WVU Hospitals Sprint, Splash and Spin - TriathlonSprint


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Morgantown, West Virginia
United States
West Virginia University Hospitals
75F / 24C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 04m 21s
Overall Rank = 36/236
Age Group = Clydes
Age Group Rank = 1/12
Pre-race routine:

Had a later start time in the pool so did not wake up until 6:00am. Had a couple pieces of wheat toast, loaded the bike and gear and headed out for the hour drive to the race. Arrived about 7:15am for my 9:00am start time. Checked in and got staged in transition.
Event warmup:

Some light stretching poolside. Water temperature was 70F but looking forward to a pool swim after disaster in my first tri in open water.
Swim
  • 06m 47s
  • 330 yards
  • 02m 04s / 100 yards
Comments:

Not too bad of a swim for me, felt ok for the entire portion, did get a little tired about halfway through but never felt out of control.
What would you do differently?:

Still lots of work to do on my swimming, feel like with the right training I could easily cut a minute off of this time for next year.
Transition 1
  • 00m 39s
Comments:

Pretty happy with transition, some difficulty slipping into shoes but otherwise pretty good. Ranked 14th overall on T1 time.
What would you do differently?:

Maybe I need a size larger shoe.
Bike
  • 33m 18s
  • 11 miles
  • 19.82 mile/hr
What would you do differently?:

Push myself more on the bike
Transition 2
  • 00m 37s
Comments:

Came out of bike shoes too quickly and struggled getting on left running shoe.
Run
  • 23m
  • 3.11 miles
  • 07m 24s  min/mile
Comments:

Pushed pretty good throughout the run, maybe had too much left from bike, although best 5K time I have ever had.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around for about 15 minutes

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Swimming and biking

Event comments:

All in all a good day and a great bunch of people. Thinking with swapping over from a hybrid to a road bike I should be able to see some good improvements in my bike times for next year and with continued swimming focus hoping to drop another 15 seconds/hundred off of my swim times. Definitely think that I could pick up 3 minutes in this race for next year, maybe more. If so, that time this year would have placed me top 3 in my age group for next year. We will see...




Last updated: 2010-07-20 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:06:47 | 330 yards | 02m 04s / 100yards
Age Group: 3/12
Overall: 100/236
Performance: Average
Suit: None
Course: 30 yard pool, 10 lengths, two persons to a lane
Start type: Inside Pool Plus:
Water temp: 70F / 21C Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Average Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 00:39
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Average
Biking
00:33:18 | 11 miles | 19.82 mile/hr
Age Group: 2/12
Overall: 58/236
Performance: Average
Wind: None
Course: Do to staggered starts and being the first one out of the water I had no one to contend with for the first 15 minutes of the ride until I caught a couple of stragglers from the prior group. This was probably good and bad for me as I seem to do better when I have others to feed off of and did not push myself as much as I should have.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Average Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Average Hills: Average
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:37
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes Average
Jumping off bike Average
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Below average
Running
00:23:00 | 03.11 miles | 07m 24s  min/mile
Age Group: 1/12
Overall: 38/236
Performance: Average
Course: flat out and back with small incline at turnaround
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Too easy
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5