Whately Police Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Whately, Massachusetts
United States
80F / 27C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 45m 46s
Overall Rank = 91/104
Age Group = 31-39
Age Group Rank = 5/7
Pre-race routine:

My pre-race routine was, in my opinion, too lax. I printed directions for this even (well, my husband did ;) at midnight the night before. I celebrated my daughter's fifth birthday with family and fireworks. I did check last year's calorie intake guidelines and took in the 100 cal.s/hour...peanut butter bagel, coffee and I readied some chews.
Event warmup:

I arrived on the scene, parked my car and proceeded to check-in. I multi-tasked by looking through my bag o' info while waiting in the potty line. I've been spoiled at other events b/c I expected a station where I could fill my tires. This didn't exist. A very kind man pumped up my tires and I was pretty ready to go. I jogged around a bit and familiarized myself witht he in and outs of the transition station. I rolled my bike socks and put my sunglasses in my helmet. I tested the temp. of the water (nice!). I had a general feeling of unpreparedness though...probably because I had NOT trained for the bike or swim!
Swim
  • 15m 48s
  • 880 yards
  • 01m 48s / 100 yards
Comments:

I'm prepping now for my next OWS!
What would you do differently?:

train :P Also, navigate and B-E Aggressive :)
Transition 1
  • 01m 50s
Comments:

No problems I can remember
What would you do differently?:

I'm a transition ANIMAL! ;) actually I was too lax.
Bike
  • 56m 51s
  • 14 miles
  • 14.78 mile/hr
Comments:

Ew. I should have known the course. No excuse. Also...I need a bike computer. The Garmin watch deal is no good during a race. You can't be messing with buttons on your wrist...also it wasn't working right. I felt like I was on a Sunday ride. Paced w/the wrong person and was quite a but slower than usual. I plan to kick butt next year :)
What would you do differently?:

Know the course, have a bike computer, go all out.
Transition 2
  • 01m 18s
Comments:

1:18...what's not to love?
What would you do differently?:

Eat more chews.
Run
  • 30m 1s
  • 3 miles
  • 10m 01s  min/mile
Comments:

I don't care about the rank here. This was great for me!
What would you do differently?:

Nothing...I'm really proud of this...I'm only going to get faster ;)
Post race
Warm down:

Stretched, chatted with some amazing folks (Kathy, Becky, Steve) that I have come to know through these events.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Lack of training.

Event comments:

More vendors, please! :)




Last updated: 2010-05-13 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:15:48 | 880 yards | 01m 48s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/7
Overall: 73/104
Performance: Below average
UGH! I need to STAND UP FOR MYSELF AND GET IN FRONT! I decided on no wet suit but I need to counter this with some agression...I have the speed but couldn't get around some of the girls with wet suits. I also went wildly off course and the guy in the kayak had to point me back to land...it was on the way back (out and back course) when I thought I could just put my head down and churn water. Wrong. Anyway, I learned from both issues but this put my at 73/104 and I would usually be closer to the middle of the pack there.
Suit: Tri Suit (Beginner Triathlete.com!)
Course: Out and back.
Start type: Wade Plus:
Water temp: 80F / 27C Current: Low
200M Perf. Below average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Average Drafting: Average
Waves: Navigation: Bad
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 01:50
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off: 		Yes
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Average
Biking
00:56:51 | 14 miles | 14.78 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/7
Overall: 95/104
Performance: Bad
NO BIKE COMPUTER
Wind: Some
Course: Holy hills...I'm glad I was warned. I debated the value of crying at times ;)
Road: Rough Dry Cadence:
Turns: Average Cornering: Below average
Gear changes: Below average Hills: Average
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:18
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike Below average
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Average
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:30:01 | 03 miles | 10m 01s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/7
Overall: 97/104
Performance: Good
I used the 5 minute-warm-up strategy (I used a STRATEGY!) with 3 minutes hard/ 1 minute active rest/ repeat. This worked very well for me and I am ecstatic with my results here. The running I HAVE been training on :)
Course: Rolling hills, out and back.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 1
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
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] 3