Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic


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Venice Beach, California
United States
63F / 17C
Overcast
Total Time = 2h 36m
Overall Rank = 165/~2000
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 18/106
Event warmup:

200m warmup swim
Swim
  • 31h 46m
  • 1640 yards
  • 1h 56m 11s / 100 yards
Comments:

Decent OLY swim for me. Didn't time the break perfectly this year, so getting out was a little less smooth than the previous two years for this race.
Transition 1
  • 02m 37s
Comments:

T1 certainly isn't my forte and my time reflects it. Had a little trouble getting my suit over one of my ankles which cost me a little time.
Bike
  • 1h 09m 44s
  • 24.85 miles
  • 21.38 mile/hr
Comments:

Decent OLY bike for me. I didn't go "all in" on the bike as I had planned...I wanted to be able to do something better than a death shuffle on the run. In retrospect, given my dismal run, I probably made the wrong choice.
What would you do differently?:

Faster, harder...
Transition 2
  • 01m 49s
Run
  • 50m 6s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 08m 04s  min/mile
Comments:

Though I felt pretty good on the run, my Garmin was telling me different. I can normally hold around 7:00:00/mile pace on an OLY, but it was not to be on this day. Probably more related to lack of focus than physical limitations.
What would you do differently?:

FOCUS!
Post race
Event comments:

Checked my finish time after the race and all was expected. Got home and took a nap, then after I awoke, checked the online results and lo-and-behold, I see "penalty: 2:00" beside my time. WTF??? On the bike course, after the turn around at Staples to do the 2.5 mile out and back, I had a marshal beside me for about 2 miles, and ironically, those were some of my fastest miles of the race - speed was 27mph+ for much of the time. I was picking people off one after another and had no one in pursuit. On a couple of occasions, the idiot driving the motorcycle was interfering by blocking me and putting me perilously close to the other riders that were not following convention and were hanging out in the left of the course for no good reason (and technically, should be tagged for a blocking violation). Anyways, I saw the assistant hurriedly scribbling and figured "cool, they're gonna hit these folks with blocking penalties for staying left..."...I passed at least twice between the marshal and said blocking riders. Apparently, they decided to include me in the festivities. The kicker is that LA Triathlon does not post the USAT Referee's Report, so I have no idea what I'm accused of doing...which also begs the question, why is the marshal not signaling an infraction on the spot? I'm not impressed with this aspect of the race in general, and more specifically, how I came to incur a penalty. I've emailed Pacific Sports for a copy of the referee's report, so we shall see.




Last updated: 2010-05-12 12:00 AM
Swimming
31:46:00 | 1640 yards | 1h 56m 11s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/106
Overall: 318/~2000
Performance:
Suit: XTerra Vector Pro X2
Course: dog leg out and back
Start type: Run Plus: Waves
Water temp: 63F / 17C Current: Medium
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Good
Waves: Good Navigation: Average
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 02:37
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Average Helmet on/
Suit off:
No
Wetsuit stuck? Yes Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
01:09:44 | 24.85 miles | 21.38 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/106
Overall: 164/~2000
Performance:
Wind: None
Course: Flat course from Venice Beach to Staples Center with a 2.5 mile return loop at the Staples Center end.
Road: Rough  Cadence: 95
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks:
T2
Time: 01:49
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes Good
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:50:06 | 06.21 miles | 08m 04s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/106
Overall: 0/~2000
Performance:
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]