The healing process. ICE ICE baby. I also tried to keep my foot elevated at work all week sitting at my desk. I bought a piece wild caught Alaskan salmon (omega 3's) and just ate servings of that all week. And I just tried to eat exceptionally all week (no junk food). I took my MultiV Supplement(lot of iron) every morning. I did not run all week. I massaged and stretched everyday. By Thursday, the swelling was down 80% and I was able to get in a swim and a bike. That was all I did all week. By Friday the swelling was down 90% and bruising along the foot was becoming very visible. But happy news I was able to swim, bike and run on it!
Friday for lunch I had a mixed bowl of brown rice-black bean-broccoli-avocado and for dinner the same with the addition of two small sweet potatoes. I woke up around 4am Saturday and ate a bowl of oatmeal with granola and walnuts and sipped on some Carbo-pro. I stayed at my Aunt & Unlces house in Warrenton, which is 1 hour away from Lake Anna. I left the house at 4:45am to give myself about an hour to get ready at the race site. Last year I did this race and I was very late (mostly due to the packet pick up line) and I barely made the swim start, so I was taking no chances this year and picked up my packet the day before.
The weather was overcast with a few sprinkles here and there, temps in the upper 60s lower 70s. Except for the wet roads conditions were almost ideal for a fast race.
I started out on the run in 2nd place overall. My legs felt horrible the first 2 miles. I was happy to hear cheers for Team Aquaphor out there from the spectators. This was the first race I used the Team Aquaphor race kit. I use Aquaphor pre-race on my legs and arms and face. And post-race on my blisters. There is one hill we had to battle with 3 times and the rest of the course was rolling. Once again I suck on hills. I was passed by the race winner about 3 miles into the run. I just couldn't get my legs to fire and I struggled for 13.1 miles and saw a couple other guys pass me. I wasn't tired and I had no GI issues or cramping issues. My legs were just not ready to go ironman hard. My run split was 1:32.
I finished in 6th place and 1st in the age group category. My overall time was 4:23. http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_results&id=2374
Race nutrition was pretty spot on. I drank 3 bottles of carbo-pro, 1 bottle of water, 4 salt tabs, and 2 powergels. During the run I carried a bottle of water with 400 cals of CarboPro-1200 mixed in.
A decent start to the race season. Next race for me is Eagleman 70.3 Ironman in Cambridge, MD one month from now. I think my endurance is at a good place right now. I will work on my speed the next few weeks before that race. But for now I need a few days rest and recovery to heal these muscles and heal these cuts on my feet from racing sockless in the KSwiss Ruuz.
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Great post man and congratulations on the race! I'm excited to see how you do at Eagleman- I'm thinking you'll beast it
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