Crystal River Sprint Triathlon #2 - TriathlonSprint


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Crystal River, Florida
United States
DRC Sports
75F / 24C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 39m 55s
Overall Rank = 152/180
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 8/8
Pre-race routine:

Wake up 3:15A.M. Mojo Bar, banana and coffee, pack the truck. On the road by 3:50A.M. sipping water on the drive. Easy drive, good roads, no traffic. Arrived at about 5:50A.M., picked up the packet, setup transition, changed.
Event warmup:

20 minute warm-up running.
Swim
  • 07m 30s
  • 440 yards
  • 01m 42s / 100 yards
Comments:

Missed rounding the second buoy, ended up swimming right past it for about 50 yards!. Between the start and rounding the first buoy I kept running into swimmers, so I moved way outside and finally had some smooth swimming and when I looked up I was all by myself. Made an angle to swim finish.
What would you do differently?:

Sight better, though other than that I am pretty happy with my swim.
Transition 1
  • 01m 39s
Comments:

Everything went pretty well, but had problems get my shoes clipped in. The shower into transition was great!
Bike
  • 55m 13s
  • 15 miles
  • 16.30 mile/hr
Comments:

Not too much to complain about, didn't feel very hot, but was sweating bullets. I stored my gloves in my Bento box and put them on during ride, and pulled them off around mile 13. Early on lost one of my water bottles trying to place it back into the cage.
Transition 2
  • 01m 32s
Comments:

Didn't go very smoothly had problem racking bike, and it threw of my trans timing. I went handle bars first under the rack bar. I have had this issue before, maybe my hybrid sits higher in the bars. It's getting the handle bars under that's the issue.

What would you do differently?:

Get there earlier practice racking. Also the rack probably sags as more bikes are adde. This would create a lower height between the ground and the racking bar.
Run
  • 34m 2s
  • 3 miles
  • 11m 20s  min/mile
Comments:

Had problem cooling down, heart rate was ok, just couldn't cool down. When I was running into the sun I was thinking just keep going and when I get to the turnaround the sun will be at the back it should be much better, ah... no... The guys at the water stop must of thought I was taking a shower.
What would you do differently?:

Must need to do more bricks, just running so slow on the runs. Maybe some mental work on the heat.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around, dumped a couple of bottles of wonderfully cold water on the head and body core.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Experience

Event comments:

Really, enjoyed the course and location, and the size of the race and organization was great. I hope to make there again this summer. It wasn't a bad trip from Orlando. The roads there and pack were very good and my wife was nice enough to join me for the trip


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Last updated: 2007-06-23 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:07:30 | 440 yards | 01m 42s / 100yards
Age Group: 8/8
Overall: 134/180
Performance: Average
Suit: No
Course: Half circle/square right off the beach. The water smooth no chop at all
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 84F / 29C Current:
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Good
Waves: Navigation: Bad
Rounding: Bad
T1
Time: 01:39
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed: Bad
Biking
00:55:13 | 15 miles | 16.30 mile/hr
Age Group: 8/8
Overall: 155/180
Performance: Average
Wind: Little
Course: Out and back, some shade, bike lane
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence: 95+
Turns: Average Cornering:
Gear changes: Good Hills:
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:32
Overall: Below average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike Average
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Bad
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:34:02 | 03 miles | 11m 20s  min/mile
Age Group: 8/8
Overall: 158/180
Performance: Bad
Course: Out and back all in the sun, but very scenic view of Florida west coast water estuary.
Keeping cool Bad Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
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] 4