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atasicatasic
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I want to thank you coaches and my team members for all the advice and support. Yesterday, with your help, I achieved my personal best race result, not by time standards, but more as an execution quality that took me to a 4th AG, 39 OA at 2010 Ironman 70.3 Branson. 

The complete race report will come later today in an appropriate forum section. I just want to emphasize the brilliance of the execution strategy that has been developed here. It works so brilliantly that it is unreal. I have managed to run down most of the athletes in my AG, M35-39, even though my run execution was not spot on due to brutal heat. 

Details to come.

Thank you one more time. Glad to be a part of this team.

Comments

  • William JenksWilliam Jenks
    I've been following your thread. Am so glad to hear it went well! Congrats!
  • atasicatasic

     Thank you very much.

  • John StarkJohn Stark

    Congrats!  "On race day it isn't about fitness, it is about execution!"  You lived up to our motto!  Well done!

    John

  • tgarsontgarson
    AT, awesome to hear. I know that KS 70.3 did not go as well for you as you would have liked but definitely glad to hear that Branson went much better having had a bit more time under the hood at EN.

    Did you end up grabbing a Clearwater slot?
  • atasicatasic

     Thanks guys. I appreciate it.

    Trevor, no I did not take the slot. I was not mentally ready to keep training so late in November. I had such a terrible first part of the season due to overtraining and possible Calcium deficiency. I came out flat form wise so badly with so much more work than last year. Last year at LC Nationals, I pulled of 4:39 time and this year I hoped for sub 4:30, needless to say I did not come even close. Kansas was very disappointing to me as I was cramping starting with the swim and that continued all the way until the end. I had a sprint PR in August with the first OA podium and that was a break through. Kansas race prompted me to sit down with my wife and evaluate my nutrition habits and possible causes of cramping at this level. I was cramping at night, at the swim practice, every race.........

    Finally, I managed to close 2010 season with a performance of my life and I am happy with that.

    I am taking a brake now. Heavy focus on really fast running until Jan 2011, when I pick up Outseason.....I am looking to drop 5K from 19:25 to sub 18:30 by mid Dec. That will have a direct impact on 2011 season. I am looking to apply the same logic in the pool to bring my 100m times below 1:05 consistently, so when I start laying long I can carry that over. 

    That is it for now. Not too bad as I started with EN in May this year. I am a believer.

  • Coach RichCoach Rich

    @Aleksander, congrats! Looking forward to your race report!

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