Marble Falls Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic


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Marble Falls, Texas
United States
80F / 27C
Overcast
Total Time = 2h 02m 53s
Overall Rank = 35/262
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 4/20
Pre-race routine:

Wifey had a nighttime trail race the night before, and we didn't get to the hotel in Marble Falls until about 10:30-11:00 pm. Ate real quick and fell asleep, woke up at 5 am and felt fine. I got some good sleep on Friday night so I wasn't too worried about it. Had a granola bar and coffee, went out the door and drove about 5 min to the start. Parking is kind of crazy around the area, so we just found a spot on the street. Walked over to transition and set up near the bike out, as I still don't have the flying mount/dismount down yet. Got all my stuff laid out, spoke with Dwight for a bit, then hit the porta john before the line got too long and got my timing chip. Had a Gu about 30 min before the 7:00 start.
Event warmup:

Swam in the water for about 300-400 yards or so. It was super warm, like bathwater. I couldn't believe anyone would wear a wetsuit in that stuff, but I saw it!
Swim
  • 21m 17s
  • 1094 yards
  • 01m 57s / 100 yards
Comments:

Not a great swim. I got into a good rythm, but I was breathing on every stroke and constantly looking around to make sure I wasn't running into someone else. Seemed really crowded. Some dude couldn't swim straight at all and kept on running into me, smacking me in the back of my head with his stroke and grabbing my legs. Just a real PITA. For some reason I just didn't have the drive/motivation to go hard... I guess I was thinking I should hold back because the bike is longer than a normal sprint and all I've done this season is sprints. HR was ~155-160 out of the water.
What would you do differently?:

Swim a bit harder, draft better, stick to bilateral breathing...
Transition 1
  • 01m 25s
Comments:

Need to learn the flying mount and stop being so slow in transition!
Bike
  • 1h 05m 54s
  • 23 miles
  • 20.94 mile/hr
Comments:

Had a pretty good bike. HR was kinda high at first, about 155 out of the water and quickly up to 160. Then the first hill or 2 I was at 172 and decided to slow it down and bring down the HR to the 155-160 range. I kept it there pretty comfortably during the rest of the ride. For this distance I think I paced it pretty well, although my run was a little slower than usual. I chalk that up to motivation, not going to hard on the bike. Had a bottle of water between the aero bars, worked pretty well. I stayed in aero the whole time except a few up hills, which is when I took a sip of water. Had a Gu at about mile 18-19 to get ready for the run. Here is the bike leg: http://app.strava.com/rides/14171711
What would you do differently?:

Not much
Transition 2
  • 01m 34s
Comments:

I was going to attempt the flying dismount at least, but I totally forgot until I got to the dismount line. Oh well! Ran in my shoes to the rack to discover the rack next to mine had fallen over. People's shitake was everywhere. Luckily my rack was ok. Racked the bike and put on the shoes and took off.
Run
  • 32m 41s
  • 4.4 miles
  • 07m 26s  min/mile
Comments:

Started off ok, kept a nice pace with a fast cadence. I don't know why, I just didn't have the motivation to hurt a bit more and go faster. I wasn't hurting too bad, I just wanted to be done. You can see in my splits though I was progressivly getting a bit slower. So maybe it was some of both. Overall not a horrible run, but I know I could have put myself in the pain cave a bit more and gone harder and faster. Here is the run leg: http://app.strava.com/runs/14171712
What would you do differently?:

run faster! isn't that always the answer?
Post race
Warm down:

Got some water and sat down for a bit, then saw wifey and went to her. She was hurting a bit from her race the night before, so we left kinda quick and went to transition to pick up my bike. Spoke with Mario the Race director for a bit and told him how much I enjoyed the course and he put on a great race.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

motivation, or lack thereof.

Event comments:

I really enjoyed the race overall. No complaints at all, and I'll definitely do it again next year!

ETA: A week later the race results show me as in 4th in my AG instead of 5th. Guess someone ahead of me got DQ'd (maybe the guy with the 4:30 min/mile splits!) and the 3rd place guy only beat me by 45 seconds or so. So now looking back at my lack of motivation to go harder, i'm a bit pissed off because I could have beat him and got on the podium. He was dying on the run too. Live and learn. I hope to not make that mistake twice!


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Last updated: 2012-06-22 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:21:17 | 1094 yards | 01m 57s / 100yards
Age Group: 7/20
Overall: 97/262
Performance: Below average
Suit: Normal TT1 tri-suit. No wetsuit
Course: counterclockwise triangle
Start type: Deep Water Plus: Waves
Water temp: 80F / 27C Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Below average
Breathing: Below average Drafting: Average
Waves: Navigation: Average
Rounding: Average
T1
Time: 01:25
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:05:54 | 23 miles | 20.94 mile/hr
Age Group: 4/20
Overall: 28/262
Performance: Good
Lap Time Distance Pace/Speed AHR MHR 1 03m 53s 1.00 miles 15.45 mph 166 173 2 03m 34s 1.00 miles 16.82 mph 164 172 3 02m 38s 1.00 miles 22.78 mph 162 166 4 03m 30s 1.00 miles 17.14 mph 160 163 5 03m 35s 1.00 miles 16.74 mph 161 163 6 02m 27s 1.00 miles 24.48 mph 159 164 7 03m 05s 1.00 miles 19.46 mph 159 161 8 02m 43s 1.00 miles 22.08 mph 158 162 9 02m 44s 1.00 miles 21.95 mph 158 162 10 02m 26s 1.00 miles 24.65 mph 158 162 11 02m 56s 1.00 miles 20.45 mph 158 165 12 04m 02s 1.00 miles 14.87 mph 157 166 13 03m 01s 1.00 miles 19.89 mph 158 165 14 02m 55s 1.00 miles 20.57 mph 159 165 15 03m 04s 1.00 miles 19.56 mph 157 158 16 02m 26s 1.00 miles 24.65 mph 158 160 17 02m 35s 1.00 miles 23.22 mph 160 163 18 02m 57s 1.00 miles 20.33 mph 160 165 19 02m 08s 1.00 miles 28.12 mph 160 164 20 02m 20s 1.00 miles 25.71 mph 158 164 21 02m 26s 1.00 miles 24.65 mph 163 167 22 02m 27s 1.00 miles 24.48 mph 158 163 23 02m 11s 0.76 miles 20.75 mph 151 155
Wind: Little
Course: out and back. Some pretty good hills right off the bat, then they gey rolly. Come flying downhill back in. Nice wide shoulder on 71.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills: Good
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks:
T2
Time: 01:34
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:32:41 | 04.4 miles | 07m 26s  min/mile
Age Group: 3/20
Overall: 32/262
Performance: Below average
Lap Time Distance Pace/Speed AHR MHR 1 07m 08s 1.00 miles 07m 08s /mile 163 167 2 07m 17s 1.00 miles 07m 17s /mile 163 166 3 07m 26s 1.00 miles 07m 26s /mile 163 166 4 07m 43s 1.00 miles 07m 43s /mile 164 166 5 03m 18s 0.45 miles 07m 16s /mile 166 173
Course: neighborhood, a few small hills
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5