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Ludington Lighthouse Triathlon - Sprint Course - Triathlon
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Comments: Before the race, I felt like I had a pretty good chance of winning the swim (at least for the 40+ wave). I felt okay in the water, but must not have been that efficient. My time was 1 minute slower than last year, but I do think that was partially the course being a bit longer. I think I should have been at least 30 seconds faster here. Maybe I didn't push it hard enough...I think I had more to give. What would you do differently?: Swim a little harder.  Transition 1
Comments: Nailed the transition. I was one of the top times of everyone. What would you do differently?: Not much I could have done better here, honestly.  Bike
Comments: Just about 2mph faster than last year. Felt much better this time around. Probably could've been a little faster on the first mile or so, but I felt like I gave this just about the right effort. What would you do differently?: Just need offseason work to improve my speed. Transition 2
Comments: Did this pretty well. One of the better times of the entire day. I seem to do this very well. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Run
Comments: I am just not a good runner. Still trying to build speed back up from my injury. Gave it what I had, but probably should've left a little more on the course in the last mile. I think I could've shaved 10-15 seconds. What would you do differently?: Be a better runner naturally? Beyond that, I would push the last mile harder. Post race
Warm down: Grabbed some water and food. Found another BT'er who was in from Minnesota for the race and talked to him for quite a while. What limited your ability to perform faster: Still not a very good runner. I need to work hard in the offseason. I need to be 3 minutes faster in the run. Event comments: A couple of things bothered me. They didn't give out tags for the bikes, so that opens a small door for bad things to happen. They also wouldn't take the timing chips until the transition was opened, which was annoying. Other than that, not bad. Last updated: 2013-03-04 12:00 AM
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 2013-08-19 7:11 AM |
Regular  1362    Jenison, MI |  Subject: Ludington Lighthouse Triathlon - Sprint Course |
| 2013-08-19 8:09 AM in reply to: #4832627 |
Master 6834  Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: Ludington Lighthouse Triathlon - Sprint Course |
| 2013-08-19 10:30 AM in reply to: #4832627 |
Master 2167 Livonia, MI | Subject: RE: Ludington Lighthouse Triathlon - Sprint Course Solid work Brad, congrats! You can grab that AG win for sure next year. Relax and enjoy a recovery week  |
| 2013-08-19 11:47 AM in reply to: #4832627 |
Pro 6520 Bellingham, WA | Subject: RE: Ludington Lighthouse Triathlon - Sprint Course Congrats on a great race. Super solid all around effort. 1st AG swim and bike is pretty awesome. Actually a pretty good run too. |
| 2013-08-19 12:39 PM in reply to: popsracer |
Regular 5477 LHOTP | Subject: RE: Ludington Lighthouse Triathlon - Sprint Course Nice race Brad, especially considering that you are coming back from an injury. 2nd AG! Woot-woot! I'm guessing that swim was long, based on your time and knowing you've been in the water quite a bit. It's frustrating when the swims aren't what they're supposed to be, and it seems that they're often long :/ I bet you'll see that run time come down over the next year:) Are you planning on doing any speed work sessions? Maybe we can help keep each other accountable for something like that in the streak thread? |
| 2013-08-19 12:47 PM in reply to: switch |
| Seattle | Subject: RE: Ludington Lighthouse Triathlon - Sprint Course Nice job Brad!!! |
| 2013-08-19 2:03 PM in reply to: switch |
Regular 1362 Jenison, MI | Subject: RE: Ludington Lighthouse Triathlon - Sprint Course I don't really care if the swim is a little long...I just care how I finish compared to others in my AG in that. I am a little disappointed in myself for not winning the swim, but you can't quite control who shows up. I just felt (and still feel) like the opportunity was there. I really like coming out of the water early in the swim. I am a much better biker when I have someone to chase, though. Since the M39-under wave started 5 minutes after me, I wasn't seeing any of those guys on the course in front of me. Basically the only people I saw on the course in front of me were the women from the previous waves, and I was cruising quite a bit faster than most of them, so I didn't have one particular person to chase down. I might have been a little faster on the bike if this was the case. Same with the run. I had a handful of guys pass me over the course of the day, but they were the kinds that were riding about 3mph faster or running 6:30s, and no matter how hard I try, I'm not going to be able to hang with those guys for long without blowing up. And yes, Elesa, I am totally in for speed work...It's going to be a weekly fixture for me going forward. I can't stomach another year of being so far down relatively in the run. I'm never going to be great, but I could be at least good if I can improve my run. |
| 2013-08-19 2:18 PM in reply to: MSU_Brad |
Master 4452 | Subject: RE: Ludington Lighthouse Triathlon - Sprint Course Nice race Brad! Congrats. |
| 2013-08-19 3:53 PM in reply to: bcraht |
Veteran 2842 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: Ludington Lighthouse Triathlon - Sprint Course Podium! Congrats - a very solid race, for sure. If you want to work on speed, speed will come. Great job. Matt |
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Overall Rank = 22/133
Age Group = M40-44
Age Group Rank = 2/19
Went out for some Italian while watching the Tigers baseball game the night before. Had two beers afterwards, wound up in bed by about 11PM. Fell asleep probably before 11:30PM. Woke up entirely too early (4:30AM), got dressed, and left about 4:45AM to drive from Spring Lake to Ludington, MI. Arrived just before transition and registration opened.
Took an easy 3 mile bike and an easy run. Wandered out to the swim course but didn't really get in the water to warm up, which I should have. Did some stretching and arm motions to simulate swimming. They started my wave 10 minutes before they had it listed, but it wasn't a problem, as I was ready for it.