Tri Season Notes

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

Race	Swim	Pace	Bike	Pace	Run	Pace
Lake Waconia (Sprint)	12:23	1:32	58:36	20.6	36:17	8:57
Minneapolis (Sprint)	6:23	1:35	47:46	20.9	28:18	9:16
Chaska (Sprint)	8:19	1:43	48:05	20.2	25:29	8:45
Lakefront Days (Sprint)	6:04	1:30	40:49	20.7	26:28	8:01
Maple Grove (Sprint)	6:50	1:22	40:09	20.9	27:36	9:11

Last Year for Comparison

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

What I see 

Swim

Chaska is slow and maple grove is fast. Chaska was the only non-wetsuit swim, but I'm going to go ahead and say that I think that swim was long, and possibly than maple grove is short.

Bike

There's lot of consistency here, I was hoping to gain some speed this year, but I think I just misfired on the execution of that plan. Still, the consistency is actually kind of neat to look at.

Run


I did not maintain the speed I would have liked. I only did one run block, and I was not happy about it (plan, and execution, but mostly I didn't like the plan.) That obviously came back to bite me.

Overall

What I see here is what I think happens when you "just put in the time" I did workouts, and stayed in general good fitness, but I did not do what it takes to make some progressive gains.

Next Year
I'm basing next year's performance goals on this year's life realities. Next season our family of five will be a family of six with an average (USAT official) age of 15.

Goals

• Have fun
• Stay at it

I will be trying some "new to me" ideas about how to build power and speed. But primary goals are listed, getting faster is a secondary goal for now.