Westport Kiwanis Minuteman Sprint
Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 10:40PM So you're three weeks into training for an Ironman event 2 months hence, but there's this cool sprint race that your team does each year. You can't taper for it because it will cost SOME amount of IM training; you can't miss it, because it's a local event. So...you probably do what I did: ride long the day before (71M for me), hope your legs recover from that ride and the prior weeks' training, and attack the sprint like your pants are on fire.
Attack I did, some 10 minutes after everyone's favorite dolphin impersonator, Megan, led the women's field into the water and through the course. This IS a swimmer's race given the disproportionate length of the swim (1/2 mile) relative to the other events. But I swam hard and exited the water in...who knows? Forgot to start my watch. Out onto the bike course, I POUNDED the pedals, flew around the 5-miles as hard as I could and headed back to transition. Unfortunately, I somehow lost my transition location and cursed as I tried to locate my towel and race flats. Finally, I found it, switched shoes, and FLEW out of the parking lot angrily. Unfortunately, I have no times for the bike or run as I still did not get my watch to go, but I assure anyone reading, I was way faster than last year on these two.
I was able to catch everyone except one strong swimmer, Shane Meehan from NY, who won. But I was content with 2nd overall given how good my legs felt on both the bike and the run. Megan won for the women and was 4th overall. We saw several other clients at the race and it looked like everyone had a good time. This is a fun race if you like running red line for the entire time (39:01 for me this year).
Reader Comments (2)
Nice race! As the 3rd place guy I can vouch for how hard you attacked that run course - I dug to try and stay with you but you were FLYING. Results are up at roadntracksports.com - looks like I passed you while you were lost in transition... congrats on a fast race!
Thanks, Don....yeah, I was busy looking for the darned gear that I couldn't find!!! I forgot where I'd left my stuff by the time I made it back to T2. I'll tell you (TMI)...I felt like I was gonna barf on that run due to the effort. Nice work!