Deer Creek Triathlon & Duathlon - DuathlonStandard


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Mount Sterling, Ohio
United States
HFP Racing
85+F / 29C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 25m 42s
Overall Rank = 12/70
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 2/9
Pre-race routine:

I ate three oatmeal raisen cookies. I ate a pack of block shots and a little packed of that gooey stuff. I drank only 4 glasses of wine to get a good nice sleep in (record low!!)
Event warmup:

It was hot and humid. It was the hottest day of the year and not yet acclimated to the heat. I was sweating badly every were I walked. My warmup was the first mile of the first 5K.
Run
  • 24m 52s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 07m  min/mile
Comments:

As I report on each segment I'll make comments and also compare it to my times on this same course in Sep 2007.

I went out slow then slowly built up my pace. As is usual with HFP, the course was marked poorly. I went through mile 1 in 6:58 (according to the marker), then sped up, but finished with a 8:01 pace. Now, is the course long? Was the marker wrong? Or both? I say both?

Hot hot hot. First time ever I took water during the run. And I did so at every opportunity.

Time comparison with 9/278/2007 = 0:57 seconds faster!
What would you do differently?:

I hung in well. Nothing better could have been done at this point.
Transition 1
  • 01m 4s
Comments:

First time that I ran in socks and had the shoes already on the bike. I also ran through the T area. I did need to stop and drink some. Overall I was surprized by how hard it is for me to get the T times down.

Time comparison with 9/278/2007 = 0:18 seconds faster!
What would you do differently?:

I did my best.
Bike
  • 33m 3s
  • 12.7 miles
  • 23.06 mile/hr
Comments:

I road hard. It was just too hot to do better. I ran out of water early on. My gears would not drop down to the little chain ring for the hill climb. I climbed in a gear too big and hurt the legs a bit at the end of the bike.

Time comparison with 9/278/2007 = 3:04 minutes faster!
What would you do differently?:

Take more water.
Transition 2
  • 00m 51s
Comments:

Not fast, but faster at least.

Time comparison with 9/278/2007 = 0:24 seconds faster!
What would you do differently?:

I did well.
Run
  • 25m 51s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 08m 19s  min/mile
Comments:

I slowed some from the first run but as the rankings show, I did not slow as much as the competition. So I think I did kind of OK.

Time comparison with 9/278/2007 = 0:42 seconds faster!
What would you do differently?:

I did fine given the heat and my being tired from the volume of training I put in over the last three weeks.
Post race
Warm down:

Warm down!!?

I ate a bannana and had about 10 drinks (water, soda, etc).

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Heat and showing up tired.

Event comments:

The whole race went poorly. I don't think I did too bad, but much worse than anticipated. The heat and humidity had a lot to do with that. This was the same course as my first even on 9/27/2007. I compared numerous peoples times with the Sep 2007 and this one. In ALL instances, the comparision showed anywhere from 3 minutes to more than 10 minutes slower for the Sprint Duathlon. I still know I could have done better even with the heat, but factoring in the heat obviously slowed us all down.

HFP comments. Long lines at check-in pushed back the start times on an already very hot day. Numerous people were complaining about not being told where to go when near the T zones. Even as I approached the dude directing race traffic I had to motion which way to go before the waved throught the correct place. A couple other guys went the wrong way and complained afterward. The food station for post race was kind of bare. There were plenty of police at intersections keeping things safe. The general buzz about the race was good.


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Last updated: 2008-01-22 12:00 AM
Running
00:24:52 | 03.11 miles | 07m  min/mile
Age Group: 6/9
Overall: 32/70
Performance: Average
Course: Flat with about 40% across a grass covered damn.
Keeping cool Bad Drinking Not enough
T1
Time: 01:04
Overall: Good
Run with bike? Good
Jump on bike? Good
Getting up to speed and into shoes: Average
Biking
00:33:03 | 12.7 miles | 23.06 mile/hr
Age Group: 1/9
Overall: 2/70
Performance: Good
Wind: Some
Course: Mostly flat. Zero cars while I was on the course. Two short steep hills at the end. As usuall with HFP races, more than usual newbies riding zig-zaggy in the middle of the road. The course is also a bit longer than 13 miles rather than 20K.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Below average Hills: Average
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 00:51
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes Average
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:25:51 | 03.11 miles | 08m 19s  min/mile
Age Group: 2/9
Overall: 17/70
Performance: Good
Course: Same as run 1.
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? No
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3