Next week is the 2010 Chicago Triathlon (formerly known as the Accenture Chicago Triathlon). I would classify this race as my A-race of the year and I’m really hoping to PR on the fast course this year. So what are my goals? Well, I don’t really like to announce my goal times, because then I’m held to them :), but this year I’m setting my ‘reach’ goal at sub 2 hours 30 minutes. My previous best times are in the 2:50’s, but I would hardly say I was happy with any one of those performances. Traditionally I don’t race too well and something always seems to go wrong in all my past races. I know I’m faster than my times suggest and I certainly train at faster speeds but I can’t seem to bring it all together come race day.
So sub 2:30 is the reach goal this year, and here’s how I’m breaking it down. Based on my open water swims this summer, I think I can come out of the water in 32-33 minutes (Olympic distance swim length is 1500 meters, ~.9 mile), and add on top of that the 1/4 mile run to transition should put me in T1 in around 35 minutes. On the bike, I’m shooting for a 1 hour 10 minute time for the 25 mile course. This time is the most variable given the weather conditions on race day so I’m buffering this out to 1:15 to play it safe. Then I’m estimating my 10k time to be around 42 minutes, giving me a total time of around 2:27 to 2:32. Factor in around 2 minutes for each transition and I’m at 2:31 to 2:36. So yeah, sub 2:30 is a reach, but if everything goes well I should be very close to that. Anything in that range will be a huge PR for me so I’m hoping things go pretty well next weekend.
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