Discovery Bay Triathlon - Triathlon


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Discovery Bay, California
United States
70F / 21C
Sunny
Total Time = 2h 16m 46s
Overall Rank = 3/29
Age Group = M 30-39
Age Group Rank = 2/5
Pre-race routine:

Beets! Dad was in town, so a bit off my rhythm, but to bed early and up at 5 for breakfast.
Event warmup:

Too short. Didn't have time to thoroughly learn the ins and outs of transition or warmup. Got in 5 minute jog and 2 minute swim.
Swim
  • 26m 49s
  • 1636 yards
  • 01m 38s / 100 yards
Comments:

Took a bit of time to find my rhythm, but found a good set of feet to follow in the first few minutes and managed to hold them the whole way, which is by far my best drafting to date. Helped that he was swimming my pace, especially the couple times I veered off and had to bridge back up to him. Nearly missed the exit dock. In general, didn't do nearly enough course recon before hand.
Transition 1
  • 02m 26s
Comments:

Long run from the pier to T1, breathing hard, felt like my HR was through the roof. Transition was great.
Bike
  • 1h 05m 23s
  • 24.8 miles
  • 22.76 mile/hr
Comments:

Leap frogged with Evan, who ended up finishing second for the first third or so, and I think he sat on my wheel the rest of the way... He said something after the race about being glad there weren't any marshalls on the course. HR was low to mid 160s from early to late; I wonder if I could've pushed a little harder... felt aerobically limited on the run, and I doubt pushing the bike a bit more would've hurt that.

Saddle (newer Adamo) is definitely not working, and I don't think my position is optimized either. Need to make something work for the rest of this year.

Made a wrong turn coming into T2 -- there were lots of places where I yelled "which way do I go"... it's my own fault for not knowing which way to go in the parking lot to T2, but the course needed better traffic control (couple scary car intersections and a couple unclear turns). But, it was a value race at $90. Wrong turn probably cost me 10-15 seconds.
Transition 2
  • 00m 45s
Comments:

Super quick, no problems. Should've put on socks though...
Run
  • 42m 1s
  • 6.2 miles
  • 06m 47s  min/mile
What would you do differently?:

Felt tough immediately and that never let up. I guess that's how it's supposed to feel... you're just hanging on at this point. Evan passed me a mile in, we chatted briefly, and I knew unless he really faltered, he was gone. Pretty run through the delta; quiet though, and the washboard and gravel made the unpleasantness that much worse. At about mile 4, I noticed a rubbing on my left arch... the tongue-elastic-strap thing. By mile 5 it hurt, and by mile 6 I was really glad I was going to be out of those shoes soon. Might experiment with different shoes (these were the Torins), but for the IM, just wear socks.
Post race
Warm down:

walked around and ate everything i could get my hands on.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

five too many pounds? maybe some fatigue from base 1.


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Last updated: 2015-04-22 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:26:49 | 1636 yards | 01m 38s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/5
Overall: 3/29
Performance:
Suit:
Course:
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current: Low
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting: Good
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 02:26
Performance:
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:05:23 | 24.8 miles | 22.76 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/5
Overall: 0/29
Performance:
Wind:
Course:
Road:   Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 00:45
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:42:01 | 06.2 miles | 06m 47s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/5
Overall: 0/29
Performance:
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
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