &#8220;I&#8217;m only trying to beat the guy who has the same last name as me and did this race last year.&#8221; \u00a0Now, THAT&#8217;S a good attitude. \u00a0That particular runner left me in the dust, but I did beat the SOB he was talking about:\u00a0 myself.\u00a0 By a long shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a change, got a full 6 hours\u2019 sleep.\u00a0 After finishing the Toughman Half three weeks ago, and about to do my 7th triathlon in two years, I at least knew that I would complete this one in a reasonable time \u2013 so jitters were relatively minimal. 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