Mullet Man Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Perdido Key, Florida
United States
Florabama
65F / 18C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 37m 59s
Overall Rank = 102/362
Age Group = M 45 49
Age Group Rank = 12/27
Pre-race routine:

Get up at 4:30, waffles for breakfast. Pack the car and walk the dog. Drove 25 minutes to the race site and set up. Its open racking so moved the bike until I was happy with my spot. Saw bunches of friends and did the normal prerace chatter. Debated on wetsuit and decided to go with it today.

Talked to a couple of super hero bt'ers (marvarnet and jdwright). Dan had his mullet ready to race.
Event warmup:

Put wetsuit on backwards and walked around till I figured out it was backwards (duh). Jumped in the water to get the cold shock done before the race.
Swim
  • 11m 58s
  • 400 yards
  • 02m 59s / 100 yards
Comments:

Extremely stong swim for me. I was glad I went with the wet suit. The swim out to the first buoy was tough, really big breakers that I just tried to swim under. Judged the drift perfect and turned right on the buoy. As soon as I passed the first buoy, I found friendly feet and drafted off of 2 different guys all the way to the turn buoy. I am guessing the swim was probably 600 but who knows. Really great swim for me.
Transition 1
  • 01m 30s
Comments:

Fair transition, taking off wetsuit without strippers is not easy.
Bike
  • 48m 2s
  • 17.1 miles
  • 21.36 mile/hr
Comments:

Fun day on the bike. We had a rare wind, it was mostly cross but out of the northwest. That meant the ride home was faster than the ride out. That rarely happens here. I felt good and the bike was over quick. Passed 60 bikes and got passed by 3. Only mistake was that I slowed to early at the turn around. Some yahoo comes by and zips around me as we are making the turn. No big deal. My bridge climbing was not good, but I haven't done much work so I was not surprised. My seat felt crooked. I gotta check that next ride.
Transition 2
  • 01m 21s
Comments:

Okay, lack of racing made these a little sloppy but no serious issues.
Run
  • 35m 8s
  • 4 miles
  • 08m 47s  min/mile
Comments:

Really good run, temp was great and it took me a minute to get legs but very happy with pace. I was only 34 seconds off my stand alone run time on this course in December. When I made the turn under the bridge, I saw my friend worm on the other side. I have never been ahead of him at this point in a race and I thought he was already ahead of me. I really wanted to beat him but he actually caught me at the finish, nipping me by 4 seconds. I could feel him behind and looked back a couple of times. I shouldn't have done that. Worm was the original triathlete of our group and I can't believe I got this close and didn't deliver.
What would you do differently?:

Beat Worm!!!! Really a good race for me.
Post race
Warm down:

I went and put everything in the car, then went back and watched a bunch of folks come in.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The bridges were tough but I raced at the top end of where my training is.

Event comments:

This is my favorite race. I think they improved on a couple of things and its still not a tight ship but hey, its a bar putting on a race okay. Hung with friends and drank alot of beer. Enjoyed meating the rock star Marvarnet and his mullet heads and was also very happy to see J D Wright complete his first race.




Last updated: 2007-11-26 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:11:58 | 400 yards | 02m 59s / 100yards
Age Group: 10/27
Overall: 102/362
Performance: Good
Suit: Ironman Stealth
Course: Gulf swim, out through the big breakers then along the beach and back. The course was definitely way long today.
Start type: Run Plus: Waves
Water temp: 68F / 20C Current: Medium
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Good
Waves: Good Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 01:30
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Average Helmet on/
Suit off:
No
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
00:48:02 | 17.1 miles | 21.36 mile/hr
Age Group: 6/27
Overall: 45/362
Performance: Good
24:47 Out with 153 heart rate, 23:15 back with 152 hr
Wind: Some
Course: Out and back on the beach road. Road has been under alot of construction and is not at its best. They did a good job of marking the bad spots but I know them pretty well anyway.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Below average Cornering:
Gear changes: Good Hills: Below average
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:21
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:35:08 | 04 miles | 08m 47s  min/mile
Age Group: 18/27
Overall: 199/362
Performance: Good
9:03 147 8:39 158 8:52 159 8:34 159
Course: Out and back on the beach road.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
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? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5