Results from Rev3 Costa Rica
Here is where you can get all of the results from the Rev3 Costa Rica Race!
Leonardo Chacon (Men's) coming in a time of 1:53:25
Kelly Williamson (Women's) coming in at a time of 2:10:35
Some of my favorites I follow
Matt Reed - 8th (Pro) finished in 2:02.23, I don't know what his average run pace is, but he was 12/13 in the men's field with a run pace of 6:08/mi. Also there were only 3 men in the pro field that exceeded a 6:00/mi pace.
Kate Major - 2nd (Pro) finished in 2:12.42. Looks like it was a case of Kelly being better on the swim and the run just enough to out race Kate with her small advantage on the bike.
I hope to see both of my favorites in the other Rev3 Events this year. It was kind of interesting to see the pro field in the Olympic distance race this year, but I am attributing that to the fact this was more of a warm up race for the season.
The next Rev3 Series race is in Knoxville on May 15th, 2011 (Olympic and Half Iron distance). I completed the inaugural race last year at it was awesome! It is also a great alternative to the Ironman 5150/70.3 events! I know some of you are anti-Ironman sanctioned events, while others are just looking for a great alternative race series and this is a bandwagon you should definitely be on (Shameless free plug :).
Let's see... what else happened this week? Oh yes, the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand! There is a podcast that some of you might listen to, IM Talk, and if you don't you should definitely check them out. They are also on Facebook if you want to friend them as well. They talk about everything, and you get a greater world picture on triathlon since it is coming from a non-US perspective. Bevin and John, the podcasts' creators are doing well although they have sustained property damage to their homes. Here is a link if you would like to donate to the people of Christchurch for this disaster (Multiple sites listed here).
Lastly, before I go on about myself for a few minutes, I thought one of the bigger news events this week was Macca announcing to leave Ironman for awhile to focus on the 2012 London Olympics and the Australian Olympic Team. Good for him. He knows what he wants, and he is gonna leave IM to go and to it. Congratulations. I only did a quick skim over a few articles, and I don't remember whether or not he said he would be open to coming back after the Olympics. I will still enjoy his racing, whatever format he is racing in.
Ok. So this week I missed a couple workouts because of my Final Exam, but other than that I did OK. I finally got my road bike fitted on Tuesday, and the most drastic change was that he moved my seat height up about 2.5 inches, he moved my seat forward about a centimeter, and he flipped my headset upside down to give me a more aggressive profile. He also suggested I get a new set of drop bars (smaller) that will fit the new group set I purchased last week. I am still waiting for that to come in as of today, however Monday was a Federal Holiday so no post running on Monday. Bill at All3Sports was very helpful, although they were a bit short handed, they had a lot of employees down at the Rev3 Costa Rica race (they are a major sponsor for the event). Other than that I have class tomorrow morning for 4 hours, then the Southeast Multisport Expo (that runs from 1:30-7:30p for all of you who live in the Atlanta area). After that I have a couples shower to go to with my roommate, the couple are really good friends of ours, and the groom to be is one of my fraternity brothers. Outside of studying, I once again will take full advantage of this beautiful early spring weekend to swim, bike, and run closer to my goals this year. I think I have about 23 days till the Publix Half Marathon, and I have about 78 days till the Peachtree International Triathlon.
Have a great weekend!
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What a busy weekend! I hope you have a good one.
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