Pinehurst Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic


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Pinehurst, North Carolina
United States
80F / 27C
Overcast
Total Time = 2h 25m 12s
Overall Rank = 39/489
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 11/48
Pre-race routine:

Oatmeal with strawberries, nuts, soymilk at 4:45. 1/2 clif bar at 6:30. Sipped on hydroboom at race site
Event warmup:

1 mile easy jog with some pickups. 200m of easy swimming
Swim
  • 29m 59s
  • 1500 meters
  • 01m / 100 meters
Comments:

Swam about as well as I could given my current fitness level. Started wide right. Swim must have been long compared to last year when i swan 26', but was ranked somewhat lower overall. Only weird thing was that I couldn't find my wetsuit zipper. First time in all of the races I've done...

This year (11/90 ), last year (13/94), very similar results
Transition 1
  • 01m 44s
Comments:

Normally, I'm really fast with this transition, but had problems today. Could not find my wetsuit zipper! Once I was heading out of Transtion, did a really bad job of getting into my shoes. R-tard.
Bike
  • 1h 26m 40s
  • 30 miles
  • 20.77 mile/hr
Comments:

Man, I have definitely lost fitness on bike since last year. I rode 1:06 last year (40k). I clocked the 40k marker and I was at 1:11. Also, my relative ranking was lower (12AG/80OA) was much higher than last year (6/53)! I rode 22.6 last year and it felt easy. Though my quality sessions have been good, have definitley done 40% less volume and fewer hard group rides. Also, may have pushed it too hard, too early. I took HR samples ever few minutes to see how it changed over the course: (max/avg): 168/160, 162/155, 162/156, 162/160, 165/157, 161/158, 161/157, 159/156, 160/153, 163/155, 160/156, 157/149, 161/154, 159/149, 162/147, 159/150, 158/152, 150/141). My conclusion is that partly my mental focus wanned and partly my legs were getting tired. Also, seemed to be having stomach issues that led to some mild puking on bike.

What would you do differently?:

should have eased into race pace a bit. I went too hard, too early.

Also, trained more!
Transition 2
  • 01m 19s
Comments:

Felt pretty smooth on this one. Only way I could go faster is no socks and elastic laces
Run
  • 45m 32s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 07m 20s  min/mile
Comments:

Ouch. This run was very hard for me. This was the slowest I've ever run for a 10k. Times overall seemed pretty slow - there were very few people under 40 mins. Last year I ran 40:48 (3AG/21 OA) this year was nearly 5' slower! (7/28). It was a good deal warmer than last year. Perhaps, the different run direction was tougher. Definitely the extra 5.2 miles on the bike took their toll. Splits were: 7:36 (165/158), 7:07 (168/162), 6:56 (168/166), 7:34 (170/165), 7:45 (170/165), 8:45 (for last 1.2) (170/166). Even though this was a bad run for me, I did pass a number of athletes who were reduced to a walk up the hills

Alternated HEED and water at ever aid station
What would you do differently?:

Trained more! Probably went too hard on the bike
Post race
Warm down:

I really felt worked at the end of the race. Worse than Bandits and almost as bad as WLH. Drank a water, Ate some chips, had a pepsi. Got into lake to cool off. Had more chips, some beans and rice, and a hot dog.

I was really struggling, but I felt like I really ran as tough as I could. I did lose some focus at the end of the bike, but what can you do???

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Training!

Event comments:

Set-Up always does a great job.




Last updated: 2009-05-18 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:29:59 | 1500 meters | 01m / 100meters
Age Group: 11/48
Overall: 90/489
Performance: Average
156/169
Suit: Fullsuite
Course: Counter clockwise triangle. Wave start. Good visability
Start type: Run Plus: Waves
Water temp: 73F / 23C Current: Low
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Average
Breathing: Good Drafting: Bad
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 01:44
Performance: Bad
Cap removal: Bad Helmet on/
Suit off:
No
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed: Bad
Biking
01:26:40 | 30 miles | 20.77 mile/hr
Age Group: 12/48
Overall: 80/489
Performance: Below average
Wind:
Course:
Road: Smooth  Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Average Hills: Average
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:19
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes Good
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:45:32 | 06.21 miles | 07m 20s  min/mile
Age Group: 7/48
Overall: 28/489
Performance: Below average
Course: Hilly run course. Run was clockwise this year.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4