Having had a few days to digest my race at Elkhart Lake, I have a few main thoughts regarding the race in general and my performance.

The race locale and the course were great.  I don’t think I have swam in a clearer lake, although it was really chilly the water clarity made it nice to swim in.  The bike course was …

I just recalibrated my powermeter. Looks like the slope drifted from 21.78 (rounded to 21.8) to 21.37 (rounded to 21.4).

Because torque and cadence = a certain power, torque is calculate by dividing by the slope – which means my PM was underreporting by a couple of %.

SRM recommends recalibrating every six months or so …

Things have been going OK that last couple weeks since the Triple T.  I’m essentially all healed up, my right knee has still has some tenderness and some big fat scabs, but otherwise all is good.

Training has been progressing pretty well.  I’ve had a few bumps along the way, but generally I am quite happy with where I …

So far I have been recovering pretty nicely from my crash.  The bike need some work on the front end (Aerobar extensions, basebar, etc), and the wheels needed to be trued – that is about it.  Is ready to pick up from the shop tonight!  Thanks Brent.

Me – I needed some tegaderm for some of the road rash.  It has been …

The Triple T is a race unlike any other, so I’m not real sure on how to write a proper race report on it! But I’ll do my best.  I’ll be attaching the power files from each ride at the end.

Prolouge
250m swim/5 mile bike/1 mile run – although the bike is a bit short

This year for the prolouge I decided to wear a …

This week has been pretty decent training wise.  I missed the Tuesday morning swim, but otherwise everything has been pretty good.

The highlight of the week was my Bike workout Tuesday night and last night’s run!  I did it (the bike workout) with my friend Matt and his wife – we did a 2×20 @ FTP.  I averaged 300 …

I was not very confident going into this race.  Earlier this week I fell on a run and had a bit of a pinch in my back.  I had a friend work on it a bit, and it felt much better, but not perfect. 

The other ding to my confidence is my perceived fitness level – compared to a year ago, my CTL was significantly lower then …