Texas Man (Half) - Triathlon1/2 Ironman


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Denton, Texas
United States
Dallas Athletes
83F / 28C
Sunny
Total Time = 5h 17m 14s
Overall Rank = 23/98
Age Group = 25-29 MEN
Age Group Rank = 4/14
Pre-race routine:

ate some oatmeal, banana, part of a cliff bar at the house... and a gu on race site before the race.
Event warmup:

didnt really do anything... got in the water and swam maybe a 50? to get water in the suit... did 10 pushups to loosen the shoulders up and thats about it.
Swim
  • 32m 12s
  • 1931 meters
  • 01m 40s / 100 meters
Comments:

i walked out more then 50 of the swim and was in 3rd or so place for the first 100 then slowly moved back a little. NOT HAVING BOUIES on the way in was bad and there were too few of them total hard to know where you are going.
What would you do differently?:

dont really know.
Transition 1
  • 02m 26s
Comments:

.17 miles from the beach to the T1 bikes... hummm seams pretty far of a T1 run to me. they did have wet suit strippers but they were off to the side and not very visible or being marketed. didnt like running on the concrete sidewalk that much either.
What would you do differently?:

run the whole way and not walk. even though i was a little warn out from the swim.
Bike
  • 2h 37m 37s
  • 57 miles
  • 21.70 mile/hr
Comments:

1/2 decent to good... 1/2 terrible road rough bumpy road conditions. Apparently when you ride on a highway that is not closed course and you are in front of another rider a Course official can and will give you a 4 min penalty for being overtaken and not moving out of the way of this other rider.

this is a hard thing for me to wrap my hands around because i dont want to ride on the crap highway shoulder and not to move in to the side of the lane where cars are going 60mph.

after the race i talked to the official and his explication of what happened was not very good and I basically caught him in his description of what happened to me. and he said that it was right before i saw him on the road. he was infront of me and i was infont of the other rider. so he slowed down and i said hey hows it going. he said hi on the road. and said something to the other rider behind me. and this is when he said i didnt move after being overtaken. if I am in the lead how did i get overtaken???

i didnt have a very nice conversation with that guy.
What would you do differently?:

Nutrition... still trying to toy with what works for me and what dosnt.
Transition 2
  • 01m 11s
Comments:

smooth easy.
What would you do differently?:

always have a hat available. find out more information about the run course before. to know to wear my white hat.
Run
  • 2h 03m 45s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 27s  min/mile
Comments:

couldnt find it. i sucked it up. maybe too hot and humid for a first race for the season and maybe didnt drink enough water on the bike.

after i knew that my run was going to really be terrible about mile 2.5. i just started to have fun with it and not really think about it. i talked to volunteers, made jokes encouraged other racers etc. I realized that I didnt want to make my self sick and kill my legs.


What would you do differently?:

not walk - not suck
Post race
Warm down:

went straight to the lake and sat in there for 5 min

What limited your ability to perform faster:

my run or my nutrition / hydration

Event comments:

to start this race was a 2/10. the only reason why it gets 2 points is because i did good on the bike and swim.

-1 for bad run course
-1 for non closed course - partially closed
-1 for no med tent at the end of the HALF (they left after the Olympic)
-1 for no pizza once half people finished or other foods
-1 for no one knowing where the med tent was
-1 for handing out poweraid 0 - im prety sure we need calories and carbs post racing
-1 for 57 mile long bike course
-1 for no name GU stuff on the run
-1 for only 1 bike hand up
-1 for 1 aid station with poweraid on the run
-1 for making the people that got there first have to park the furthest away
-1 for open transition
-1 for no port a potties on bike
-1 for no port a potties on run
-1 for allowing muscle milk leaving after the olympic tri
-1 for allowing gatoraid to leave after the olympic
-1 for anything else i forgot about along the way

what the heck... it was a good training day for IM LOUISVILLE! and now I know that I can do another race next month!




Last updated: 2009-12-29 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:32:12 | 1931 meters | 01m 40s / 100meters
Age Group: 4/14
Overall: 11/98
Performance:
Suit: Blue Seventy Short John
Course: out 800 over 300 in 800 3 buies on the way out. one on the turn and 0 on the way in. the sprint and oly people were swimming in the same time we were... didnt like this very much.
Start type: Run Plus: Waves
Water temp: 68F / 20C Current: Low
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Average
Waves: Navigation: Average
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 02:26
Performance:
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
No
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
02:37:37 | 57 miles | 21.70 mile/hr
Age Group: 2/14
Overall: 11/98
Performance:
Wind: Little
Course: well to start it was 1 mile longer then what a half Ironman should be. on a course that has parts that are out and back there should not be any part of a 56 mile half ironman bike ride that is any longer then 56. this didnt cost me anything because my run went to crap later on but I know my Coach Ryan was trying to qualify for USAT National Championships in Myrtle Beach for this October
Road: Rough Dry Cadence: 92
Turns: Average Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 01:11
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes Good
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
02:03:45 | 13.1 miles | 09m 27s  min/mile
Age Group: 6/14
Overall: 38/98
Performance: Bad
Course: 2 loop out and back. part shade. part blazing sun on the highway. not a good safe running course.
Keeping cool Bad Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? No
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? No
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Bad
Race evaluation [1-5] 1