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Fall Chill - TriathlonOlympic
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Comments: I should have guessed from the swim, how much the elevation would affect me. Normally, I can got 2-3 strokes between breaths. Today, it just felt like I couldn't get any air, I was always short of breath. Taking that into account, I think I did pretty good. What would you do differently?: Train at elevation.  Transition 1
Comments: I think this was about 4 min total? There was a *long* run up the beach, over the grass, to the T area. Probably took me a good minute to get there. ( It looks like they counted the beach run agains the swim time, so swim looks longer, and T1 looks shorter ) What would you do differently?: Not much, just winded from the elevation more than anything. Could have been a little snappier, but lack of O2 makes the brain not work so good, I was a little lightheaded.  Bike
Comments: Turns a bit restricted as they kept you via cones to the inside bike lane ( right hand turns ), had to slow for those, otherwise, kept cranking pretty good despite have problems with breathing from the elevation. What would you do differently?: Train at elevation. ( Do you sense the theme yet? ) Transition 2
Comments: Almost diggered again, this time though, not so much my fault. You come around a turn near the T area, and all of a sudden they are shouting at you to dismount here! I was still going too fast, so I almost went over the handlebars from braking too hard and trying to dismount at the same time. Talking with my dad who volunteered and was stationed right by the T area, lots of people had this problem. What would you do differently?: Need to practice riding dismounts. That's twice now I've narrowly escaped crashing badly coming into T2. Pretty good time in the T area. The people next to me racked their bikes all over the place, so there was no room for mine, until I slid theirs back down into their part of the rack.  Run
Comments: It was hot by this point. Sunny. I was really hurting on the run. I came out of T2 at 1:50, and figured I could still break 2:50 ( my last Oly time ) if I did okay on the run. I managed an 8:30 pace for the first 2 miles. Then things started going south on me. HR shot up ( see max hr above ) and I couldn't catch my breath. Took in gatorade at the water points, had a gu, but that didn't do anything. It was just the lack of training/adaption to the altitude. I made it to the 1/2 way point at 2:20, so I was on pace to at least match my previous time, but no go. I just fell apart the last 5k. I alternated run 4 min, walk 1 min, for pretty much the rest of the race. And when I say run, I really mean jog. Finished though, at 2:55 by my stopwatch, so I still broke 3 hours, which makes me happy. What would you do differently?: Train at elevation. Spend a month prior to the race acclimating. :) Post race
Warm down: Metup with all the Colorado BT'ers. Tried not to fall over while I gathered my breath, and calmed down after the race. Walked a bit, stretched. Too drained to do much more. Wandered back to T area, picked up stuff, put it in car, chugged my post-race endurox. Felt human again after about 1/2 hour or so. What limited your ability to perform faster: Probably a bit dehydrated. It's a lot less humid in CO than I'm used to, so my normal drinking qty's for the bike and such should probably have gone up a bit to account for that. That may have contributed to the run as well as the altitude. Event comments: Good race. My parents came out to see me race ( and they ended up volunteering too! ). Got to meet the CO BT crew! :) Official times to be updated once they are released! Last updated: 2004-09-26 12:00 AM
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 2004-09-26 10:54 PM |
Pro  3906     St Charles, IL |  Subject: Fall Chill |
| 2004-09-26 11:02 PM in reply to: #66725 |
Expert 1836 Lafayette, CO | Subject: RE: Fall Chill Chris, you may not have been quite prepped to run at altitude, but as far as I'm concerned, you kicked @$$ out there! I doubt many flatlanders could come up here 3 days prior to a race, and do as well as you did. BUT...you better come prepped next year, as Mary, Ovetta and I may just be giving you a run for your Alcatraz slot! It was great getting to meet you, and next time you come up for a visit, we'll have to get a ride or swim in (or hit the slopes, if you come up over the holidays!) Heck, I'll buy you that beer you didn't get. |
| 2004-09-26 11:33 PM in reply to: #66725 |
Pro 5153 Helena, MT | Subject: RE: Fall Chill Chris, you are definitely my hero. You did great! I guess I saw you when you were still going strong, but you were running really strong when I went by you. I was thinking, "And s&#*, he's a flatlander!" Anyhoo, great job and it was wonderful meeting you! |
| 2004-09-26 11:47 PM in reply to: #66725 |
Pro 4228 Broomfield, Colorado | Subject: RE: Fall Chill I'm impressed too - doing an oly at elevation is amazing! It was great to meet you today, even if it was really brief. Too cool that your parents volunteered! |
| 2004-09-27 9:11 AM in reply to: #66725 |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: Fall Chill so I suppose you are moving here? great to meet you and glad you did not finish the Oly before I finished the sprint - I woulda' hadda' hurt ya'! |
| 2004-09-27 10:37 AM in reply to: #66725 |
Expert 852 Evergreen, Colorado Bronze member | Subject: RE: Fall Chill I think you completely rock for even finishing an oly after coming from near sea level, let alone finishing in less than 3 hours. Way to go!! It was good to meet you  You'll have to come hang out with the Colorado crowd again next year!Edited by Stacers 2004-09-27 10:37 AM |
| 2004-09-27 1:48 PM in reply to: #66725 |
| Subject: RE: Fall Chill I am in awe that you did an oly at elevation without acclimation - Wowser! |
| 2004-09-30 10:31 PM in reply to: #66725 |
| Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: Fall Chill Nice race Chris. I know when I went to Colorado for a week long bike tour, it took me 2 days to get accustomed to the elevation, so your race times sound great to me. And 20 mph on the bike is nothing to sneeze at. Congrats! |
| 2004-10-01 12:30 AM in reply to: #66725 |
Master 1927 Chicago | Subject: RE: Fall Chill Chris you rock period! There's nothing else to say. I'm so happy that you did the Oly and that I got to meet you. You are a blast and your dad is a gem. I'm glad they were there to cheer you on. You rock baby and don't ever change! I'm so proud of you. Keep kicking butt and taking names and we'll see you in Alcatraz yet! |
| 2004-10-01 11:35 AM in reply to: #66725 |
Pro 3906 St Charles, IL | Subject: RE: Fall Chill Time splits are posted on the site now! Looks like they counted the long beach run to T1 against swim time, instead of against T1 time. I wish I had really pulled off a 1 minutes T1 though! |
| 2004-10-01 11:40 AM in reply to: #66725 |
Master 2346 Dayton, Minnesota Bronze member | Subject: RE: Fall Chill |
| 2004-10-01 9:29 PM in reply to: #66725 |
Pro 3906 St Charles, IL | Subject: RE: Fall Chill http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/photos/photo-thumbnail... Pictures online in the album! Yay! :D |
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Colorado Multisport
70F / 21C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 183/235
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 15/16
Woke up at 5:15 in Denver, had cup of coffee, loaded up car with my parents and headed out for the race. Napped in the back seat, ate a clif bar, drank odwalla superfood. Listened to Joy Division, NIN, The Killers, Audoslave, and Rob Zombie to get psyched up on the hour plus drive to trace.
Transition opened at 7:30, got there just slightly before, got a good T spot, and setup my gear.
10 min jog. 15 minutes of stretching. Talking with Ovetta, getting pammed by Joe, generally being nervous.