Big Kahuna Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman


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Santa Cruz, California
United States
Firstwave Events
Sunny
 		Total Time = 5h 20m 8s
Overall Rank = 417/756
Age Group = 40-45
Age Group Rank = 57/85
Pre-race routine:

Got up at 4:40. Shaved, ate a pb and honey sandwich, with coffee. Walked my stuff down to transition when it opened at 5am. Ran back to the motel room and finished getting ready.
Event warmup:

Did a mile run warmup from the motel room. Then got my wet suit and walked down to transition to make sure everything was ready. Put on the wet suit then headed to the mandatory meeting at the beach. Waited for a long time, but the swim was finally cancelled.
Swim
  • 00m
  • 1930 meters
  • / 100 meters
Comments:

Swim cancelled due to poor visibility. The fog was pretty bad in the morning but it cleared up later on the bike.
Transition 1
  • 02m 31s
Comments:

Ran up from swim finish to transition area. Did this barefoot, which bruised the balls of my feet.
What would you do differently?:

Stage shoes at the swim exit, or work on barefoot running.
Bike
  • 2h 59m 10s
  • 56 miles
  • 18.75 mile/hr
What would you do differently?:

I need to do more long rides or intervals at race pace to help avoid the cramping I had in this race.
Transition 2
  • 04m 24s
Comments:

Had to hit the bathroom here, or it would have been quite a bit faster. I also stretched out the gluts trying to work out the cramping from the bike.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing this was a good transition.
Run
  • 2h 12m 20s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 06s  min/mile
Comments:

I couldn't maintain my goal pace. I ran the whole way except to fill the water bottle at a couple of stations. I was pleased with that, but bummed that I didn't do it at my goal pace.
What would you do differently?:

Do more longer bike/run bricks.
Post race
Warm down:

walked and stretched on the beach.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Cramping on the bike, hurt both the bike and run.

Event comments:

This turned into a duathlon. Visibility was poor due to the fog so the ocean swim was cancelled. We started at the swim finish, ran to transition and started our bike.




Last updated: 2009-09-12 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:00:00 | 1930 meters | / 100meters
Age Group: 0/85
Overall: 0/756
Performance:
Suit:
Course:
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 02:31
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed: Average
Biking
02:59:10 | 56 miles | 18.75 mile/hr
Age Group: 69/85
Overall: 458/756
Performance: Average
I felt ok about my bike. The speed was good except from mile 24 thru 32. I started cramping at the base of my butt. Stretching on the bike, slowing down and drinking more seemed to relieve it. By the time I hit mile 32 I was able to keep a pretty good pace again. 1 03m 08s 1.00 miles 19.15 mph 152 161 2 02m 56s 1.00 miles 20.45 mph 154 161 3 03m 13s 1.00 miles 18.65 mph 161 167 4 02m 51s 1.00 miles 21.05 mph 154 160 5 03m 15s 1.00 miles 18.46 mph 159 167 6 02m 39s 1.00 miles 22.64 mph 157 162 7 03m 21s 1.00 miles 17.91 mph 160 165 8 03m 14s 1.00 miles 18.56 mph 159 164 9 03m 16s 1.00 miles 18.37 mph 156 165 10 03m 06s 1.00 miles 19.35 mph 156 160 11 03m 17s 1.00 miles 18.27 mph 157 166 12 03m 27s 1.00 miles 17.39 mph 163 170 13 02m 55s 1.00 miles 20.57 mph 153 159 14 02m 52s 1.00 miles 20.93 mph 154 158 15 05m 08s 1.00 miles 11.69 mph 161 168 16 03m 09s 1.00 miles 19.05 mph 147 154 17 03m 21s 1.00 miles 17.91 mph 148 156 18 02m 20s 1.00 miles 25.71 mph 142 151 19 02m 32s 1.00 miles 23.68 mph 155 161 20 03m 58s 1.00 miles 15.13 mph 154 161 21 03m 20s 1.00 miles 18.00 mph 148 164 22 03m 26s 1.00 miles 17.48 mph 146 153 23 03m 02s 1.00 miles 19.78 mph 150 156 24 02m 42s 1.00 miles 22.22 mph 146 154 25 03m 21s 1.00 miles 17.91 mph 150 161 26 03m 49s 1.00 miles 15.72 mph 144 162 27 03m 28s 1.00 miles 17.31 mph 148 160 28 03m 45s 1.00 miles 16.00 mph 139 147 29 02m 57s 1.00 miles 20.34 mph 128 143 30 03m 37s 1.00 miles 16.59 mph 134 143 31 03m 15s 1.00 miles 18.46 mph 140 151 32 03m 55s 1.00 miles 15.32 mph 145 151 33 03m 05s 1.00 miles 19.46 mph 137 144 34 03m 08s 1.00 miles 19.15 mph 144 152 35 02m 49s 1.00 miles 21.30 mph 152 158 36 04m 26s 1.00 miles 13.53 mph 152 164 37 03m 43s 1.00 miles 16.14 mph 154 163 38 03m 33s 1.00 miles 16.90 mph 143 148 39 03m 42s 1.00 miles 16.22 mph 131 139 40 03m 14s 1.00 miles 18.56 mph 134 146 41 03m 36s 1.00 miles 16.67 mph 141 152 42 03m 14s 1.00 miles 18.56 mph 140 149 43 03m 14s 1.00 miles 18.56 mph 145 151 44 03m 17s 1.00 miles 18.27 mph 150 165 45 03m 17s 1.00 miles 18.27 mph 140 151 46 03m 10s 1.00 miles 18.95 mph 141 152 47 03m 28s 1.00 miles 17.31 mph 149 156 48 02m 57s 1.00 miles 20.34 mph 139 151 49 03m 28s 1.00 miles 17.31 mph 145 153 50 02m 58s 1.00 miles 20.22 mph 144 158 51 03m 27s 1.00 miles 17.39 mph 146 153 52 03m 00s 1.00 miles 20.00 mph 147 159 53 03m 04s 1.00 miles 19.57 mph 148 159 54 03m 02s 1.00 miles 19.78 mph 148 153 55 00m 55s 0.28 miles 18.01 mph 142 148
Wind: Little
Course: Out and back course on the PCH. Beautiful ride. Some small to medium rollers only 2 at a somewhat steep pitch.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 04:24
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
02:12:20 | 13.1 miles | 10m 06s  min/mile
Age Group: 55/85
Overall: 408/756
Performance: Average
1 08m 28s 1.00 miles 08m 28s /mile 159 162 2 08m 52s 1.00 miles 08m 52s /mile 163 165 3 09m 00s 1.00 miles 09m /mile 162 165 4 09m 21s 1.00 miles 09m 21s /mile 163 165 5 09m 35s 1.00 miles 09m 35s /mile 163 168 6 10m 01s 1.00 miles 10m 01s /mile 162 166 7 10m 06s 1.00 miles 10m 06s /mile 161 164 8 10m 57s 1.00 miles 10m 57s /mile 158 163 9 10m 32s 1.00 miles 10m 32s /mile 159 163 10 10m 08s 1.00 miles 10m 08s /mile 157 159 11 10m 18s 1.00 miles 10m 18s /mile 156 159 12 10m 36s 1.00 miles 10m 36s /mile 156 158 13 10m 56s 1.00 miles 10m 56s /mile 153 157 14 03m 31s 0.35 miles 09m 55s /mile 158 167 15 06m 46s 0.08 miles 1h 25m 50s /mile 133 168
Course: The middle portion, about 4 miles was on dirt trails on the coastline, the other portions were either streets or paved bike/pedestrian trails.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4