Swim for Smiles FAMILY Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
United States
Swim for Smiles Foundation
80F / 27C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 14m 10s
Overall Rank = 44/120
Age Group = Male 20-24
Age Group Rank = 1/5
Pre-race routine:

Woke up slightly hung over at 6. Downed a lot of gatorade and a golden graham treat and headed to the race. Checked in and got body marked. I made sure to double and triple check my transition area. Sadly my bib number put me in about the crappiest transition location possible.
Event warmup:

200 yard swim and stretch
Swim
  • 03m 52s
  • 250 yards
  • 01m 33s / 100 yards
Comments:

My swim went ok. I did get knocked in the head once and it took me two times to fix my goggles. Its ok though, it only cost me a few seconds.
What would you do differently?:

Flipp turned.
Transition 1
  • 01m 43s
Comments:

Transition went crappy. I got my shoes and everything on real quick but my bike got stuck on the rack and that took me a while to get unstuck.
What would you do differently?:

get a smaller bike so i can rack it differently...or a bigger rack?
Bike
  • 43m 24s
  • 11.6 miles
  • 16.04 mile/hr
Comments:

Wow, this is definitely the hilliest course ive ever been on. I was kind of hoping to hit 20+ mph, but only got to 16...it was very tough, atleast for me.
What would you do differently?:

More hill work and tighten my cleats. It took me forever to click my cleats into place on my bike cause i found out later one of them had come loose.
Transition 2
  • 01m 8s
Comments:

I caught a calf cramp bending over tieing my shoes.
What would you do differently?:

Not get a cramp and get some Yank shoelaces.
Run
  • 24m 1s
  • 2.7 miles
  • 08m 54s  min/mile
Comments:

I blew it on the run. Holy cow my legs were shot for some reason. I need to run more and definitely do some hill work on the bike. Close to one of the slowest runs of the day.
What would you do differently?:

Train more on the run and the bike.
Post race
Warm down:

Walk and stretch.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

crappy run and staying up till 3 with 3 shots of vodka, 5 rum and cokes and two beers....yay, not doing that again haha.

Event comments:

Great race, but ridiculously hilly..atleast for me.




Last updated: 2009-06-25 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:03:52 | 250 yards | 01m 33s / 100yards
Age Group: 1/5
Overall: 7/120
Performance: Average
Suit: None
Course: Pool swim down and back for 5 different lanes
Start type: Inside Pool Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Below average Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 01:43
Performance: Below average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:43:24 | 11.6 miles | 16.04 mile/hr
Age Group: 1/5
Overall: 32/120
Performance: Below average
Wind: Little
Course: Circle and very hilly
Road: Rough Dry Cadence: ?
Turns: Below average Cornering: Below average
Gear changes: Average Hills: Bad
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 01:08
Overall: Below average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Average
Shoe and helmet removal Below average
Running
00:24:01 | 02.7 miles | 08m 54s  min/mile
Age Group: 4/5
Overall: 67/120
Performance: Bad
Course: Very hilly...Y shaped course.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 1
Good race? No
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4