Lake Butler Tri - Short Course - Race #1
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Lake Butler Tri - Short Course - Race #1 - Triathlon
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Swim
Comments: Pretty marginal swim. Ran out of gas several times and had to breast stroke to cath my breath. Rounding buoys pretty poor, again more breast stroke. Navigation looks were really draining -- need to practice all swims with navigation looks. What would you do differently?: Include navigation looks in all swim training. Transition 1
Comments: First transition with shoes on the bike. Worked like a champ. No problem getting my feet in and getting strapped in. A little slow while doing that, but still moving. What would you do differently?: Not much -- this was my best ever! Bike
Comments: Pretty average bike. Not able to get in the zone to push speed. Kept a steady pace and pressure on the pedals and took what that got me. Unfortunately, that only got me 18.9 mph. Stayed in aero most of the race. Hydration systems worked great, gel helped too. Right hamstring still a problem, slowing me down. What would you do differently?: Hope my hamstring gets better soon. Transition 2
Comments: Another first, leaving shoes on the bike. Again, practice paid off and it worked like a champ. Kept running shoes in ziplock bag in case of rain. Good idea, but with no rain, slowed me down a couple seconds. What would you do differently?: Not much -- best ever! Run
Comments: Pretty decent run, just a little slow. Need to find a way to keep track of my pace on the run -- I didn't know I was going tha slow! I think I could have pushed harded to maintain a faster pace. What would you do differently?: Try to find a way to get pace data on the Garmin. Run faster. Post race
Warm down: Walked around, bottle of water. Post race snack of yogurt and granola. What limited your ability to perform faster: Stamina on swim and bike. Lack of data on the run. Event comments: Decent race, well run. Boring bike ride, but nice swim and run. Very small race -- great for a first timer. Last updated: 2013-07-12 12:00 AM
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2013-07-14 7:49 PM |
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United States
State of Mind Sports
85F / 29C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 3/15
Age Group = 55-59
Age Group Rank = 1/1
Up at 0420, Special K and coffee, finish loading car and on the road by 0500. Arrived in town and changed at the Hardees. Got to the race and followed my pre-race checklist -- worked like a champ!! Didn't miss a thing, got in my warmups, everything was ready in plenty of time. The checklist really helped.
Five min bike warmu up from the car, then racked my bike and did a five minute run warmup ending at transition. set up xsit, then walked back to the car.