Yesterday I was at the start of the Ironman Lanzarote, as some have probably already noticed. However, since I'm already 10 days before arrived, my goal was not just here to show a top form, but for me to collect a few km race, and look how it is so to my form.
plan was to swim well in front with, and a constant wheel power connect. On the plan were here average 210-220 watts to 260 watts on the climbs and the descents 180Watt. Run was planned to Km 19, and then run loose or go.
Many thanks to Aquaman!
I swim the great honor of a new neoprene had been allowed to! My swim times in the last two Ironmanrennen was around the 59 minutes. Something funny. The times that I normally so in the pool for swimming rather talk times of 54-55 minutes, but with the old Neo. When I put on 2 days before the race the Aquaman Bionic for the first time I wanted to pull out the part no longer, like a second skin, hardly noticeable! Best shoulder room, no more fatigue in the shoulder, top position in the water, just a great part! Unfortunately, I was swimming for my power back too far down the field. The clock stopped after a swim in 56:00 minutes standing. 1:28 Good 'section, after a lot of fight in the beginning of the race. Roth can swim even faster to hope that I will start with the SUB9, and the field is smaller and the Schhwimmer there will be even faster.
Solid wheel power!
went after a quick change it onto the bike course. After a brief check watches I saw quickly that I was already after 59 minutes at the wheel. Many professionals were initially flown past me. Far too many amateurs! But that made me not very nervous because I knew that either they are really better, or I see them again, at least when running! And so it was! I knew very well that it is at Km 85 on the bike really hard. And from then began my comeback! Most people collected again. Although I did not quite believe in it at first because my legs after 7 days with many pressures long, loose and just 2 days were very very hard before the race! So I could connect the first hour on the bike just 205 watts on average, what was but also that by swimming, all the blood still circulating in the upper body, and one just beginning to pressure cycling is missing. Thus, the second hour was already with 214 watts Average. Just in time for all KM 85 was much looser. No bonking, even though I had fed me more on your mood, the diet still works! And it got even as far as I could down the last real increase between 140-145 km with 255 watts. I had things on a course for a bike split of about 5:35, and really good. But unfortunately I had at the highest point of the mountain, a flat tire. Crap! Although I had a change of tubular taken was neither biased nor pre-glued. So it came to problems with fitting the new tube tire. The change took a good 12 minutes. This is not that the tire was stuck I could not go full risk in the rather risky final departure to Puerto del Carmen. Here again two minutes are intended . Let
Good running form!
Another quick change to work. After that I wanted to know. Get off was planned anyway, so I was just went to what. That was the first 5 kilometers a 4:10 cut it, then it went downhill. But I started at 4:40 am long, what does calling me after so fast zuvesichtlich. For the final 19 km that was a 4:35, he cut, and I should have to walk that far ...