Time to hang up the wetsuit.

After one season of doing triathlons, I've decided to retire...

No i'm just kidding, going to be taking a break from scheduled training for maybe a month? I'll probably making a Fall/Winter schedule in October and get back to it. So I most likely won't have much to say for some time.

Thanks for following the blog! Been a great season.



Thank You Mr. Chiu

I'd like to thank my friend Winston for taking pictures at several of the races this year (specificically Peterborough, Orillia, and Wasaga). Without them I would have no blog, or just a super boring blog with only text. Also I'd like to thank his family for creating their famous pasta as it was a key part in my carb diet the past few months.

Photo Courtesy of Winston Chiu

Race Report - Wasaga Beach (Give-it-a-Tri)

It was a great finish to the season in Wasaga. I had my highest finish of the year and was also able to finish with a silver which was nice.

Final Results

I'm feeling too lazy to type up a full race report so I will do this one in pictures:

Pre-Race

Insane traffic on the way to the race, it took 3 hours for a 1.5 hour drive.



By the time I got there, I was basically the ONLY one setting up my transition zone.



I started walking towards the startline during the 3 minute countdown mark



Swim - 400m

The swim was a little akward because the water was so shallow near the beach so there was quite a lot of running in the water at the start and finish as opposed to swimming.

Swim Time: 8:48, 55/218 (2:12/100m)

 

Transition 1 WAS going very smooth until......



I managed to tangle someone elses shoe onto my bike pedal....



Wasted quite a bit of time trying to get it off...I actually would have jumped about 3 places.



Transition 1

I had an alrite transition until someone in the crowd told me a shoe was hanging off my pedal. I'm sorry to whoevers shoe that was hahaha. You probably had a rough run :)

T1 Time: 1:27

Bike - 10km

The bike portion was pretty flat with only a few hills. Not too many problems during the bike except that I NEED to get faster during the winter.

Bike Time: 20:41, 42/218 (29.0km/hr)

Coming back from the Bike Leg of the race

Starting the second transition

Transition 2

I'm not 100% sure, but I THINK this is my fastest T2 this year. Probably because of how small the transition area was though.

T2 Time: 0:41

Starting the run.

Almost at the finish line. It was quite a nice run along the beach on the boardwalk.

Final finish of the season...

Run - 2.75km

The run was quite nice as it was right beside the beach with a lot of people watching. The course was a little confusing but it went well.

Run Time: 12:39, 8/218 (4:36/km)

OVERALL TIME: 45:04.1, 16/218, 2/7 M20-24

Post Race Report

It was a great day on the whole. I finished with the silver in my age group and ALMOSTTT won a Timex watch. The organizers have a draw after every race with a lot of small little prizes and a couple bigger ones. There was a pair of sunglasses and two timex watches. So they end up calling two people's names and than mine. So I'm like holy s**t!! I actually won the watch because that's what I wanted all season really. What sucks is the two people called before me didn't show so I defaulted to the sunglasses which I found out were women's sunglasses............So disappointing haha gotta be more appreciative though right?







Race Preview - Wasaga Beach (Give-it-a-Tri)

Final race of the season....

This coming Saturday I will be having my final race of the season which is kind of disappointing because I have nothing to look forward to anymore. Going to be a long off-season of training.

Race Details

Swim - 400m

Bike - 10km

Run - 2.75km

I've taken the last week pretty lax so hopefully it doesnt hurt me too much haha. I really hope that I finish the season strong. From looking at last years' results and the description on the site, it's a fairly flat course and is going to be a quick one. The water temperature they say is around 18.5 degrees so it's not as chilly as Toronto Island but still pretty cold.

Random funny story. I put on some muscle pain reliever called Lakota a couple days ago before I went to bed just for kicks. I was told that it was really strong so I obvisouly had to try it. So I put it on maybe about 45 minutes to an hour before I went to bed and felt nothing but a very very slight cold sensation. I didn't just dab it on, I did the full leg, quads, hamstrings, calfs, even shoulders. I end up waking up at 4:30am because my legs feel like they are on fire. I'm not even kidding or being a baby, it was ridiculous. I'm not even sure what I felt, it was burning and stinging and but my legs felt cold when I touched them.

What makes it even more funny is I asked my friends Derick and Joey and they had also dabbled in some Lakota and they said it was like fire. Haha the funniest thing is another friend who I won't name pulled his groin so he rubbed it all up there. Shoulda known it was intense when there's some Indian chief on the cover of the package and the site says "Legendary Native American Formulas"

I really feel like this Lakota pain reliever is going to take me to the next level though.

How I feel right now
Lakota won't fail me.

Expectations
To have no problems and quicker transitions than last race.

Goals
I am hoping to have a strong enough race to rank high in my age group.

Race Report - Guelph Lake II (Try-a-Tri)

This race went ok...a good swim, hilly bike and a hilly run.

Final Results

Pre-Race

Haha I made it there on time this time which was nice. Had plenty of time to register and warm up.



Photo courtesy of: finisherpix.com


Swim - 375m

The water was nice and warm for this race and I felt pretty good during the whole swim. Didn't go very off course at all which was a change.

Swim Time: 9:29, 63/380 (2:32/100m)

Transition 1

I messed up this transition big time. Firstly, my bike shoe wasn't going on well, and secondly I was already walking my bike to the exit until a realized I forgot to put on my race belt so I dropped the bike and went back to get it.

T1 Time: 2:03

Bike - 10km

I always have so much trouble biking after swimming, it just get really dizzy for some reason. My legs even feel tired but its not like I kick at all really during the swim so I'm not too sure how to fix this. The bike was hilly on the way to the turn around and extremely fast on the way back which was kind of nice. Overall it was my slowest bike of the season which sucks though....I just came out really flat on the bike.

Bike Time: 21:58, 75/380 (27.3km/hr)

Transition 2

Once again the shoes weren't going on very smooth. Well over a minute on this T2....

T2 Time: 1:12

Run - 2.5km

The run started off pretty hilly and ended pretty hilly which was annoying. I think everyone found it quite tough though because I didn't rank that low in the run, relative to my time.

Run Time: 11:55, 16/380 (4:46/km)

OVERALL TIME: 46:38.8, 38/380, 7/41 M20-29

Post Race Report

I'm not too thrilled about this race but definitely an improvement from Guelph Lake I lol. Anything is an improvement from that haha.

One more race this Saturday to close off the season. Gotta finish strong!

Photo courtesy of: finisherpix.com

Race Preview - Anthony vs Guelph Lake II (Try-a-Tri)

I'm not sure if you guys remember BUT this was what happened my first race:

http://anthonyngtriathlonadventure.blogspot.com/2011/06/race-report-guelph-lake-weekend-try-tri.html

We meet again Guelph Lake...

So this coming up Saturday, September 3rd I have my 2nd last race before the end of the season and it is the same race that I f'd up big time in June. It is under the Subaru Triathlon Series and is the exact same race as Guelph Lake I.

Race Details
Swim - 375m
Bike - 10km
Run - 2.5km

So I really just need to get there on time and I THINK I should be okay, unless I forget how to swim for some reason and freak out again.

How I feel right now
I just had a race last weekend so I feel good. I took a different approach this week and kept it extremely lax, whereas before other races this season I would work pretty hard up until 2-3 days before the race. Hopefully it works out better.

Expectations
No problems during the race. Nice and quick transitions.

Goals
I'd like finish with a time in the 40:xx area. It might be a little to optimistic since my best race was in the high 42's on a fast course. It's going to take a perfect swim, a strong bike and the run of my life so we'll see haha.