Registered for Villa & Hut Sandy Point Half 10km

Registered Villa & Hut Sandy Point Half 10km on the 22nd August

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Just registered for 5k run for Ms Walk & 10km run for Run Melbourne. Can't wait for these events to come around

Mothersday classic race report

Well I complete my first 8km event up till now I've only done 5k events.

When I got to the event's start line my meet Alana (my pt) and her partner George. Alana and I started together while George went off in the sub 40 min group. I finished in 42.20. Alana did 44.34. George 35.

As for the race I went out hard had fun as for people there were thousands of people.

Thanks to start to finish for the event and happy mothers day every one.

XOSIZE Tri Series 09/10 - Race 5 Brighton Report

My 2nd Tri completed but with my new toy and I bet my previous time, all of 5 secs but hey it's better!


I must admit the swim was the hardest part today I just didn't have fun, but out on the bike and run not a problem.


Lisa managed to see me after swim, on my bike and running! Only issue according to her is they need more coffee machines! "One and queue a mile long is just not fun"



Official Results


Activity      Split Time      Race Time      Distance     Pace     Speed

SWIM      00:08:10         00:08:10          0.30km      27:13    2.20
T1            00:02:37         00:10:47
BIKE        00:23:10         00:33:57         10.00km     02:19    25.90
T2            00:01:33          00:35:07
RUN        00:11:33          00:47:03            2.0km


I'll put the photos up when I get then
 
Our next event ? We are looking at doing the Mother's Day Classic and then Run Melbourne presented by The Age

 
Until next time from Team-LSD

New Toy - Giant Defy 1 Road Bike

For some time I have been toying with the idea of getting a Road Bike and after my first Tri I felt that I should run a road bike in my next Tri. Today I purchased (need a fitting, etc which is happening tomorrow) Giant Defy 1 from the guys at Freedom Machine in Port Melbourne

Specs are -:

Specifications


Frame: ALUXX FluidFormed Butted Aluminium
Forks: Carbon Fibre Blades w/ Alloy Steerer
Sizes: X/S,S,M,L,X/L
Colour: Green/White/Black, White/Charcoal/Black
Front Derail: Shimano Tiagra
Rear Derail: Shimano Tiagra
Gear Levers: Shimano Tiagra 9spd STI
Brake Levers: Shimano Tiagra
Brakes: FSA Gossamer Alloy Dual Pivot
Cranks: Shimano Tiagra Compact Integrated 34/50T
B/Bracket: Shimano Tiagra Integrated Cartridge
Hubs: Shimano WH-R500 20/24H Wheelset
Rims: Shimano WH-R500 20/24H Wheelset
Spokes: Shimano WH-R500 20/24H Wheelset
Tyres: Vittoria Zaffiro 700x25C
Free Wheel: Shimano HG-50 12-26T 9spd
Handlebars: Raceface Ride Shallow Drop
Stem: Raceface Alloy Ahead
S/Pillar: Carbon Fibre Micro-Adjust
Saddle: Velo Comfort w/ Cut Out
Pedals: Shimano PD-R540 Clipless
Chain: Shimano HG-73

So with 1 week to go to the next Tri I need to make up my mind about which bike to use the MTB or the Road Bike.

Until next time from Team-LSD

XOSIZE Tri Series 09/10 - Race 4 Sandringham Images

One of the nice things about entry into the XOSize TRI is that you get free pictures from Super Sport Images.

So here are a few pics of me from my first Tri.

Coming in from th Swim. I'm the one in the middle in the wetsuit just about to hit the mats.

Just coming back from a 10km bike ride.

No run Picture yet - I need to go through all the images and check

In my last posting I commented "if would I do another tri? Answer –Ask me tomorrow." Well - Yes I have registed for XOSize Race 5 on the 14 March.

As for the next event for Lisa and I? not sure we are thinking about the Mother's Day Classic on 9th May and then Run Melbourne, presented by The Age on 18th July.

Until next time from Team-LSD

XOSIZE Tri Series 09/10 - Race 4 Sandringham Report

Well I have done my first TRI!

After a very hot night (didn’t get below 27c) and not much sleep we got up at 5am had a shower, breakfast, packed up all the gear and made our way down to Sandringham. When we arrived it was pretty full on, people everywhere, everyone trying to get into translations areas. Once I got my bike, shoes, towel, helmet, cap and sun glasses ready I put on my wetsuit up to my hips grabbed my swim cap & goggles and headed off down to the beach.

On my way out of the transition area I caught up with Lisa and we walked down together, according to Lisa my mind was somewhere else, she was probably right. When I first saw the bay and swim area I thought my god they have not put out the buoys and the swell looked like 1 to 1.5m from the South-West.

At this point we noticed the area temp seemed to be a lot cooler, looking at the data later from the BOM it had!

I left Lisa up on the cliff to watch and headed down onto the sand, pulled up the wetsuit all the way, put on the cap and goggles and got wet, the water was warm but swimming out was directly into the swell, hard work!

I did my warm up swim came in and listed to the race briefing, lined up, chatted with a few guys in my age group and waited for our go. When we got called up to the start line, horn blew and away we went. I tried to keep out of the way of other people but did swim over the top of a few others (sorry!) round the buoys and made my way back in got to the beach started running up the beach taking off the cap & goggles and unzipping my wetsuit down to my hips.

If you know Sandringham at all there is about 500m run from beach to transition area, so after a lot of huff and puffing made it to transition! Wow! Time to find the bike, get the wetty off shoes on, sunglass on, helmet and strapped up, bike off the rack and away we go!

10km ride! – up towards South road around and then back to Half Moon Bay and back to Sandringham footy ground! During the ride I didn’t go out hard was the run up from the beach and swim left me a little breathless. In my head I said, right drink some water and start building up speed, got to the first turn did a u turn and back we go, passed the footy ground 4km’s down 6km to go, when I got down to Half Moon turn around I had passed 2 other people who had pulled out, in my mind I said, just finish it! As got back to towards the footy ground I had my final drink of water, thought to myself ok 2km run and your done. Got back into transaction put my bike back, off with the helmet, grab my running cap and off we go! I must say it was hard when starting to run.



As I got to the half way point of the run they had a drinks station, grab a cup drink and head for home! On the way back I saw one of the officials that Lisa and I see on the running events put on by Start to Finish I said Hi and got a good morning back ( From memory I think his name is Terry!). On the way back I thought to myself how do people do this for an Ironman without feeling totally rooted, then I saw the car park to run back to the finish line, I kept on going over the line and there was Lisa waiting for me.


My Watch said 48m 10s official timing said 47m 08s.


Gave back my timing chip got some fruit, drink and a show bag, made my way out of finishing area and was greeted by Lisa with a Hug and Kiss and you’ve done it baby! After sitting down had a drink and bit of a rest I felt great again ready to do it again. After a picking up all the gear, shower and rest I felt pretty good, bit sore in the shoulders and calf’s along with been a bit tired.

We went and had a drink and feed and talked about the race. Lisa asked me the following question – would I do another tri? Answer –Ask me tomorrow.


Official Results


Activity    Split Time    Race Time    Distance    Pace     Speed


SWIM    00:07:59       00:07:59       0.20km    39:55    1.50
T1          00:02:38       00:10:37
BIKE     00:22:59        0:33:36        10.00km   02:17   26.11
T2          00:01:04        0:34:40
RUN      00:12:28        00:47:08       2.20km    05:40  10.59



Next event ? We’ll let you know

Until next time from Team-LSD