Tawas Triathlon Festival - HIM - Triathlon1/2 Ironman


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Tawas, Michigan
United States
3Disciplines
Sunny
 		Total Time = 5h 08m 1s
Overall Rank = 11/157
Age Group = 1-19
Age Group Rank = 1/1
Pre-race routine:

woke up at 5 ate some pop tarts, a banana, half a powerbar, and a gatorade. Headed over to the transition area a little after six.
Event warmup:

nothing
Swim
  • 38m 23s
  • 2112 yards
  • 01m 49s / 100 yards
Comments:

Not sure if i just had a horrible swim or it was long. Most people were saying that they thought it was pretty accurate. I was 5:30 minutes faster at steelhead but we did get to swim with the current. About one week before the race i went to trout lake and did 1.6 miles and my time for the 1.2 was 34 and felt pretty easy. Also the fastest swim was 31:50 which is very slow for a half.
Transition 1
  • 03m 25s
Comments:

was kinda a long run to the transition
Bike
  • 2h 39m 11s
  • 56 miles
  • 21.11 mile/hr
Transition 2
  • 01m 38s
Run
  • 1h 45m 26s
  • 13.86 miles
  • 07m 37s  min/mile
Comments:

Some of the miles were miss marked and many people had 13.8-13.9 on their gps. If the course was 13.1 or 13.86 which i got from rottieguy after the race i still had a very good run.
What would you do differently?:

nothing
Post race
Warm down:

nothing really just walked around a bit then went and got some pizza from G's and took a nap at hotel

What limited your ability to perform faster:

course not accurate

Event comments:

Race was good and i was satisified except if the run course was really 13.1 i would have broken my goal of under 5 hours but i guess ill just have to do that at cedar point next september




Last updated: 2009-08-11 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:38:23 | 2112 yards | 01m 49s / 100yards
Age Group: 1/1
Overall: 48/157
Performance: Below average
Suit: full wetsuit
Course: shallow probably could have walked the swim. The way back was right into the sun so had some problems seeing where i was going.
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 70F / 21C Current: Low
200M Perf. Remainder: Bad
Breathing: Good Drafting: Below average
Waves: Navigation: Below average
Rounding:
T1
Time: 03:25
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
02:39:11 | 56 miles | 21.11 mile/hr
Age Group: 1/1
Overall: 17/157
Performance: Average
Wind: Little
Course: was a nice bike course had more hills then i thought it would wasnt anything too bad though. Saw a lot of drafting just before the turn around the leaders started to pass me going the other way. The first few guys were fine but about 4th-9th place were all packed together drafting.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 01:38
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
01:45:26 | 13.86 miles | 07m 37s  min/mile
Age Group: 1/1
Overall: 14/157
Performance: Good
Course: the run was nice was two laps which sucked cuz the turn around was like 100m from the finish so mentally it wasnt to fun.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
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] 3