Latta Plantation Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Huntersville, North Carolina
United States
North Carolina Triathlon Series
80F / 27C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 40m 27s
Overall Rank = 219/412
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 47/72
Pre-race routine:

Up at 4:35, after a few distractions the night before (work, neighbor reving boat engine, etc) leading to ~4hrs of sleep. (Two more than last year!)

Ate my two mini-cinnamon bagel and a bit (not my normal amount) coffee.

Got to race site a little after 5:30. Parked, rode into Transition area with Alice. Got all chipped and marked up for the race. Found Bryan Hall, Scott McClure and a few other friends, did the well wishes -etc.

Did a final check of transition and headed to warmup
Event warmup:

Swam out to first turn buoy and back to get a feel for the water. I did not get in the planned run I had intended. Not sure it made much difference in the outcome
Swim
  • 18m 57s
  • 820 yards
  • 02m 19s / 100 yards
Comments:

Started by breathing every stroke on the right, after three strokes I alternated to breath every stroke on the left. Kept this up about the first quarter of the swim and it really seemed to help.

Struggled with sighting the turn buoy, and the wiggle man at swim finish. This really hampered my navigation.
What would you do differently?:

Need to work on keeping my hips up during sighting and returning to good swim form after sighting
Transition 1
  • 02m 51s
Comments:

Struggled getting my legs after the swim, so the run to T1 was tougher than I remember in the past. Also struggled to get my shoes on, spent way more time than I had in the past.
Bike
  • 51m 12s
  • 17 miles
  • 19.92 mile/hr
Comments:

Racing with Power really help me keep up the pain threshold.
Transition 2
  • 01m 51s
Comments:

Struggled getting bike shoes off --- again with the bike shoes
Run
  • 25m 38s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 08m 14s  min/mile
Comments:

Always hate/enjoy this run...
What would you do differently?:

Push harder, keep that cadence up!
Post race
Warm down:

Grabbed a sip of heed and couple of glasses of water then made way to Great Harvest Bread Co's bread tent and the Budweiser beer truck (repeated 8x...for a very good morning).

Hung out with David Bendert (and crew), Scott McClure, Bryan Hall, B. Hillard, my wife and others while waiting for awards...

Overall, I should be happy nearly a full 3min improvement over my last Latta race, this is a real pickup for me.

Missed Hiegel and Mitchel out there... never saw Bobby Ball after the race.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Me. Need to do better at transitions w/ Bike Shoes. Those damn shoes I am sure cost me the few seconds that kept me from my goal of a sub 1hr 40min race. Either way, need to focus on raising my sustain power on the bike, I am sure I can get some more time there, my speed on the run (better maintain my existing 1mi speed) and if I can knock a few minutes off the swim... that would be gravy.

Event comments:

Always enjoyable... they do need to bring back the post race Coca-cola's...




Last updated: 2010-02-07 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:18:57 | 820 yards | 02m 19s / 100yards
Age Group: 55/72
Overall: 301/412
Performance: Average
Suit: 2XU Tri suit
Course: Out and Back --- leaning rectangle.
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 82F / 28C Current:
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Average
Breathing: Good Drafting: Below average
Waves: Navigation: Below average
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 02:51
Performance: Below average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Yes
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Below average
Biking
00:51:12 | 17 miles | 19.92 mile/hr
Age Group: 44/72
Overall: 223/412
Performance: Good
Target for ride was power of 220 to 230, way under my target with Normalized Power of 211, avg power 202. Work: 622 kJ TSS: 71 (if: 0.915) VI: 1.04 Pwr: 211 Max Pw: 587 Avg Cad: 92 Avg Spd: 19.9 Max Spd:32.2
Wind: Little
Course: Loop
Road: Rough Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Average Hills: Average
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 01:51
Overall: Below average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Average
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:25:38 | 03.11 miles | 08m 14s  min/mile
Age Group: 43/72
Overall: 202/412
Performance: Average
Mile 1 was about a 7:30, Mile 2 was about 8min+, Mile 3 was as struggle with a stitch in my side
Course: Gravel trail run
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4