March 2005:
California Half Ironman San Diego:
 We
kicked off the season with a very wet Half Ironman in Oceanside
California. The course was challenging and it pretty much kicked my
butt. I had the worst race so far but its days like that when you find
out why you do this sport. To give and idea of the conditions the race
took me a little over 7hr which is about 1 hr longer than normal. I
spent about 5.5hrs under water and the swim only took 45minutes.
It looks like the leg problems that started in the SF
half came back to bite me for Ralphs. The bike was bad coming in 20min
slower than planned and the run was absolutely disastrous almost 45
minutes slower than anticipated. The run which is usually my stronger
event ender up being my worst event for this Tri. I hope to have the
run/leg issues resolved for 2005 Wildflower long course in May but we
will have to wait and see.
Feb 2005:
San Francisco half marathon 1:50mins .
SF half went relatively well for the first 8miles. I was
on pace for a 1:44 finish until I ran into some leg problems which
resulted in a slower pace for the last 5miles. The result was
still relatively good and it indicates that the early training is on
track for a strong 2005 season.
September 2004:
Big Kahuna Half Ironman: I completed my first every half Ironman (Big Kahuna)
in a time of 6:08 which was a little slower than I
wanted but I was happy with the overall result. The race has just
increased my belief that endurance training as whole is the best
thing I can do to help prevent another Ms attack and as such I am
stepping up to the 2005 season. The plan is to compete in 4 half
Ironmans and 2 Olympic distance races as well as the usual Seattle to
Portland 200mile bike ride and the Providian Relay 200 mile relay
run from Napa to Santa Cruz.
August 2004:
TRI4MS team participates in our first Half
Ironman Relay. With a time of 5:45:08 resulting in an over all place
of
16th and age group place of 11th with 50 teams participating
TRI4MS is off to a great start. We are on course to have 20
rides at Waves to Wine 2004. Our first official Triathlon will be the
2004 Treasure Island International Tri where we will have team
members participating in the Relay, the sprint distance and the
International distance.
October 2004:
Saturn Relay: 200mile run 28hr:
Feb 2005:
San Francisco half marathon 1:50mins .
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