Hi Everyone,
This post is going to be short and sweet! I'm currently in the Montreal airport with some time to kill. I feel like I've been traveling a lot this year because I now have a favourite place to get food in Montreal! Anyways I'm going to be traveling a lot now that I get to go to Brazil for the PATCO Pan American Championships!
I started my day off with a short flight from Saint John to Montreal and now I have another flight soon to Edmonton. I'm racing in Edmonton on Sunday and luckily this race isn't as early as 7 for me! I think I can deal with a 8:15 start time. I'm excited to race and feel even more ready than I did for Winnipeg. The first race is out of the way and now it's time to really start the season. I race in Brazil the following weekend, then I fly back to New Brunswick to race a Junior Series race at home! Imagine that, a National Junior Series race right here in NB!
I'm looking forward to all of the races and will try (not sure what the wifi situation will be like in Brazil) to keep you all informed. All I can say is thank god for foam rollers and massage sticks. Now to Edmonton!
Reid
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Monday 10 June 2013
Winnipeg
First off I want to thank the Mislawchuks for allowing me to stay at their house over the past week. They were extremely generous, fed me well and I had a room to my self. It really doesn't get much better than that when you're away for a race. Thanks again!
I arrived in Winnipeg on Tuesday so I got used to the time change before the big day and I also had fun training with Tyler and the Manitoba crew.
Race morning was early, it's never fun setting your alarm for 4am! I got a good warmup in but was more nervous than normal because this was my first race of the season and I've never raced a tri during the school year. I felt fit but was hoping I wasn't rusty.
The water had been cold before the race so everyone was pretty sure it was going to be a wetsuit swim. I'm not a huge fan of wetsuits but I'm also not a big fan of being cold and at a disadvantage; so I wore my new wetsuit. Although I said I'm not a big fan of wetsuits, if I had to pick any wetsuit to wear it'd be the new Nineteen Rogue wetsuit that I just got. It is extremely buoyant, there is a lot of shoulder room and it goes fast. The swim was extremely aggressive for me and I was tossed around, dunked and everything in between. I almost panicked which has never happened for me because I couldn't breath air, and it felt like I had water inside my lungs. I swam as well as I could but I can't say I was pleased with the outcome of the swim. But I am happy that I was chasing with only 5 guys instead of the group of 20 that was chasing us down. T1 went as smooth as possible with no mistakes and the wetsuit came off easily.
A group of 3 guys got out fast in the swim and ended up rounding out the podium. They left us chasing on the bike in a small chase pack of 5 or 6 guys. We took pretty even pulls and tried to hold off the peleton. With a good dismount and my shoes coming on smoothly I was ready to run.
I felt pretty fast from the start and just held the same pace. When people went by me I tired to stay with them. I'm not satisfied with how the race resulted for me but I am sure that I left everything I had out on the course on Sunday, except the vomit. That came after the finish line and off the course. Now to Edmonton.
I arrived in Winnipeg on Tuesday so I got used to the time change before the big day and I also had fun training with Tyler and the Manitoba crew.
Race morning was early, it's never fun setting your alarm for 4am! I got a good warmup in but was more nervous than normal because this was my first race of the season and I've never raced a tri during the school year. I felt fit but was hoping I wasn't rusty.
The water had been cold before the race so everyone was pretty sure it was going to be a wetsuit swim. I'm not a huge fan of wetsuits but I'm also not a big fan of being cold and at a disadvantage; so I wore my new wetsuit. Although I said I'm not a big fan of wetsuits, if I had to pick any wetsuit to wear it'd be the new Nineteen Rogue wetsuit that I just got. It is extremely buoyant, there is a lot of shoulder room and it goes fast. The swim was extremely aggressive for me and I was tossed around, dunked and everything in between. I almost panicked which has never happened for me because I couldn't breath air, and it felt like I had water inside my lungs. I swam as well as I could but I can't say I was pleased with the outcome of the swim. But I am happy that I was chasing with only 5 guys instead of the group of 20 that was chasing us down. T1 went as smooth as possible with no mistakes and the wetsuit came off easily.
A group of 3 guys got out fast in the swim and ended up rounding out the podium. They left us chasing on the bike in a small chase pack of 5 or 6 guys. We took pretty even pulls and tried to hold off the peleton. With a good dismount and my shoes coming on smoothly I was ready to run.
I felt pretty fast from the start and just held the same pace. When people went by me I tired to stay with them. I'm not satisfied with how the race resulted for me but I am sure that I left everything I had out on the course on Sunday, except the vomit. That came after the finish line and off the course. Now to Edmonton.
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