Lake in the Hills Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Lake in the Hills, Illinois
United States
Lake in the Hills Park and Recreation
70F / 21C
Overcast
Total Time = 1h 41m 5s
Overall Rank = 131/341
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 25/48
Pre-race routine:

Woke up and showered and waited for NRG to arrive. She did at about 430, loaded up my bike and off we went. Stopped for water and Gatorade and a muffin and then to the race site.
Event warmup:

Rode our bikes from the parking lot to T2, set that up, then over to T1. Swam a little in the lake to get my hair wet. That lake is murrr-ky! Still a good place to swim I reckon. Watched the early waves take off and saw some people struggling. Sigh that used to be me back in the day.
Swim
  • 18m 26s
  • 880 yards
  • 02m 05s / 100 yards
Comments:

I was actually worried about this for many reasons. First I've swam exactly twice since the ironman on Nov. 7. Once in a pool for about an hour and once at DonkeyMan for 300m. This was 880m. So I jumped in and took off and just swam. It was easy. Like riding a bike but only in the water and without wheels and pedals.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing.
Transition 1
  • 02m 45s
Comments:

Fuggin' wetsuit would NOT come off my feet, and then I had to stuff it into the bag but of coruse it kept unfolding. Finally I had to slow down and just easssse it in.
What would you do differently?:

Get a wetsuit stripper.

Bike
  • 50m 2s
  • 15.5 miles
  • 18.59 mile/hr
Comments:

I love riding my bike out in the country, especially will other triathletes around so I kind of took it easy and enjoyed the scenery. It was hilly but I remembered that from last year. What a great little course and a nice day for a ride.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing.
Transition 2
  • 01m 38s
Comments:

This took a little while longer than I wanted for no real reason. I chatted up the lady next to me for a second and then changed shoes. I dont recall doing it but I apparently put my bike shoes in the plastic bag that housed my running shoes and threw my bike helmet over toward my T-bag. Odd.
What would you do differently?:

Go faster?
Run
  • 28m 10s
  • 4 miles
  • 07m 02s  min/mile
Comments:

A little run through the neighborhoods of Lake in the Hills, then along a little path then into some more hoods and such. Good run, a bit hillier than I'm used to though.
What would you do differently?:

Run faster. I know I had more in me, I just kind of slacked because I didn't want to ... I dont know why. I could've gone sub-7 if I'd just kicked it up a notch or two dammit.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked over to the food tent and got an orange and a bagel. Then had a massage which was nice.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Nothing.

Event comments:

Great race. I would recommend it to anybody. I love the people, the course and the town. I would like a medal, though. ;)




Last updated: 2010-06-14 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:18:26 | 880 yards | 02m 05s / 100yards
Age Group: 30/48
Overall: 196/341
Performance: Average
Suit: Full suit
Course: Standard counter-clockwise triangle course.
Start type: Run Plus: Waves
Water temp: 70F / 21C Current: Low
200M Perf. Below average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Good Drafting: Average
Waves: Average Navigation: Average
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 02:45
Performance: Below average
Cap removal: Below average Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:50:02 | 15.5 miles | 18.59 mile/hr
Age Group: 31/48
Overall: 183/341
Performance: Good
Wind: Little
Course: Up around Lake in the Hills and out by Crystal Lake and such. A very pleasant short ride. LOVED IT!
Road: Smooth Wet Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 01:38
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:28:10 | 04 miles | 07m 02s  min/mile
Age Group: 13/48
Overall: 52/341
Performance: Average
Course: Out and back and around and down and such.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
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? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4