I did it!!! I broke 5 hours, my actual time, once I factored in the time it took to do the extra 7 kms, would have been 4:59:35 and that would have put me in 4th place behind Darren Cote, I took a picture with him after the race, we're now brothers in arms. I may also have done better because who knows how my legs would have felt with 7 less kilometers on the bike and the added motivation to place higher on the run. I also noticed that the run was a little long, according to my Garmin it was 13.19 miles, which added a little time. By my calculations I had the second fastest bike ride and it may have even been the fastest because I'm not sure if the course was actually measured to 90 km long, someone said it may have been shorter. If it was shorter, I would have had the fastest bike split. Ah, the trials and tribulations of doing a grassroots triathlon.Either way I'm super happy with the result. My goals were to break 5 hours (check), place in the top 3 (close but no cigar -came 4th), win my age group (would have come 2nd), do Davis's first half ironman with him and beat him (check), beat my best time I did in this race in my 20's, which was a 5:15:00 with a mile short run (check), average 40 kph on the bike (not even close, the wind was too strong). In a way I'm glad I didn't make it to the podium, I would have had to hang around and it turns out they didn't have medals or plaques, they gave a water bottle and some passes to a local fitness center.
The one thing that amazes me is how much wind can affect your average bike time. I did the Ironman with a slight wind and averaged over 33 kph on rolling hills, not exceeding 140 bpm, and 4 weeks ago I nothing but hills in Muskoka long course and averaged over 35 km. Then I come to Winnipeg and the prairie winds slow me right down, amazing. I can now say, from this experience, that flat roads with wind are harder to ride on than any other terrain. Who would have thunk.
For the next couple of day's I'm going to rest and do some little light training and spending time with family and friends. I woke up this morning and my back was much better, figures. I think it was from the industrial grade Yucca I took last night. This Yucca is not like the stuff you buy in the health food stores. Rich used to work at a farm chemical supplier and this is the stuff they feed to the pigs, I've nick named it "pig juice". I ran out of the stuff I had, but my mom still had a bottle I gave her. Usually it takes 2 days and the pain is gone after I take it. It must be good because farmers are cheap and won't spend money on anything that doesn't work. They feed it to the pigs to bring the ammonia levels down in the barn. My mom also swears by it as well, she hasn't had a bad back in 2 years and was reluctant to let me have it. It also works great for gout, it gets rid of the acid. I had it once in my finger, I took the pig juice and it was gone the same day. I've told Rich he has to get us some more.
Final Race Results
Swim - 34:36 / 1.9 km / 1:50 per 100 meters.
Bike - 2:54:01 / 97.17 km / 33.9 kph
Run - 1:44:44 / 7:55 per mile
Total - 5:13:19
Adjusted Total for Long Bike -4:59:35
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