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USAT Age Group National Championship - Olympic Distance - Triathlon
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Comments: Pace was 1:55 which is good for me this year. I was still way behind. Water exit was up a ramp, you never touched the bottom but they had plenty of volunteers passing you along so it was not an issue. What would you do differently?: Matches my best swim of the year so satisfied even tho it's not a great time.  Transition 1
Comments: 22/122 in AG, 906/2677 overall What would you do differently?: Not much, decent transition  Bike
Comments: I went hard on the bike and had my best pace of the year. I only got passed once by a female just past the 2nd turn around. I kept her in sight but could not keep up with her. Transition 2
Comments: 45/122 in AG, 1388/2677 overall. I decided to wear socks and hada little trouble with right sock, it went on crooked but didn't affect the run at all.  Run
Comments: I had an optimistic goal of averaging sub &;00s like I did in my earlier Olys but with reduced training and getting sick between Chisago and Milwaukee it wasn't going to happen. I did pick off a few guys in my AG, only got passed by 2-3 guys and one chick. I caught up to David Swanson who I ran with at Buffalo Oly a few years ago ( and beat at the end). Here I could not out kick him and he beat me by 1.23 seconds. What would you do differently?: Be better trained and fully ready in all disciplines. Post race
Warm down: I got a a finisher medal but only imn my hand. Then Chrissie Wellington was there wanting to put one around my neck, so I let her (FOR SURE!!). I gave the other one to a different volunteer. Very COOL to have Chrissie doing medals. Found Barb and then had almost a 2 hour wait to get into transition. Changed out of tri suit, got some food. They had limited drinks but we had some of our own. What limited your ability to perform faster: The 2 weeks between Chisago HIM and Nationals were not ideal. I had a cold after Chisago, lots of congestion and stayed in bed most of one day. Quality training was limited and I didn't start with the base I've had the last couple of years. Basically I am not training as much this year as in recent years, especially into the summer. By choice. Golfing and working at the bike shop are taking time. Regardless, a PR would have got me only up to 40th place I would have needed to beat my PR by 4:30 to qualify make top 25 and worlds was top 18 dropping down to 25 so I may still have not made it. There were wicked fast people in all AG at this race. Greg Taylor was "only" 3rd in our AG, altho he is 59. Mark Carey was 5th in his AG, too bad we didn't know we were both going to be in Milwaukee. However, If I had done Duathlon Worlds, I would have been top 20 in my AG based on Larry S time who was 17th. Get rid of the swim and I can compete. Event comments: It was fun and humbling to compete at a race of this magnitude. Definitely the truism, that there is always someone faster than you rang true in Milwaukee. Photos #1 Race morning with my neat Yanks tatoo numbers #2 Fri with Chrissie Wellington in the background #3 Start of bike, feet on top of shoes #4 Passing transition for 2nd loop, rough road & poor signage #5 Look for my kit, that's me about 3 back at the end of the run/race Profile Album Last updated: 2013-08-23 12:00 AM
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 2013-08-23 4:25 PM |
Extreme Veteran  607   Rochester, MN |  Subject: USAT Age Group National Championship - Olympic Distance |
| 2013-08-24 6:48 AM in reply to: #4837576 |
| Minneapolis, MN | Subject: RE: USAT Age Group National Championship - Olympic Distance How was the bike course? Aside from the magnitude of a large race, would you do it again next year? |
| 2013-08-26 8:40 AM in reply to: #4837576 |
Expert 1644  Oklahoma | Subject: RE: USAT Age Group National Championship - Olympic Distance Great job! Very nice bike split. |
| 2013-08-26 3:37 PM in reply to: #4837576 |
Expert 1224 Is this Heaven? No, it's Iowa. | Subject: RE: USAT Age Group National Championship - Olympic Distance Nice job!! I thought AG Nationals was awesome. The bike was soooooo fast. The decent after the first turnaround was ridiculous. I think I hit 40 mph and some dude passed me on a P5 tricked out with a disc and I think 808s on the front. Hard to tell when they went that fast by me. Great job. I thought Milwaukee delivered an awesome race with a great venue. Couple of bumps on the road, especially the decent back to transition off of the Interstate bridge, but overall, well run race.
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| 2013-08-26 5:15 PM in reply to: peteweb55403 |
Extreme Veteran 607 Rochester, MN | Subject: RE: USAT Age Group National Championship - Olympic Distance Pete, the bike course was a little different. You got out of transition and headed north for about 3.5 miles with a 180 degree turnaround at the end a short hill. Then back to transition area. This section was smooth. At transition intersection the road was pretty rough and not marked well but it was a short section. Then up a hill and onto the interstate for about 5 miles then about 4 miles in more of a residential setting with another 180 degree turnaround. Back to the interstate and the big hill now going down into transition where you turn sharp to parallel transition and the dismount line. The USAT site has the maps, I'm sure nothing will change for next year. It was a good course, this was one of my fastest Oly bike splits. I would not do it again next year but was very glad to have done Nationals one time. Now I know where I stack up. Unless I can get my swim vastly improved I cannot compete for a spot on Team USA and Worlds. Now if I could swim like you it might be a different story. It was a great experience and I'm glad I got to do Nationals at a site that was close enough to drive. I was in wave 7 I think, it would suck to be in one of the last waves and have to wait 2+ hours from the first starters with transition closed. I did book a room at one of the 2 preferred hotels once I knew I was officially qualified and way before I registered since I could cancel on the outside chance I did not actually get in. It was nice to be able to walk to the race area. Let me know if have any other questions. |
| 2013-11-24 6:58 PM in reply to: mjewen |
| 70 Greenville, South Carolina | Subject: RE: USAT Age Group National Championship - Olympic Distance i qualified for 2014 Olympic Nationals, but also for Team USA in long course (China)… trying to decide if I can do either or both. In the meantime I like your idea of securing a hotel room in Milwaukee just in case - what were the 2 preferred hotels for 2013? Any recommendations? |
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Overall Rank = 1208/2677
Age Group = M55-59
Age Group Rank = 50/122
Drove to Milwaukee on Thu, arriving about 6:30 pm. Found hotel but did not find race venue till Fri. Bike check in, packet pick up on Fri. We were about 10-12 minute walk from transition/expo. Saw Chrissie Wellington at the kids race on Fri afternoon. Got some pics.
Could not take bike out of transition, so just did a run warm up. They also limited what you took into transition, clear bag provided by them, no back packs. Each gender AG had their own wave separated by at least 7 minutes, sometimes 20 minutes. Start was delayed by 15 minutes due to traffic issues, we actually rode on an interstate. Got a swim warm as they let our wave into the starting area.