Wilmington YMCA Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
United States
Wilmington YMCA
80F / 27C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 46m 1s
Overall Rank = 592/709
Age Group = 60-64
Age Group Rank = 10/
Pre-race routine:

Stayed at Residence Inn with a friend. We shared a 2 bedroom suite. Worked out great. I got to Wilmington around 12:30 and the hotel got me in my room early. I went swimming in the channel for 30 minutes and then biked for 30 minutes . Before going to packet pickup,I had a double scoop of ice cream at Kohl's. We had dinner at Moma Fu's on Friday night. Good food.

We biked to the race site(2 miles) on Saturday. Good plan so we did not have to worry about parking.

The hotel had their breakfast stuff out before 4:30 in order to accommodate all the racers staying there. I appreciated that thought and enjoyed some cereal and coffee.
Event warmup:

Race started at 7:00 so I got there about 5:45. Unfortunately,the old guys swim wave was not till 8:00. We had to take a bus to the swim start. About a 1/2 hour before my swim time,I decided to swim a little and noticed my goggles had split in half at the nose guard. These were new goggles I had bought this week. Not happy. Started asking for duct tape and found some. But then a young lady said she had an extra pair of goggles that she hated because they were too big for her head. She gave them to me and I felt like I had won the lottery. The only thing I could give her was a hug. The goggles worked great.
Swim
  • 29m 54s
  • 1640 yards
  • 01m 49s / 100 yards
Comments:

I have really grown to love open water swimming. It is my favorite part of the race. I find it relaxing which may mean I could have gone faster. But I did improve over last year by 3-4 minutes.

The current was pretty strong and pulled you to the right. But since I naturally pull to the left,I used that to my advantage and went amazingly straight!
Transition 1
  • 01m 56s
Comments:

It took me about 2 minutes of a steady jog to get to Transition. Did not use socks and that helped my time a little.
Bike
  • 42m 11s
  • 12.43 miles
  • 17.68 mile/hr
Comments:

Flat course. I did 3 minutes better than last year.
What would you do differently?:

I need to ride more.
Transition 2
  • 02m 7s
Comments:

Maybe I could get faster at transitions if I practiced them!
Run
  • 29m 55s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 09m 37s  min/mile
Comments:

I gave it all I had. About 2 minutes faster than last year.
Post race
Warm down:

Talked to friends.

Event comments:

This is my favorite race of the year. Kudos to Setup Events for putting on a fantastic event. My overall time was 10 minutes faster than last year and 3 minutes faster than 2008-the first year I did the race




Last updated: 2010-03-07 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:29:54 | 1640 yards | 01m 49s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/709
Performance: Good
Min-90 Avr-156 Max-159
Suit:
Course: Banks Channel at Wrightsville Beach
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 81F / 27C Current: Low
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Bad
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding:
T1
Time: 01:56
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:42:11 | 12.43 miles | 17.68 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/709
Performance: Good
Min-100 Avr-161 Max-173
Wind: Little
Course: Wilmington streets
Road: Rough  Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills:
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 02:07
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:29:55 | 03.11 miles | 09m 37s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/709
Performance: Good
Min-100 Avr-168 Max-195
Course: Roads through Wrightsville Beach
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5