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IM Cali 70.3 Race Report (22' PR w EN)

SurfingsurgeonSurfingsurgeon
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 I Just briefly wanted to share my Oceanside experience. This was my first race with EN (I joined the Oct OS for the last 9 weeks and then moved into a Intermediate HIM plan for 7 weeks.

Last year I did Oceanside as my first HIM - at 5:44.  This year I improved that result by 22' to a 5:22. My overall goal was to run a 1:53 run with perfect execution - which I missed by about three minutes.

This year my splits were:



32:49 3:37 2:47:21 2:11 1:56:48



Last year:

33:54 4:27 2:56:54 2:48 2:06:29

My goal watts for this years ride (I was using a iBIke iSport - the Fisher Price powermeter)
was around 240 watts and I averaged 225 watts.

I am happy to say that taking the winter off from swimming posed no problems.

My goal run pace was supposed to be around 8:40 (I averaged 8:54).

The downside of my race was my inability to slow down for the first 3 miles - I
just kept chugging away at a 8:35 pace despite trying to slow down and imploded around
mile 9. In the future I will walk for 30 seconds on each of those first three miles.
My last 4 miles unfortunately were in the 9:15 - 9:30 range due to poor execution.

It was also great to hook up with Coach Rich, Peter Carroll, Dave Ambrose, Brian Massey,
Matt Ancona and others after the race. Thanks EN!


Comments

  • David AmbroseDavid Ambrose
    It was great to meet you Tom; great venue choice. Awesome results. I see our bike split is very close (you two minutes faster) and our run almost identical. If only I could swim. I think you will see a trend for yourself. For every event I have done with EN compared to pre-EN, I have made big gains. I have no doubt Oceanside is the first of many for you with EN. Best of luck as you prepare for IMCDA.
  • Tomer TTomer T
    Congratulations! 22' PR is unbelievable!!!
  • Chris GChris G
    Nice result. Work works, huh?

    You will get the execution thing down if you work at it. Should there really be anything easier to accomplish than running SLOWER? I agree that it is hard to do sometimes but it pays off later.
  • DocHoffartDocHoffart
    Nice 22' PR! Great day for the race too. Sorry I didn't get to meet up at the end but I had a family outing in Newport that I had to run to.

    Vince
  • Tom GlynnTom Glynn
    great race! 22 minutes over one year is pretty impressive.
  • dhalligandhalligan

    Congratulations, it's great to see your hard work pay off in tough race.

    Dave

  • David FlintDavid Flint
    Superb!!! Well done dude, pleased for ya!
  • Nemo BrauchNemo Brauch
    Congratulations! Your well on your way to becoming an EN Ninja with your race day execution skills! I'm sure that PR won't stand for very long!
  • Brian MVIPBrian MVIP
    Nicely done! Enjoy the ramp up to CdA - you will crush it. BTW - we enjoyed the pitcher of brown ale so much that I ordered another after you left image
  • mattsullmattsull

    22 minutes is huge, as others have said. Looks like there's more where that came from too. Congratulations!

  • Coach RichCoach Rich

    Hi Tom,

    Great race, congrats on the PR, nice to meet you and thanks for the beer!!

  • KitbooKitboo
    Congrats on your big PR!
  • Linda PatchLinda Patch

    You get a Ninja badge for sure! Superbly well done! Congrats!

  • manconamancona
    Nice way to improve in all 5 of your times! I'm glad I had the chance to meet you after the race. I enjoyed being in the San Deigo area so much for the weekend I may have to go back again year!
  • Gordon CherwoniakGordon Cherwoniak

    That is a huge PR.  I am new to the haus in the NovOS and love seeing all these early season results.  Congrats on the great race.

    Gordon

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