The Qualicum Beach Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
Canada
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 00m 59s
Overall Rank = 8/166
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 1/6
Pre-race routine:

Up later than normal, kind of weird to wake up in my own bed on a race day. This is the first time I have had the chance to stay home the night before a triathlon. It was great. The mornining came and as normal I ate a powerbar and 2 bananas.
Event warmup:

Warm up was quite different, I didn't need to rush to the swim I had time to get ready and do a warm up. Easy 10min jog. Got to love the late morning starts.
Swim
  • 08m 5s
  • 400 meters
  • 02m 01s / 100 meters
Comments:

I had a very good swim, probably shoiuld have been in a different heat, but I had know idea what iwas going to swim when I signed up 3 months ago. For the first time I was the one passing other swimmers, it felt good. I was very tired at the end of the swim.
Transition 1
  • 00m
Comments:

transition went quick, I was very happy.
Bike
  • 36m 1s
  • 18 kms
  • 29.99 km/hr
Comments:

The bike started out well riding fast and hard on every lap. Tried to take a gel, that doesn't work so well with a sprint race. On the second lap I did get to see my friend Donna on the bike, she was doing great. Cheered each other on as I went passed her. She looked and sounded like she was having fun. Unfortunately the end of my bike was terrible. I was having troubles getting into my big ring on numerous occasions on the fourth lap. The worse part came with about 300m to go before T2. I had taken my feet out of my shoes when my bike came to a dead stop. I got off my bike to see that my rear wheel had come off. I was very frusturated as I had know idea what had happened I just started to run to transition. I lost a couple minutes on my bike because of this I was very upset about it. Both T1 and T2 time counted against the bike time aswell so my time and average are quite different.
Transition 2
  • 00m
Comments:

T2 was quite interesting, first I was not happy with the bike then there was 4 people standing in the way of the racks. Where I needed to be, they did not move out of the way right away. I managed to put my bike in the wrong spot. The unfortunate part was they were laughing about it. Managed to get into my spot and put my feet in my runners and took off out of transition.
Run
  • 16m 54s
  • 5 kms
  • 03m 23s  min/km
Comments:

My run went extremely well considering I thought my day was done. I just went out and tried to run as quick as I could run. I found a nice pace right a way and just stuck to it. I thought I ran around 19 minutes. I was very impressed with the result.
Post race
Event comments:

I am overall happy with the race today considering I did the 1/2 iron last weekend and picked up a sinus cold halfway through the week. Sprint races are alot tougher than they look, yes they may be shorter, but you have to compete at much faster pace. I will definately think about this race again in the future. I was able to get a bike mechanic to look at my bike after the race. There was some good news out of it after all. The only thing that was wrong, was that I broke my rear quick release. More importantly is that it won't cost much to fix it just a new one. Frame and deraileur were not harmed in the incinident.




Last updated: 2009-05-14 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:08:05 | 400 meters | 02m 01s / 100meters
Age Group: 0/6
Overall: 89/166
Performance: Good
Suit:
Course: 16 laps of the pool.
Start type: Inside Pool Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Good
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 00:00
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
00:36:01 | 18 kms | 29.99 km/hr
Age Group: 0/6
Overall: 30/166
Performance: Average
Wind:
Course: 4 2.5km loops
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence: 83
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Average Hills: Average
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:00
Overall: Bad
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Bad
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:16:54 | 05 kms | 03m 23s  min/km
Age Group: 0/6
Overall: 1/166
Performance: Good
Course: 2 2.5k loops
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
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