SpineCare Rocketman Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic


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Redstone Arsenal, Al, Alabama
United States
Team Rocket TriClub
 		Total Time = 3h 06m 36s
Overall Rank = 214/271
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 16/19
Pre-race routine:

Ate Honey Nut Cheerios and went to race. Pretty sweet that this race is only 30 minutes from my house.
Event warmup:

None
Swim
  • 41m 24s
  • 1640 yards
  • 02m 31s / 100 yards
Comments:

My sighting was terrible. It is a jump from the dock start and I got water in my goggles. Since I wear contacts this screwed me up pretty good. Also had problems with fogging. At several points I had to take my goggles off and breast stroke just to see where I was. I had a problem drifting to the left, which really added to the distance I was swimming.
What would you do differently?:

Not sure how to keep the goggles from fogging. I have a pair of goggles that I don't use often and keep just for races, so that they don't fog up. Not sure I can keep water from getting into the goggles when I have to jump in.
Transition 1
  • 01m 37s
Comments:

This was one of my better T1's. I setup well and think I executed fine.
Bike
  • 1h 19m 47s
  • 24.85 miles
  • 18.69 mile/hr
Comments:

I was able to average 20mph for the first 11.5 miles, which is pretty solid for me. Definitely tired near the end. At mile 12 I had a guy come up on my left and said he had been chasing me since T1. I hung with him for a minute, but wasn't able to stay with him after that (I did pass him on the run though).
What would you do differently?:

I purchased a new bike about a month ago and it fits much better than my previous bike. It is working some muscles I hadn't been using before. I just need to put more time in the saddle so that I don't get held back by this new weak link.
Transition 2
  • 01m 27s
Comments:

I set it up well and executed well.
Run
  • 1h 02m 24s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 10m 03s  min/mile
Comments:

I was hoping to run a low 9:00 mile, so I'm disappointed in this run. I walked a couple of times trying to stretch out sore muscles, but pretty sure it just slowed me down with little to no benefit.
What would you do differently?:

More bricks.
Post race
Warm down:

Ate a piece of pizza and killed a bottle of water.

Event comments:

I headed home after I was done, so didn't rate the post race activities. The drink stations were spread out weird. They had one right out of T2, which seems odd since everyone just had the chance to drink on their bike. If they moved that they could have had a station every mile, which would have been nice.

Volunteers were great. Especially the military guys from the Arsenal and the ROTC cadets from a local high school. Really cool they came to help out.




Last updated: 2010-07-24 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:41:24 | 1640 yards | 02m 31s / 100yards
Age Group: 19/19
Overall: 0/271
Performance: Below average
Suit:
Course: Upstream for 550m than cross stream for 100m the rest is downstream.
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 01:37
Performance:
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:19:47 | 24.85 miles | 18.69 mile/hr
Age Group: 14/19
Overall: 0/271
Performance: Good
Wind:
Course: Pretty flat with some rolling hills. I only recall one hill where I thought about getting out of the saddle. There was a storm coming in, which brought some wind. Slowed me down at a few points, but nothing too bad.
Road:   Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 01:27
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
01:02:24 | 06.21 miles | 10m 03s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/19
Overall: 0/271
Performance:
Course: Hillier than I thought it would. It was a mix of gravel and asphalt.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4