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Friday, May 22, 2009
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World’s Toughest 10K
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The World’s Toughest 10K is a 6.2 mile uphill course that starts out under the freeway near I-25 and Tramway and finishes at the base of the Sandia Peak Tram parking lot. This was a challenging course. I felt pretty good for the first 5 miles and then the wheels came off on the last mile of the run. The last mile of the course is a 12 percent grade and I felt like I was walking up the hill even though I was trying to run up it. The race was well organized and they had hydration stations that were located at the 2, 4, and 5 mile marks. I was hoping to get a Silver shirt but I missed getting it by 2 minutes. Maybe that will be one of my goals for next year. My results are listed below.| Ryan Painter | Place | Bib | Run Pace | Total Time | | 91 | 21 | 09:58.8 | 1:02:01 |
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Monday, May 11, 2009
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2009 Jay Benson Triathlon
[06:03 PM] -
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This was my four year of doing the Jay Benson and I improved my time from last year by 1 minute and 13 seconds. Before the race started, I was adjusting my seat post and broke the bolt on my seat post clamp. I was worried that I was going to have to ride my fixed gear bike and that would not have been a fun ride only using 1 gear. Luckily, I had a seat post clamp from my old Trek bike and was able to use it on my bike. To add to my insanity, I forgot my bike water bottle so I had no water during the race, the battery on my Garmin GPS unit was dead, and I forgot my towel. I've had better mornings. As usual, my run time was not that great and was actually 46 seconds slower than the previous year. I really need to work on running 3 times a week to build up my endurance. I just need to find time to do that. :) I was able to improve my bike time and my swim time. I was hoping to swim about a minute faster but I had a hard time getting around all of the slow swimmers that were in front of me. I also got a nice little battle wound on my ribs from someone when I tried to go around them. I really wish someone would go over lap swimming etiquette. The weather was perfect on Sunday and it was probably the best we've had in the last 4 years. My glad my Mom was able to come out and watch me race on Mother's Day. It was nice to see her cheering me on at the end of the swim.| Ryan Painter | Place | Bib | Run | T1 | Bike | T2 | Swim | Total | | 46 | 334 | 22:27 | 1:08 | 33:09 | 1:40 | 8:04 | 1:06:26.05 |
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Monday, Apr 27, 2009
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2009 Atomic Man Duathlon
[09:21 AM] -
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This year I decided to do the Atomic Man Duathlon (Fat Man race). The Fat Man course was composed of 10k run, a 40K Bike (out and back), and 5K run. This was my first 10k run that I have raced in and it was brutal. The run course was a 5k loop that you had to run around twice and there was a nice steady climb up a hill for over a mile (over 200ft climbing)/loop. The bike course was an out-and-back on NM4 highway where you rode to Burnt Mesa trailhead and turned around. The bike section had a lot of climbing involved (~2800ft vertical gain) and most of the climbing was done during the first 12k of the course. Coming back you got to go down the hill in Ancho Canyon, where I was able to descend up to 45mph. This was a nice descent, which allowed me to rest my legs before I had to climb up the other hill in Ancho Canyon. My legs started to cramp during the 40k bike (7 miles in) and by the time I finished the bike and started the 5k run, I was running as fast as normally walk (12 min/mile) :(. This was by far one of the hardest races I have ever done but it was a good measuring point to see what I need to work on. My results are listed below. Next Race for me is Jay Benson.| Ryan Painter | Place | Bib | Run | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run | Total | | 56 | 297 | 52:23 | 1:00 | 1:32:44 | 1:03 | 37:52 | 03:04:59 |
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Sunday, Apr 12, 2009
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2009 Spring Fling Tri
[09:58 AM] -
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I decided to sign-up for the Spring Fling Triathlon this year to gauge what sections of the triathlon I needed to work on. I've been running more this year as well as swimming. I have not been able to ride my bike as much do to the cold weather we have been having this past month. When I woke up yesterday morning, the winds were howling and Albuquerque was covered with rain clouds. It was pretty nasty outside. I made sure I brought all my winter bike gear as well as beanie to keep my head warm. Once the race started (run first), it started to rain and it continued to rain even after the race was over. The bike portion of the race was so cold. I was completely soaked the entire time especially on the bike and there was a nice strong wind blowing (avg. ~10mph). My hands were numb for most of the race. Jumping into the pool felt nice since it was warmer than the 39° F temperature outside. The swim part of the race was really bad. There were a total of 8 lanes but you had to swim a first in each lane. It was so hard to get a rhythm because I kept touching the back of the swimmer’s toes and nobody would let you go around them when you got to the wall. If you tried to go around the person in front of you, you had to dodge the oncoming people heading the other way. I felt like I could have swum a lot faster but there were too many slow swimmers in front of me to actually sustain my swimming pace. This was by far the coldest race that I have ever done. It took me a few hours to actually get back to normal body temperatures when I got home. My next race will be the Atomic Man up in Los Alamos, NM. Hopefully, the weather will be nicer then it was yesterday.| Ryan Painter | Place | Bib | Run | T1 | Bike | T2 | Swim | Total | | 29 | 939 | 25:14 | 1:05 | 51:24 | 1:31 | 8:37 | 1:27:48.60 |
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Monday, May 12, 2008
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2008 Jay Benson Tri
[05:37 PM] -
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This is my third time doing the Jay Benson Triathlon and I was able to improve my time by about 1 minute and I moved up 20 places from year. I was hoping to have a better time this year but I slacked off on my training preparation for the Benson and I still need to train more for the run. It was pretty windy this year and it seemed like there was always a head wind. I'm happy that my bike time was about the same from last year so I felt like I would have had a better bike time if it was not as windy. Overall, I had a good time competing in the Jay Benson and I'm sure I will be doing it again next year.| Ryan Painter | Place | Bib | Run | T1 | Bike | T2 | Swim | Total | | 49 | 307 | 21:41 | 1:10 | 34:38 | 1:46 | 8:26 | 1:07:39.20 |
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