After a two year hiatus, I returned to the Stroke &
Stride. The event was extremely well run
and I was pleasantly surprised that Without Limits Productions was able to
improve upon an already stellar race series.
I signed up for the 1500m swim and 5K run. The water temperature was balmy and had I
been swimming 750m or been more comfortable swimming in open water, I would
have participated without a wetsuit. I
wanted the comfort of my “unsinkable” wetsuit.
I took off in the swim in the mix of things which is kind of
new for me. I got bumped a little, but
not too bad. I exited the water after
the first lap well behind the field, but pretty good for me at 16:09. It was a slog getting out of the water and
jogging along the beach. I think I
tacked on another 90 seconds there. The
second lap was a little slower at 18:36, but considering 200 yards along the
beach probably closer to 17:06 for reasonably even pacing.
Transition at 2:29 was pretty quick for me and I headed out
on the run without a heart rate monitor.
First mile was 9:00 which was pretty good, second mile was 9:30, and I finished in 28:04 for reasonably even pacing as well. I was especially impressed as I was running on perceived exertion rather than utilizing a GPS device.
Overall, I finished in 1:05:15.80 which is a Personal Best
for me on the long course Stroke & Stride.
I was relaxed and really had a good event.
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Below is what happens when you forget to turn off your GPS after the swim. For those of you with nothing better to do, zoom in on the reservoir and you can see how crazy wide I took the first buoy. The second lap was a lot tighter even though it was slower.
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