USAT National Championships - TriathlonOlympic


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Tuscaloosa, Alabama
United States
86F / 30C
Sunny
Total Time = 2h 09m 19s
Overall Rank = 110/1118
Age Group = 20-24
Age Group Rank = 40/95
Swim
  • 24m 38s
  • 1640 yards
  • 01m 30s / 100 yards
Comments:

Great swim. Tactics... meh (see below).
Pushed hard and overcame some possible horrendous situations including my goggles getting ripped in the first 15 seconds.
What would you do differently?:

Learned a lot about the upper echelon of racing.
1) listen to when the swim will start. Missed the memo that said it would start in 3 minutes, thought a full warmup was a good idea. Was greeted with screams of get back to the line along with 15 other folks that were trying to warmup.
2) Go out hard and NEVER think that sitting back is a good strategy. I got ripped apart after having a bad start position and tried to wait for things to settle out. Literally the neoprene on the left eye of my goggles was ripped apart.
3) Get big and embrace the contact. We'll see how that works...
Transition 1
  • 01m 38s
Comments:

sucked clipping into the bike. Major fail.

Bike
  • 1h 00m 32s
  • 24.9 miles
  • 24.68 mile/hr
Comments:

Extremely crowded. Horrified I would lose 2 minutes for a drafting penalty, I slammed on my brakes the second I saw a ref approaching. I never drafted but got stuck in packs as one guy would pass and then not push forward. The dynamics of the race created 4 or 5 different speeds of athletes on the course trying to share 1 lane of traffic (slow 20-24's with fast swims, fast 20-24's with slow swims, really fast 20-24 girl swimmers, the slow Masters/grandmasters, the fast 25-29 swimmers and cyclists) and then you add in a second loop and it's a disaster trying to pass people and remain out of the draft zone "legally."
What would you do differently?:

Swim faster and get away from slow joe's
Transition 2
  • 00m 54s
Comments:

Almost fell coming off the bike. Everything else was swell.
Run
  • 41m 39s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 06m 43s  min/mile
Comments:

This hurt more than any run I've ever done. Guess that means I did it right?
What would you do differently?:

drink more water and be mentally prepared for hills. Even though I knew it was hilly I was expecting flatter than tugaloo. Combo of no shade and killer hills equals lots of pain.
Post race
Warm down:

try not pass out and be conversational with family enough to let them know i was very very happy with the race and I appreciated everything they did.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Run mileage throughout the season. The winter will get me in run shape and the swim will progress as well.

Event comments:

Horrible bike course. They needed to shut down both sides of the road and provide more space for the moto referrees and the large field. Very dangerous.




Last updated: 2010-06-02 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:24:38 | 1640 yards | 01m 30s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/95
Overall: 0/1118
Performance: Good
Suit: IP Tri Suit
Course: rectange. first 100 meters with the current, 90 degree right turn, 50 meters, 90 deg right 1200 meters against the current directly into the sun (horrible sigting other than finding feet), 200 meters to shore
Start type: Deep Water Plus: Waves
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current: Medium
200M Perf. Bad Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Below average
Waves: Navigation: Average
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 01:38
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:00:32 | 24.9 miles | 24.68 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/95
Overall: 0/1118
Performance: Good
Wind: Little
Course: Crowded 2 loops. ahhh
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 00:54
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes Good
Jumping off bike Bad
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:41:39 | 06.21 miles | 06m 43s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/95
Overall: 0/1118
Performance: Average
Course: first and last 1.5 miles were flat... pain and dread inbetween. Huge hills at mile 2 and 3. Not fun.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3