Rocketchix Triathlon II - TriathlonSprint


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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
United States
Maverick Racing
104F / 40C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 06m 41s
Overall Rank = 16/493
Age Group = 20-24
Age Group Rank = 1/18
Pre-race routine:

Walked around with John and Baby Cam for a few minutes...got marked and transition all setup. Went inside to the pool and swam 100m.
Swim
  • 06m 47s
  • 350 meters
  • 01m 56s / 100 meters
Comments:

What they do is have you self seed on your appox. swim time and they drop a swimmer in every ~ 5 seconds or so...

Once again I started to far back....the way they did it was self seeding- last year I started in the 8:30 group and just got pissed off because of all the swimmers that had estimated their swim time wrong. The same thing happened this year...I knew I was a much stronger swimmer than last year but till seeded myself in the 7:30 group. There were roughly 100 women standing in front of me and as I watched them start swimming a few women around me started to comment that they weren't swimming at 5:30 - 6:30 pace. About this point myself and the two women next to me decided to move up. I'm beyond happy I did this and I still ended up passing 5 people in the swim.
What would you do differently?:

Besides starting up closer nothing I felt great on the swim and held a very consistent pace throughout...which set me up nicely for the bike
Transition 1
  • 01m 47s
Comments:

I really need to learn how to do flying dismounts....other than that not to bad of a time including the 150-200m run into transition

Also, I'm not sure if they had the racks setup at a lower height because this is a women's only race but I had to literally turn my bike on its side to get it off the rack since my seat and bike are higher and just generally bigger than 99% of other female bikes
Bike
  • 39m 2s
  • 12.35 miles
  • 18.98 mile/hr
Comments:

Well, I was honestly aiming for 19.5 + on this ride so I have to honestly admit I am somewhat disappointed. On the way out I was avg. roughly 20mph and if I had known at the turnaround we would be going directly into the wind I would have pushed much much harder on the first half...also my computer measured the course long....

Also, coming into T2 there was a cluster of bikes going super slow through this shoot thing they had setup this was about 1/4 a mile long and I basically slowed down to 5 mph

Also, I didn't drink hardly anything on the bike...I had to get out of the drops in order to get my water bottle and drink which resulted in not drinking nearly as much or anything at all
What would you do differently?:

Ride more, IE Speed work & intervals

Get my aero bars and hydration system before the race

Learn and practice how to perform a flying dismount
Transition 2
  • 01m 9s
Run
  • 17m 31s
  • 2 miles
  • 08m 46s  min/mile
Comments:

I was done....my legs were completely fried...at 1 point I just had to tell myself one foot in front of the other...this was a very hard run
What would you do differently?:

Run more...but being that I've only been running for a month or so it wasn't to bad
Post race
Warm down:

nothing

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Easy....being pregnant for 10 months and not exercising at all, only being 3 months PP

Event comments:

I can't complain...I won my age group and had a faster time slightly than last year....




Last updated: 2010-06-21 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:06:47 | 350 meters | 01m 56s / 100meters
Age Group: 0/18
Overall: 27/493
Performance: Good
Suit:
Course:
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 80F / 27C Current:
200M Perf. Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting:
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding:
T1
Time: 01:47
Performance:
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed: Average
Biking
00:39:02 | 12.35 miles | 18.98 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/18
Overall: 17/493
Performance: Good
Wind: Headwind
Course:
Road: Potholes Dry Cadence:
Turns: Average Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 01:09
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike Average
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:17:31 | 02 miles | 08m 46s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/18
Overall: 0/493
Performance: Bad
Course: Around LSU not bad 1 small hill 1 down hill
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5