Comments | skean: Uster Triathlon 2010

skean

Uster Triathlon 2010

Aug 29, 2010 17:57

God damn it that was hard! I am utterly beasted. I went out there and gave everything I had today. Feel like I've been beaten all over with a very big stick - hips, quads, glutes, feet, lower back, upper back, neck, head, triceps.

( Slower than 2009, faster than 2008 )

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Comments 4

andygates August 30 2010, 17:45:37 UTC

That really does show the wetsuit advantage!

Also: Getting slow, old man? :)

skean August 31 2010, 08:15:45 UTC

Still fast than 2008, you cheeky bugger!

But yes, you touched a raw nerve there, what with 36 coming up in a few days time and that meaning I'm moving into that "late 30's" demographic. And muscle mass build and retention being that much harder after 30. My PB at London was in 2006, when I was a sprightly 31, and of course the question begs itself, is that the best I'll ever do? Have I peaked? Is it all downhill now?

And then, I spoke to my parents yesterday, who couldn't stop to chat too much as they were in the middle of a 90km on the Isle of Wight. After they did a cheeky 100km on Friday. And Dad knocked out a quick 2 hours run on Saturday.

There's hope yet :-)

andygates August 31 2010, 08:48:44 UTC

There's always hope! Even if we're all reduced to leathery straps, that's perfect endurance muscle. :)

I get that "was 200x my best year?" wibble too (doubly so with the HD) but hey, I can always change discipline and reset the performance point. Hello mister kayak...

mr_chairman September 2 2010, 20:07:00 UTC

Fantastic swim, even allowing for the wetsuit....which I think never helps as much as people think.

I think you've got a few years in you yet.....I reckon time is gonna catch up with all of us some time around 40.......after all we're young in athletic years!