Patriot's International - TriathlonOlympic


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Williamsburg, Virginia
United States
Set-up, Inc
Sunny
 		Total Time = 00m
Overall Rank = 108/109
Age Group = 45-48
Age Group Rank = 8/8
Pre-race routine:

got into bed too late but fell asleep pretty easily and had a good sleep.

up at 5am; dressed, ate my regular pre-race breakfast of Cheerios and yogurt smoothie; on the road by 6am, arrived by 6:30. Racked my bike and dropped my stuff in TA and then went for body marking and chip pickup. Set up transition, got my wetsuit on to my waist, and made the long walk to the swim start; got my suit fully on and zipped, cap and goggles on, and then it was time to swim
Event warmup:

none
Swim
  • 35m 30s
  • 1500 meters
  • 02m 22s / 100 meters
Comments:

first 500m to the first turn was really hard: I was swimming into some chop and kept getting a mouthful of water; had to break from FS a few times to collect myself. After the turn things got a lot better. I had a terrible time seeing the buoys and always felt off course.

Because of the long run back to TA I decided to take a moment in the shallows to get the wetsuit off; this time was included in the swim time.
What would you do differently?:

HTFU
Transition 1
  • 04m 24s
Comments:

Because of the long run back to TA I decided to take a moment in the shallows to get the wetsuit off; this time was included in the swim time.
What would you do differently?:

Run a bit faster
Bike
  • 1h 19m 28s
  • 23.96 miles
  • 18.09 mile/hr
Comments:

The bike was much harder than I was expecting and it felt uphill into the wind both ways. I was hoping to do between 19 and 20mph but ended up doing just over 18.
What would you do differently?:

push harder?
Transition 2
  • 00m 50s
Comments:

it was planned that my race was over when I was done on the bike (heel injury, no running) so I quickly racked my bike, dropped my helmet, and ran to the timing mat in my bike shoes

1/8 AG
2/108 OA
Run
  • 00m
  • 6.21 miles
  •  min/mile
Comments:

DNS
What would you do differently?:

not have a heel injury, be able to run!
Post race
Warm down:

hit the porta potty, some food, pack up TA, go home, lick my wounded pride

What limited your ability to perform faster:

a bit of a freak out in the first part of the swim, very poor ability to follow the swim course


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Last updated: 2009-01-12 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:35:30 | 1500 meters | 02m 22s / 100meters
Age Group: 3/8
Overall: 61/109
Performance: Average
Suit: Blue Seventy Energie Full
Course: triangular
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 74F / 23C Current: Low
200M Perf. Bad Remainder: Average
Breathing: Average Drafting:
Waves: Navigation: Bad
Rounding: Average
T1
Time: 04:24
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Average Helmet on/
Suit off: 		No
Wetsuit stuck? Yes Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
01:19:28 | 23.96 miles | 18.09 mile/hr
Age Group: 3/8
Overall: 45/109
Performance: Good
lap 1: 16m 52s / 17.79 mph; lap 2: 16m 27s / 18.24 mph; lap 3: 16m 16s / 18.44 mph; lap 4: 16m 48s / 17.86 mph; lap 5: 13m 09s / 18.07 mph
Wind: Some
Course: out and back, flattish with rolling hills and a bridge
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:50
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:00:00 | 06.21 miles |  min/mile
Age Group: 0/8
Overall: 0/109
Performance:
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4