5k Run / 30 km Bike / 5 km Run
Lets begin by mentioning that
last year edition of this race was horrible! Me and Garima got stuck at the
entry of the conservation area and
missed our start! We had to keep chasing the real race and I happened to ride
the entire bike course with my rear wheel rubbing against the frame and hitting
the chainstay…
Things just went downhill from there! Haha…seems funny only a year later!
So this year’s race went as follows:
The race organizers stepped it up
and listened to our concerns from last year. The parking was much more
efficient and we made it to the start line with plenty of time (even to do a
short warm-up!) However, in my opinion, they fixed one thing and made another worse! The run
course last year was roughly 50% gravel but through some overgrown bushes and
mud sludge due to rain. This year, they removed that section and conveniently
miscalculated the total distance. It ended up being 5.30 km for each leg. Now,
it doesn’t affect ranking at all and you nitpickers out there may say I didn’t
run the shortest possible route (tangents…) but I beg to differ. I was the 4th
place runner and I took the most direct route there was, and nearly everyone
post-race agreed with me.
OK, /rant over. Time to carry on…
Parichit’s Race:
5km Run – 20:54 mins (5.30kms, 3:55
min/km pace)
30 km bike – 51:20 mins (35.1 km/hr official, 36.0 km/hr
recorded avg. without
mount/dismount walk)
5 km Run – 21:20 mins (5.30 kms, 4:01
min/km pace)
Decent legs today. First run was
solid as I cruised in 4th overall, and so was the bike. Was able to average 206W for a 35.7 km/hr pace, which was bang on what
I wanted. My biking and transitions (no
flying mounts for me!) still suck so I lost my place from 4th to 12thoverall before the second run!
The second run is usually a
sufferfest anyway, but for some reason my legs didn’t open up after the first
km like they usually do. I blame it on the damn gravel/grass that deadened all
peppi-ness in my stride! I still managed to run down 5 people to finish 7th
overall.
Garima’s Race:
5km Run – 25:47 mins (5.30kms, 12.3
km/hr, 4:52 min/km pace)
30 km bike – 53:01 mins (33.0 km/hr official split)
5 km Run – 25:38 mins (5.30 kms, 12.4
km/hr, 4:50 min/km pace)
As soon as I saw the results, my
first thought was: “Holy shit! Did I just bike that fast?”
Looks like those torture 20X20
sessions Sunny made me do all winter actually helped! Oh and the fact that I
actually didn’t try to wear my aero helmet backwards this time! Little things
like helmet aerodynamic advantage add up too.
To top it off, I negative split
the 2nd run! It was faster than my 1st run. Sunny is so
perplexed how I manage to do this every single time! Haha! Take that, skinny legs!
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| I think I got my helmet on the right way this time...maybe I should check? |
Post-race:
We chomped down on some HERO
burgers and gulped down cartons of chocolate milk. That’s why we love these MSC
races! :D Probably ate way more than we burned in 90 mins of exercise, too! Ah
well…
Sunny placed 2nd in
his AG and Garima came 3rd in F25-29.
This was a good race!
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