Callaway Gardens Triathlon - Triathlon


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Pine Mountain , Georgia
United States
Dave Johnson Enterprises
Total Time = 00m
Overall Rank = 2/
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 1/
Swim
  • 13m 56s
  • 1094 yards
  • 01m 16s / 100 yards
Comments:

This was my first swim sinse the Chattanooga tri in July, and it turned out to be one of my best swims in a tri ever. I don't know where I pulled it out of, perhaps the extra buoyancy I picked up eating out all the time the last several weeks helped me out. I was smooth and stroking long. I focused on staying relaxed and holding a solid rhythm.
Transition 1
  • 00m
Comments:

Transition time combined with swim time
Bike
  • 52m 23s
  • 18.64 miles
  • 21.35 mile/hr
Comments:

My speedometer fell off my bike about 1/2 mile into the race so I had no idea how fast I had gone or how far I had traveled. I passed a guy right away into the bike, and then got passed at the end of the first lap by a guy going considerably faster than me. Other than that I felt like I was alone for most of the bike and at times I was uncertain if I was going the right direction.
Transition 2
  • 00m
Comments:

combined with run time
Run
  • 28m 34s
  • 4.97 miles
  • 05m 45s  min/mile
Comments:

Started the run in 5th place, immediately tagged one guy, and on the front 3's way back after the turn around I saw how far ahead of me they were. I knew I was going to catch 2 of them, but thought I had no chance of catching 1st place. I didn't see the first place guy until coming out of the woods about 600m to the finish and he was only 26 seconds ahead of me. I thought he was a lot farther ahead than that. I could have tried a little more to catch him rather than look for my lost speedometer in the last mile.
What would you do differently?:

Finish harder, know where I was in the race
Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster:

I got a little heavy before this race, could have trained more in all disciplines

Event comments:

Beautiful park to have the race. Its a fairly small race and low key. Course could have been marked better for the run and bike portions.




Last updated: 2007-12-28 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:13:56 | 1094 yards | 01m 16s / 100yards
Age Group: 1/
Overall: 4/
Performance: Good
Suit: short
Course: Box course in a very calm pond.
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 80F / 27C Current: Low
200M Perf. Below average Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Below average
Waves: Navigation: Average
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 00:00
Performance:
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:52:23 | 18.64 miles | 21.35 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 12/
Performance: Average
Wind: Little
Course: The most technical bike course I've done (doesn't mean its very technical, I just haven't ridden many courses). I think I was hurt a little bit with all the turns and the little hills. A couple hills where I had to brake on the the down.
Road: Smooth  Cadence:
Turns: Below average Cornering: Below average
Gear changes: Average Hills: Below average
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:00
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:28:34 | 04.97 miles | 05m 45s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 1/
Performance: Average
Course: somewhat of an out and back course, only the way back was longer because they made you go the long way around the lake.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3