Granite Man - TriathlonSprint

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Applegate Lake, Oregon
United States
Granite-man.org
72F / 22C
Sunny

Total Time = 3h 03m 47s
Overall Rank = 37/50
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 27/33

Pre-race routine:

Stretch. I didn't have much of a routine.

Event warmup:

Swim 50yds x 4

Swim

What would you do differently?:

Practice more in the suit, more OWS.

Transition 1

Comments:

Different transition. I wanted to reduce my T2 time so I race in my running shoes. Thereby spending the time to put them on in T1.

What would you do differently?:

Practice to reduce Transition times.

Bike

What would you do differently?:

Train on a MTB. I borrowed my sons bike for this race. Definitely a camelback type of hydration system.

Transition 2

Run

What would you do differently?:

Camelback type of hydration system.

Post race

Warm down:

Walk. And then a swim.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Heat and lack of hydration.

Event comments:

Poor race, however, I would do this race again just because I had learned what it takes for this particular race.

Last updated: 2010-07-23 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:29:29 \| 1320 yards \| 02m 14s / 100yards
Age Group:	0/33
Overall:	0/50
Performance:	Bad
Suit:	Camero Sleevless
Course:	OWS 0.75 mi. Triangle between three bouy floats.
Start type:	Wade	Plus:
Water temp:	72F / 22C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Bad	Remainder:	Below average
Breathing:	Below average	Drafting:	Below average
Waves:		Navigation:	Bad
Rounding:	Good

Biking
01:25:30 \| 13 miles \| 9.12 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/33
Overall:	0/50
Performance:	Average
Wind:	Little
Course:	Precarious trail of granite and risk of falling 10-20 ft in some places.
Road:	Rough Dry	Cadence:
Turns:	Average	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Average	Hills:	Below average
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:	Not enough