Thursday, June 30, 2011

Main Street Mile

For several years I have wanted to compete in the main street mile. The event takes place downtown Boise in the evening. In the past I have been injured, participating in a triathlon or watching Ironman CDA. The mile has always been one of my favorite events. I believe that the mile is a true test of stregth, speed, and heart. So when I was invited to be on a team I gladly accepted. My team captain wanted to have 5 guys run around 5min miles. Well not only did we take the team title but we had 4 of the 5 top spots. Having top 4 avg less about 4:58. The pics below show how the race panned out.

The race started out too easy and allowed for Antonio to hide waiting to pounce

I ran in 2nd place for the first 800

Antonio sitting behind me and then unleashing a surge at 1k

I decided not to go with him and wait to kick in the last 250, didnt work!

I felt great and just ran out of time to catch Antonio, he won by .4 seconds. The race was a blast and I ended up with a 4:47. Solid effort and got to check this off my bucket list!

Until next time....

Monday, June 27, 2011

Training update

My arm has healed nicely and I have resumed training full steam ahead. I took 6 weeks off swimming so my fitness dropped dramatically in the pool. I was able to continue biking and running like a mad man. My first race is going to be the local olympic triathlon Spudman on July 9th. This will be a great test to see where my fitness is at in the swim. Lately the weather has been fantastic and riding in the sun never gets old.

Big gear repeats on Stillwell loop in Eagle


My new recovery drink...sweet tea!

Until next time....

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Boise 70.3- Neil Bangs race report

Boise 70. 3

I had several friends racing this year as well as my good pal Neil. Neil has been putting in massive hours of training with the Team TBB development program. He was hoping to be top 3 amateur, but fell short on the run. Overall a solid effort with both PR's in the swim and bike. He is becoming a monster on the bike and now he just has to run to his potential.




Neil had his own cheer squad, Meg!







Neil posted a 2:18 bike split



Starting to pick the pace up....



I am telling Neil that 3rd place in his age group is 5 sec in front with only 200 yards to the finish!
Job well done...4th in age group and total time 4:21 over 20 min faster than last year!