Tri Season Notes

This year I did eight races. Here's how they lined up.

Race	Swim	Pace	Bike	Pace	Run	Pace
Chain Of Lakes (Sprint)	7:31	1:16	36:25	20.3	20:55	7:30
Liberty (70.3)	29:40	1:32	2:50:05	19.2	2:13:25	10:10
Lake Waconia (Sprint)	12:06	1:30	59:38	20	37:08	9:14
Minneapolis (Sprint)	5:53	1:28	42:40	21.9	23:54	7:41
Chisago (70.3)	30:52	1:34	2:53	19.4	2:08:53	10:01
Lakefront Days (Sprint)	6:25	1:35	39:17	21.3	25:14	7:34
Maple Grove (Sprint)	6:48	1:41	39:43	21.5	23:17	7:55
Rev3 Florida (70.3)			3:23:29	16.5	2:03:05	9:24

Last Year for Comparison

Race	Swim	Pace	Bike	Pace	Run	Pace
Spring Training (Sprint)	6:58	1:35	31:44	18.5	28:21	9:27
Egg Hunt (Sprint)	9:05	2:04	34:14	17.5	29.48	9:35
Trinona (Olympic)	23:11	1:25	1:27:32	17.8	57.46	9:17
Lake Front Days (Sprint)	6:41	1:31	40:58	19.8	28:06	8:30
Maple Grove (Olympic)	25:59	1:35	1:22:33	19.2	53:03	8:32

What I see
Swim

• Chain of lakes is blazingly fast. It was a pool swim, I now know that I can sustain a much faster pace in a pool than in open water. 1:16 was still fast for me at that point of the year. At that point of the year my swim conditioning was at it's peak (sadly.)
• The rest of the swims were pretty consistent, and most of the time I was feeling good getting out the water.

Bike

• Rev3 is low due to the tire change. Oh well
• Other than that speed is up overall for the year.
• Those averages are still low compared to many other people.

Run

• I had some very fast (for me) runs this year.
• The first two halves are pretty slow (comparatively) but the last one was better. It could be that I'm getting close to having this distance a little better dialed in so that perhaps I can go for my goal next year.
• Hard to tell what happened at Waconia, I think I let that race get in my head. I might do it again this coming year just so I can see if I can do better.

Overall

• I hit a good level of conditioning in swimming pretty early in the season, but then I started letting it slip.
• I dropped a ton of speed in my running over the start of the year.
• I also added some significant speed over last year on the bike. 

Next Year

So the goals for next season line up like this

• Start the season in as good or better shape than where I finished.
• Add another 1 or 2 mph on the bike. If I can get average speed up over 22 mph consistently that will help a lot
• Bring the run pace down. I'd like to be under 8 minutes consistently, around 7 for shorter races.
• Have a better plan for the swim training, times didn't suffer that much, but confidence did

This season is over for me. I am taking a shorter break than last year, but I will ease into it a little. I probably won't get totally structured till the start of the year.