Sweet: Ironman Florida was this weekend. I have a few athletes that I've kept. Two were doing Ironman Florida...MG and TM. One had a goal of breaking 11 hours. We both thought it was kind of one of those everything should go well kind of goals for that to happen. She broke 11 with a 10:58. I think that was a pretty good PR of sorts, even though in my mind getting a PR in a triathlon is a bit of a misnomer unless it is on the exact same course. There are no PRs in triathlons.
Bitter: My other athlete, TM, had a mechanical on the bike. She wanted to finish before the cut off. She was worried about making the cut offs. I said, there's no reason to think like that since you've done the work, you are going to beat the cut offs with no problem. Well, the mechanical cost a LOT of time. Once she got it fixed, she rode HARD to beat it, but didn't. She's going back next year.
Sweet: I ran 8 miles this AM, and things felt good.
Bitter: I am not going to do Clearwater. The way I told a friend of mine is that I feel like my gimpy calf has left me with a little bit of a peashooter going into this race, when I need a bazooka to go into this race.
Sweet: I am cautiously optimistic on IMAz in 3 weeks. I should also be on a new ride for the race, that'll be worth a faster bike split without trying right there.
That's all. Start positive, end positive. I'll post more later.
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keep it posi for sure
I understand the frustration of a mechanical. Good for your athlete for getting back in the saddle (pun intended) and trying her hardest.
Would have been easier to just throw in the towel.
Good luck to you at IMAZ. You know Kent and I will be keeping you in our thoughts and hoping you have the best day possible.
Thanks for this post. There was a whole lot of bitter and sweet that day. So sorry about Clearwater, but I am looking forward to tracking you online at IMAZ.
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