Chicago Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic


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Chicago, Illinois
United States
Capri Events
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 07m 18s
Overall Rank = 1590/3859
Age Group = M50-54
Age Group Rank = 65/148
Pre-race routine:

None because I wasn't at home and was completely discombobulated at the hotel.
Event warmup:

Couldn't do any swimming so did as much stretching as possible.
Swim
  • 27m 22s
  • 1640 yards
  • 01m 40s / 100 yards
Transition 1
  • 03m 19s
Bike
  • 1h 09m 10s
  • 24.85 miles
  • 21.56 mile/hr
Transition 2
  • 03m 19s
Run
  • 1h 24m 7s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 13m 33s  min/mile
Comments:

HOT!! turned out to be a fully supported 6.2 mile charity walk. Probably ran less than a mile total. Hot and light headed after any running. Didn't feel bad on the bike but must have been dehydrated, that and I am a lousy runner.

Post race
Warm down:

Didn't have any warm down, too busy trying to find our lost 9 year old in the crowd of 1000s at the finish. After about 20 minutes, found him and all was well. Actually, now that I think about it, I had a 6 mile warm down.

Event comments:

I did this race in 1985 in 3:14 and my goal was to beat that time since I turned 50 this year. Just wanted to prove older, slower, smarter and better prepared can beat young, fast, stupid and un-prepared almost every time.

I know LSD was rough and crowded, but it is really cool to ride out there. Usually the tallest structures I see when riding are 80 foot tall grain silos.




Last updated: 2010-04-24 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:27:22 | 1640 yards | 01m 40s / 100yards
Age Group: 7/148
Overall: 174/3859
Performance: Good
Suit: Xterra Vortex 3
Course:
Start type: Wade Plus:
Water temp: 72F / 22C Current: Low
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting: Good
Waves: Navigation: Average
Rounding: Average
T1
Time: 03:19
Performance:
Cap removal: Average Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Yes Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:09:10 | 24.85 miles | 21.56 mile/hr
Age Group: 27/148
Overall: 407/3859
Performance:
Wind: Little
Course: 2 loops on LSD, Chicago Ave. to Foster.
Road: Rough  Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 03:19
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes Average
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
01:24:07 | 06.21 miles | 13m 33s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/148
Overall: 0/3859
Performance: Bad
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4