Dutch Military Triathlon Championship ( Olympic Distance)
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toni posted 2 years ago.
Very nice!
So if you blew yourself out on the bike last year and paced yourself this year, you actually came out ahead despite the 1 minute difference. Especially since you were able to bust out a fast run and place 6th.
Good luck at Clearwater. Wear your Trifuel singlet if you have one. Big Matt will be there competeing as well.
Keep up the good work!
-Toni
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. - FDR
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Tikal Dog posted 2 years ago.
Congratulations again Noel!!!
Keep the miles coming! (if that makes sense in english)
Hyperactive Trifueler!!!! (I refuse to let the status go :p)
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djrez4 posted 2 years ago.
It's humbling to be in such fast company! Good luck at Clearwater, mate!
-Dave
Hey everyone,
last wednesday I competed in the Dutch Military Triathlon Championship. I competed last year too. It went horrendous back in 2005, think in the lines of; grueling, torturing, bonking times a gazillion. So I had a personal score to settle.
The swim was in a small canal. And it was pouring!! A small thunderstorm.
Water was damn cold too, some people where competing in the 1/8 - Sprint and tri-together ( relay) and starting with the O.D. athletes... for some it was their first tri and man, they hated the water without wetsuit.
Finally they sent us off and I remembered my swim last year:
25'40" and that hurt, although it was my 2nd tri I ever did, I managed a 25'00" only a few weeks in my first tri. So I had big hopes in coming out of the water faster.. but back in 2005 That wasn't going to happen.
But this was 2006 and it would be my 6th tri. I was in shape and a lean mean motivated MARINE! So I exited the water in 6th place..in 22'33" OOORAAH!! More the 3 minutes faster then last year!
T1 was fast and fluent and thank God, it stoped raining.
On the bike it was windy, real windy, I kept switching between 54/19 and 54/17 which annoyed the hell out of me. On the way back on the two lap course I could churn the 54/14 like it was nobodies buisness. I also hated that, I rather just bike a nice constant gear...
In 2005 I managed 01.03'45", this year it was 01.04' " I'm blaming the wind!
Came of the bike in 6th place still..
T2, shoes, although I put them in a semi open plastic bag, where pretty soggy ( rain got to it)
Here we go, 10k run, 4 laps of 2.5k and I was off. Last year I went ahead and sabotaged my entire race by not pacing myself on the bike and just blew myself up and paeyd for it in the run.
In 2005 it was like draggin an invasible anchor-while running backwards... This year I did pace myself and had some fire left.
I managed a 36'44" 10k run and I was pleased, I came in sixth with the 5th fastest running time.
2005 gave me a total race time of 02.17"42' and it was a lame -ass 18th place.
Well, not this year, a 6th place with a 02.04'51" pretty nice.
Thanks for reading!!
Noel.
www.noelbrand.blogspot.com
It ain't much, if it ain't Dutch!!