We also split a bottle of Champagne in which I had 3 glasses as our newer tradition of Champagne the night before a race. I bought a pizza for dinner and ate half a pie. (run 1 mile at 9min pace, walk 30s-1min). Friday was a 4.2km swim and 5mile easy run. Thursday was another 10mile run with 5miles up the biggest hill around climbing 500’ and then descending with my 2 nd best 5K time of 2018 in 22:29.

Wednesday I did a 1hr50min bike with some solid work setting my 3 rd best 5min power of 363watts. Monday 20min recovery run and 45min swim. It would be the week after Oceanside 70.3 so thought it would be good timing.

So when I saw the Poker Run 5K, I thought it would be a fun race to do. Fiona and I enjoyed them at the MountainMan Half iron distance race in Flagstaff, AZ Aug’17. Congratulations to you Blake.Ĥ puts on damn good events. For years I was competing in 70.3 and IRONMAN events in Australia against Blake Kappler… Today he finished 70.3 Liuzhou, Philippines in his first Pro Race he raced against 2X Gold Olympic medalist Alistair Brownlee and 3X IRONMAN World Champion, Craig Alexander. In fact, multiple athletes Fiona and I have competed against have turned Pro. At the “pointy end” of this Age-group, the talent is unbelievable. It’s something I’m proud of and shows that I’m better than the average person but I do respect my primary competition IRONMAN 30-34 athletes. I won a race against the largest field I ever competed against for a race-win. Today I won the 4 th annual Harrah’s Ak-Chin 5K in Maricopa, Arizona. While I’m probably the fittest I’ve ever been why was my placement so different? Quality of the field! All races are not held equal and when one looks at placement, one must respect the quality of the field! The tougher course netted me a time of 4:47:18 which was only good enough for 25 th in my division and 116 overall out of 3,472 athletes. But 7 days ago I had a better swim, the greatest power output I’ve ever held of 286NP, and a run of 1:38. It was good enough for 2 nd in my division and 9 th overall out of 1,783 athletes. Last November in 70.3 Arizona I set a PB in a time of 4:29:09.

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