Sept 26th saw the toyota Half ironman (for those of you that remember this was the race with the hurricane last season), and MUCH better weather. I was really just looking to use this as a long training day as i had been sick with H1N1 for 12 days and a cold just before that (being sick for 2 weeks straight is not ideal prep for a HIM!). Oh well, i went into it just looking to have fun, and get to see my dad complete his first half. oddly enough i had a great swim, came out in first by close to a min, and then led the race through the bike and first 5 miles of the run before the wheels just fell off. I was clipping along 7 min miles without too much issue, and then in the span of about 200m the pace slowed to 9, and then 12 min miles, and i started throwing up. I called it quits at the turn around of the double out and back, and spent the next hour or so being pretty sick. If you exclude the end of the race though, i was very very pleased with how things went til that point, and it says good things about next season.
A few weeks later my guys had their first race, and we placed 2nd behind a stacked boat from the university of Michigan (#1 ranked club in the country). We also broke the old course record by 30 sec so it was a strong showing and promises good things to come.
This week saw my return to training after a few weeks of down time. Swimming is a bit rocky after so much time off, but should come quickly. My run feels great already though, and the milage this winter should lead to good things come spring.
thats all for now!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
South Bend, IN
Last weekend i raced the Great Buckeye Half Ironman and while i did not have the race i was looking for due to lack of rest and starting to get sick, i had a solid showing that was good enough for 9th overall, which to date is my best long course race result. I PR'd on the run, and had a solid bike considering the course.
I got to south bend on tues afternoon, and had dinner with the head coach, Kurt Butler, and the team pres and team captain. All pretty cool people and should be a lot of fun to work with.
Wed the team had their first 4k test of the year, brutal way to start off training again but good to see who put in the summer work and who was slacking off.
On a side note i raced the Notre dame biathlon this morning. It was a 1000m open water swim and then a 2 mile off road run. race was run by the swim team and split up into varsity swimmers and non-varsity for the divisions. I won the non-swimmer one, and had the fastest run split of the day.
I got to south bend on tues afternoon, and had dinner with the head coach, Kurt Butler, and the team pres and team captain. All pretty cool people and should be a lot of fun to work with.
Wed the team had their first 4k test of the year, brutal way to start off training again but good to see who put in the summer work and who was slacking off.
On a side note i raced the Notre dame biathlon this morning. It was a 1000m open water swim and then a 2 mile off road run. race was run by the swim team and split up into varsity swimmers and non-varsity for the divisions. I won the non-swimmer one, and had the fastest run split of the day.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Go Irish!!!!!!!
I'm excited to announce that in two weeks I will be moving to South Bend Indiana (well not excited about this part) to work for a year as the Freshman rowing coach for the mens crew team. This should prove to be an amazing experience and a great time, and I cannot wait to start coaching in a few weeks.
On the training front, everything is lookin' good, legs feel great, and the running is coming around. I had a PR on hte run in granville even with backing off the last mile, and was right back into running the next day.
The bike is further ahead than I could have ever imagined, and the swim is looking solid. We'll see how this fitness carries through Toyota Challenge in late sept.
For those following my atheltes, all are looking good at this point. The ones with races still to come this year are moving ahead and laying down some solid weeks, the ones that are done for the year are prepping for the fall and winter training seasons.
On a lighter note, found this video today, should make you smile;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn29DvMITu4
On the training front, everything is lookin' good, legs feel great, and the running is coming around. I had a PR on hte run in granville even with backing off the last mile, and was right back into running the next day.
The bike is further ahead than I could have ever imagined, and the swim is looking solid. We'll see how this fitness carries through Toyota Challenge in late sept.
For those following my atheltes, all are looking good at this point. The ones with races still to come this year are moving ahead and laying down some solid weeks, the ones that are done for the year are prepping for the fall and winter training seasons.
On a lighter note, found this video today, should make you smile;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn29DvMITu4
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Just for you mike
since you are probably the only one that ever checks this,
I raced back in granville today, saw a few kids we went to school with, and had a great race, ended up a few min ahead of the old course record, and 6 min ahead of 2nd place.
and, just for you:
Monday, June 1, 2009
An update of sorts:
So its been a while since i was last on here, but as usual mike prompted me to let the world know what i was up to, or rather, my guess is simply let him know whats going on. So mike, here it is:
Over the past 9 months i have been coaching the womens novice rowing team at Upper Arlington High School in Ohio, and after a rocky start in the fall as my team made up of nothing but freshman learned the ropes, we went into winter training looking strong, although few in numbers (at that point we had 9 total). By the time spring rolled around we were making huge strides on the water and before no time the races rolled around. At this point i was down to 6 rowers, and praying no one else got hurt or sick.
The first race we came out and won, much to my shock, beating some of the best boats in the midwest. We also won the next, and the next, and then both championships...............
On the triathlon front, My first race i DNF'ed due to a bike mechanical, then came back strong and finished 2nd at the Coffmann triathlon, 1st in the Budding TT the week after, and then 1st overall this past sunday in the Rudy Project triathlon.
Looking ahead i have the rockman half IM coming up on sunday, and a chance to see if i can put together a solid long course race after the poor showing and stomach issues of last year.
Two weeks ago i had the chance to go and work at the american TTT as the race photographer, and the photos can be seen on my photo blog here: www.davidsavoiesports.blogspot.com and on the triathlon website Triathlon shots here: http://www.triathlonshots.com/AmericanTTT.2009.html
In other news i am moving to Boulder CO for the summer after rockman, and will be there until the end of Aug, then back here to ohio for the fall and spring crew season, and finally back to boulder next may for good!
I think thats it for now.
Over the past 9 months i have been coaching the womens novice rowing team at Upper Arlington High School in Ohio, and after a rocky start in the fall as my team made up of nothing but freshman learned the ropes, we went into winter training looking strong, although few in numbers (at that point we had 9 total). By the time spring rolled around we were making huge strides on the water and before no time the races rolled around. At this point i was down to 6 rowers, and praying no one else got hurt or sick.
The first race we came out and won, much to my shock, beating some of the best boats in the midwest. We also won the next, and the next, and then both championships...............
On the triathlon front, My first race i DNF'ed due to a bike mechanical, then came back strong and finished 2nd at the Coffmann triathlon, 1st in the Budding TT the week after, and then 1st overall this past sunday in the Rudy Project triathlon.
Looking ahead i have the rockman half IM coming up on sunday, and a chance to see if i can put together a solid long course race after the poor showing and stomach issues of last year.
Two weeks ago i had the chance to go and work at the american TTT as the race photographer, and the photos can be seen on my photo blog here: www.davidsavoiesports.blogspot.com and on the triathlon website Triathlon shots here: http://www.triathlonshots.com/AmericanTTT.2009.html
In other news i am moving to Boulder CO for the summer after rockman, and will be there until the end of Aug, then back here to ohio for the fall and spring crew season, and finally back to boulder next may for good!
I think thats it for now.
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