Well, not exactly the result I was looking for but you take the good with the not so good. After a doozie drive from Port Angeles on Wednesday we raced the Xterra Mid-West Cup just north of Coeur D’Alene, ID on Saturday. The course was great, lots of fast single track which I really love and one of the most beautiful run courses I’ve ever been on.
My form wasn’t exactly awesome unfortunately. Unfortunately a bit flat on the day but still managed to pull out a top 10 finishing in 8th. The race for 5-8 was reasonably tight while the top 3 were in a different race altogether. The swim was very rough, windy, choppy conditions in one of the USA’s deepest lakes- 2000ft in some spots, aparently a Submarine Testing ground for the US navy. I came out 30 seconds down, a bit disapointing but still in range. The bike was slightly demoralizing, i felt like i was riding in quick sand for most of it and the run had some hit and miss moments. I think i’ve lost a bit of power from crash and resulting back injury and of course needed a wake up call to regain some race fitness. The most important thing is that nothing compares to the workout you get in a race. 2.5 hours of threshold effort is hard to do on your own so I will take that and put it in the bank sans a pay cheque which only went 7 deep:( A big shout out to Mel and Ross for keeping me in check and say what you want about Mel’s looks she is a dam tough cookie….gutted it out on a rough day to win her 4th in a row, I’m just happy I beat her:)
And so onward. A weekend off then back into the half ironman scene with the second in the West Coast Subaru series here in Victoria. I’m excited to get on my TT bike and get cracking.
For a full story here on the race this weekend you can check out: http://www.xterraplanet.com/news/press_article.cfm?id=2447
Here’s how the top 10 panned out:
TOP PRO MEN
Pl Name Age Hometown Time Pts Purse
1 Dan Hugo 23 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:25:32 100 $1,800
2 Nico Lebrun 35 Digne, France 2:29:38 90 $1,250
3 Seth Wealing 30 Boulder, Colorado 2:31:20 82 $800
4 Branden Rakita 28 Manitou Springs, Colorado 2:33:19 75 $500
5 Conrad Stoltz 35 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:34:03 69 $400
6 Craig Evans 31 Spring Hill, Tennessee 2:36:13 63 $300
7 Ryan Ignatz 30 Boulder, Colorado 2:36:20 58 $200
8 Jasper Blake 35 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:37:42 53
9 Cody Waite 30 Lakewood, Colorado 2:38:16 49
10 Brendan Halpin 25 Missoula, Montana 2:40:29 45
Also: Will Kelsay (41), Adam Jensen (37), Matt Boobar (34), Jeff Smith (31)
TOP 10 PRO WOMEN
Pl Name Age Hometown Time Pts Purse
1 Melanie McQuaid 35 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:51:10 100 $1,800
2 Danelle Kabush 34 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 2:52:50 90 $1,250
3 Christine Jeffrey 36 Guelph, Ontario, Canada 2:55:46 82 $800
4 Jenny Tobin 39 Boise, Idaho 2:57:53 75 $500
5 Emma Garrard 27 Truckee, California 2:59:05 69 $400
6 Rebecca Dussault 28 Crested Butte, Colorado 3:05:22 63 $300
7 Tracy Thelen 29 Colorado Springs, Colorado 3:07:21 58 $200
8 Erin Kummer 24 Boulder, Colorado 3:11:27 53
9 Alexendra Borrelly 33 Digne, France 3:13:27 49
10 Jennifer Luebke 23 Missoula, Montana 3:14:54 45
Also: Jari Kirkland (41)
