Better late than never, here's Erin's race report from her first half Ironman at Lake Stevens 8/15/2010:
Pre-Race: I’m running late!! I arrived at the venue at 6:05am, about half an hour after I wanted to be there and 15 minutes before transitioned closed. Thankfully I was able to organize myself in enough time to get myself set up and ready to race. I was only able to squeeze in a 5 minute jog as a warm up, but I think my nerves/excitement at this being my first half iron man had me warm enough so in the end it didn’t matter.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Charles' Lake Stevens 70.3 Race Report
I want to say that I think it is some sort of cruel joke that every half-iron (four different races) I've done this year had temps rising into the 90s. Surely Lake Stevens would have been cooler.. right?.... um, no way.
Swim:
Getting started I wanted to make the lead pack on the swim, unfortunately I was boxed in by some slower swimmers who were eager to be up front at the start. I gapped the group by swimming on the inside of the buoy line and surged hard to catch the leaders. I was a little hesitant to push too hard this early in the race, so I didn't quite catch them, but was still close enough to see bubbles in the water. By the turn buoy they were still only about 10 meters up and I could see there were about 4 or 5 of them. Unfortunately, it was nearly impossible to sight anything in the sun and I just couldn't close the gap as they slowly swam away from me. I was feeling very solid and rhythmic out there (I've become very comfortable in my TYR Hurricane!), but because I was alone practically the whole time I was a bit slower than I expected out of the water at 28:30 and in 5th place.
Swim:
Getting started I wanted to make the lead pack on the swim, unfortunately I was boxed in by some slower swimmers who were eager to be up front at the start. I gapped the group by swimming on the inside of the buoy line and surged hard to catch the leaders. I was a little hesitant to push too hard this early in the race, so I didn't quite catch them, but was still close enough to see bubbles in the water. By the turn buoy they were still only about 10 meters up and I could see there were about 4 or 5 of them. Unfortunately, it was nearly impossible to sight anything in the sun and I just couldn't close the gap as they slowly swam away from me. I was feeling very solid and rhythmic out there (I've become very comfortable in my TYR Hurricane!), but because I was alone practically the whole time I was a bit slower than I expected out of the water at 28:30 and in 5th place.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Lots of Action at Lake Stevens 70.3
This weekend saw three elite team members in action at Lake Stevens 70.3
Erin Heard made her debut at the half ironman distance with a smoking fast 5:11:12 to take 2nd in her AG and 29th overall female.
Charles Rivers put together another strong HIM performance going 4:38:20, good enough for 3rd in his AG
Matt Sheeks was back racing only 3 weeks after Lake Placid. Coming off the back of a hard training camp in Mammoth Lakes he was able to put together a solid 4:20:09 with a solid 1:17:18 run.
Erin Heard made her debut at the half ironman distance with a smoking fast 5:11:12 to take 2nd in her AG and 29th overall female.
Charles Rivers put together another strong HIM performance going 4:38:20, good enough for 3rd in his AG
Matt Sheeks was back racing only 3 weeks after Lake Placid. Coming off the back of a hard training camp in Mammoth Lakes he was able to put together a solid 4:20:09 with a solid 1:17:18 run.
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