Lake Las Vegas Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Henderson, Nevada
United States
Sunset Racing
80F / 27C
Sunny
Total Time = 2h 06m 39s
Overall Rank = 93/196
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 4/8
Pre-race routine:

Up at 4:45 am. Had a can of Ensure and a plain bagel for breakfast. Took a cup of coffee with me to the race site. It was nice to have been able to leave my bike overnight at the transition area so all I needed to do when I arrived was get marked and place my shoes / equipment out.
Event warmup:

Stretching and swam about 75 yards in the lagoon area, which was where the start began.
Swim
  • 23m 1s
  • 880 yards
  • 02m 37s / 100 yards
Comments:

My time in the water was 20:38 from start to out of water. Add a 200 yard plus run from the beach area to T1 and where the timing mats were located. Although they said the swim was 800 yards, I really think it was a little further. Nevertheless, I had no problems in the nice warm water. Also, no problems with other swimmers.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing
Transition 1
  • 02m 25s
Comments:

Long run from the swim area to T1.
What would you do differently?:

My computer chip strap was apparently on the wrong ankle, so the girls at the mats told me I had to switch it before I left. Not sure how that works but it did slow me down about 20-30 seconds.
Bike
  • 1h 09m 2s
  • 16.1 miles
  • 13.99 mile/hr
Comments:

Very hilly course and being that I live near the beach, I didn't train enough on hills. There were some very long ascents (not sure the overall distance, but it felt like four or five miles going up). I guess the good thing about going up hills is you get to go down them also. Although my overall time was fairly slow, I had some very good speed on a couple of the hills.
What would you do differently?:

Find some very long tough hills around my city and train harder
Transition 2
  • 01m 5s
Comments:

None
Run
  • 31m 7s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 10m 02s  min/mile
Comments:

I think the bike course took its toll on me. When I started my run I actually felt okay. Once I was off road the hills just took a lot out of me. My legs were very fatigued. Thankfully, there was a downhill into the transition area and a fairly flat course after that.
What would you do differently?:

Need to train going from a hilly bike course to a hilly run course
Post race
Warm down:

Fluids, bananas, grapes. Stretched a little. Felt no real discomfort after the race.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I don't think I was in that great of shape to ride and run the type of hills that I faced in this race.

Event comments:

Great race. There were plenty of volunteers and along with the cops they all did a great job.




Last updated: 2010-09-07 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:23:01 | 880 yards | 02m 37s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/8
Overall: 0/196
Performance: Good
Suit:
Course: Began in the lagoon area at the Lowe's Resort out under the bridge to the first buoy then a long straight swim to buoy #2, right turn and a short distance to buoy #3, then back to the start area.
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 81F / 27C Current: Low
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Average
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 02:25
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
No
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed: Average
Biking
01:09:02 | 16.1 miles | 13.99 mile/hr
Age Group: 3/8
Overall: 0/196
Performance: Average
Wind: Little
Course: From Lake Las Vegas out to the old Lake Mead boat dock and back
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Average
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:05
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:31:07 | 03.1 miles | 10m 02s  min/mile
Age Group: 4/8
Overall: 0/196
Performance: Average
Course: Out the transition and up a hill to an off road course that had two killer hills (at least for me they were pretty killer), then back through the transition area and down a long straight away with two turns to the finish line.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
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