Victoria's Duathlon - Duathlon


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Waterloo, Ontario
Canada
Trisport Canada
27C / 81F
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 51m 23s
Overall Rank = 356/519
Age Group = W30-34
Age Group Rank = 16/25
Pre-race routine:

None to speak of. Takes about an hour to get to the race site from home. Had some breakfast and packed a water bottle to drink in the car.
Event warmup:

None. I needed not race this hard. The day was promising to be hot hot hot and with an 11am start time I'd be in the heat of the noon sun.
Run
  • 21m 5s
  • 4 kms
  • 05m 16s  min/km
Comments:

I remember people starting out too fast last year and I hung back a bit. As I said before I didn't have anything to prove because if I raced it would hurt my HIM training too much so I just tried to keep my breathing even and a reasonable pace. I did take water at the aid station but hardly got any in my mouth. Tried to encourage and chat to a few other people around.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing. This run was fine.
Transition 1
  • 01m 22s
Comments:

I was pretty slow but nothing to worry about.
What would you do differently?:

I should actually put the zip laces I have on my shoes. That will save some time
Bike
  • 1h 05m 45s
  • 30 kms
  • 27.38 km/hr
Comments:

Started out with a good pack but was conscious of not drafting. I felt strong on the first few hills but I started to fade about 1/3rd of the way into the course. I was pretty uncomfortable in my saddle with the tri shorts and I was probably also still sore from my long ride the day before. I kept drinking as much as i could. I did take a minute to look around a few times. At one point it was so beautiful - on a sort of ridge with the bright blue sky and country landscape.

I seemed to get back in the groove in the last 10k but my legs were pretty tired. And it felt like much of the race had passed me. I was really impressed with a few 50+ ladies who blew by me!

I came back into transition to see my fiance and his brother's family including his two young nieces cheering me on so that was nice boost!
What would you do differently?:

Not sure much of it was in my control. If this were an A race I wouldn't have done a 3 hour ride the day before. I probably would have eaten - i didn't bother trying to open the pack of Gu chomps I had in my bento box.
Transition 2
  • 01m 23s
Comments:

Nothing much here. Sucked back some extra water and headed off.
Run
  • 21m 49s
  • 4 kms
  • 05m 27s  min/km
Comments:

Even hotter now. I had not planned on busting it but when I looked down at my Garmin in the first k my pace was much faster than i planned. Took a minute to physically and mentally slow down. The rolling hills do take a toll and I didn't want to barf! I wanted to run the whole thing and not melt into a giant puddle. I walked through both aid stations to actually take fluid in. And on the second the little guy giving out water threw one on me and gave me a water. Very nice!

I did catch up to a girl in my age group at the very end but decided against sprinting the grass to catch her. Turns out i was only 3 seconds behind.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing. If anything I would have slowed down more but after looking at the results I paced well as I was only about 45 seconds slower on the second run than the first.
Post race
Warm down:

Not too much. Went straight to the gatorade table and sucked back a cup. Mmmmm. Decided to get food before meeting up with the family. They had pulled pork barbecue this year. I ate that quite happily.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Well, being in the middle of HIM training I wasn't worried much about performance and went out just to see how I would do and have fun on the closed course for a bike! I am not that strong on the bike so that will need to get much much better for the HIM not be a slog come September

Event comments:

This a great early season race I would recommend to anyone. The weather can be drastically different each year and this was probably the hottest it's been in a number of years.




Last updated: 2010-01-23 12:00 AM
Running
00:21:05 | 04 kms | 05m 16s  min/km
Age Group: 16/25
Overall: 398/519
Performance: Good
Course: Out and back. In the country with rolling hills and little shade.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Not enough
T1
Time: 01:22
Overall: Average
Run with bike?
Jump on bike?
Getting up to speed and into shoes:
Biking
01:05:45 | 30 kms | 27.38 km/hr
Age Group: 16/25
Overall: 384/519
Performance: Average
Wind: Some
Course: Rolling hills in the country. Pass lots of farms
Road:   Cadence:
Turns: Below average Cornering: Below average
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 01:23
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:21:49 | 04 kms | 05m 27s  min/km
Age Group: 7/25
Overall: 248/519
Performance: Good
Course: Same as run 1
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5