Antwerp 70.3 went very well overall and I finished in 7th place, which also earned me a spot to the Ironman 70.3 World Championchips in Clearwater, Florida!
The day went smoothly for most of the time, although I cannot say it was perfect. Swim I managed to put in a solid effort, but still lost the main group of contenders I was hoping to stay with. Only loosing 2 minutes to the fastest was still quite ok for me.
In the bike I was flying for most of the day but when the rain started coming down, I over cooked one corner and ended up sliding across the pavement on my back/ass. Not too bad a crash in the end because it was so slippery... i really didn't loose much skin amazingly! This little incident only slowed me down by about 30 seconds I estimate, and I was not banged up so my pace continued.
The run was more average than the rest of my day. It took me 10kms until I finally hit my stride and felt comfortable. I believe this is my area to focus on next if I want to take the next step up to finish on the podium. A 1:20 run is simply not fast enough. With some more specific run and transition training I think I can easily take a couple minutes off this time.
In the end I am very satisified with my day but also see room for improvement with just a few tweaks to my training during the coming weeks.
Next up on the racing calendar... perhaps Ironman 70.3 Monaco, if my budget allows. Otherwise, a large training block to prepare for World Championchips.
But for now, I am just relaxing and preparing for our wedding this weekend! Bigger things to think about now than triathlon! This will be a great weekend and with so many family and friends attending from all over the world. It is the day we have been waiting for the past two years and also a chance to introduce our beautiful daughter to our family and friends.
I also want to send my best wishes to my friend Chris and his wife Mieke from Belgium. I hope you can gather some strength from my performance and continue to fight hard.
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- Darby Thomas
- Salo, Finland
- Originally from the US (Vermont) I now live in Salo, Finland with my wife Emilia and our two daughters. My sport background comes from four years racing on the US national cycling team. After realizing a career in cycling was not what I wanted, I got into triathlon just for fun. Pretty quickly I found it was even better suited to me than cycling and now I am racing at the professional level. This blog is partly to keep any interested people up to date about my racing but also as a forum for my random collection of topics I feel inspired to write about.
3 comments:
Florida? Ha, I can lend you another rain jacket!
Congrats on a good race and a Clearwater spot!
Good to see you got over the issues you had at Joroinen!
happy wedding too!
Darby,
I was searching for info on triathlons, world championships, Belgium, you, etc, & hit on your blog....cool!
So, thought I'd send in a comment.
We had a fabulous time in Finland at your wedding & especially having the opportunity to meet & visit with many of your new family & friends in Finland...especially the newest addition, Charlotta Ana Victoria Thomas [I hope I spelled all of that correctly].
She is beautiful!
Soo & I and Rally are very happy we were able to be a part of it all! Rally was especially pleased to take part in his Great Granddaughter's Naming Ceremony & Baptism....that is a memory he'll share & cherish for many years to come.
Congrats on your latest race results and on qualifying for the 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championships in FL this coming November. As I mentioned to you after the wedding, we are already talking about a Darby/Disney trip to FL to cheer you on!
Good luck in your training!
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