Long Beach Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Long Beach, California
United States
Pacific Sports
59F / 15C
Overcast
Total Time = 1h 22m 12s
Overall Rank = 260/760
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 42/82
Pre-race routine:

Woke up around 4am. Ate a bowl of shredded wheat over whole milk. Drove an hour and a half. Set up my transition area and proceeded to the start line.
Event warmup:

Got in the water and swam for a few minutes. The water was cold but not freezing. Quite a few entrants were sans wetsuits, which is totally nuts from my standpoint.
Swim
  • 17m 10s
  • 875 yards
  • 01m 58s / 100 yards
Comments:

I think I swam more than the listed distance. I found myself wandering quite a bit.
What would you do differently?:

I would stick to a method on sighting the bouy. I did a sort of random whenever I though I was getting off course bouy check. The result was me being off course by 20-30 yards followed by a very questionable correction. Good thing was I spent most of the swim by myself.
Transition 1
  • 03m 3s
Comments:

Pretty tame transition. No fancy leap on the bike and pedal while putting my shoes on.
What would you do differently?:

Follow a mental checklist on putting my gear on/off. I kinda scrambled to put my gear on and take my wetsuit the rest of the way off. I think practicing the process and going over it in my head would have helped a lot.
Bike
  • 35m 32s
  • 11 miles
  • 18.57 mile/hr
Comments:

I don't know what went wrong. I felt good on the bike and even passed quite a few racers with fancy tribikes. I pushed hard and attacked the climbs with vigor. However, 35 freakin minutes later I was off the bike and cramping up pretty bad. 35 freaking minutes! I damn near killed myself and I though I was cooking way faster than that!
What would you do differently?:

Hydrate! Eat something! Anything to prevent the hell of hamstring cramps that my run started with.
Transition 2
  • 02m 3s
Comments:

Holy cow hamstring cramps suck. Whoever you are Mr.Cliff Shot, you saved my bacon. Some extremely good Samaritan gave me a gel pack while observing my obvious difficulty in walking. A thousand thank yous!
What would you do differently?:

Hydrate and eat something. Get some quick draw lacing system for my F Lite 230PKs.
Run
  • 24m 22s
  • 3 miles
  • 08m 07s  min/mile
Comments:

Four times serious cramping. Had to stop each time to try and get my leg to unlock. After the fourth I slowed my pace a bit and waited for everything to settle down. The aforementioned gel pack and a cup of water seemed to help and by the end of the first mile I was running pretty good. By mile 2 I was back on track and by the finish I felt certain I could have pushed my pace from at least the halfway point.
What would you do differently?:

Hydrate and eat. Listen to my body more. Go No.2 before the race.
Post race
Warm down:

No stretching. Staggered over to the masseuse tent and collapsed on a massage table.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Poor hydration schedule. Didn't eat enough prior to and during race.

Event comments:

Very good competition with awesome people running it and participating. I highly recommend this event and if I am able to, will attend again next year.




Last updated: 2010-09-20 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:17:10 | 875 yards | 01m 58s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/82
Overall: 399/760
Performance: Good
Suit: 2XU T1
Course:
Start type: Run Plus: Waves
Water temp: 65F / 18C Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Good
Breathing: Average Drafting: Below average
Waves: Navigation: Below average
Rounding: Average
T1
Time: 03:03
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
No
Wetsuit stuck? Yes Run with bike: No
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:35:32 | 11 miles | 18.57 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/82
Overall: 267/760
Performance: Average
Wind: None
Course:
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence: 67
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 02:03
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes Average
Jumping off bike Below average
Running with bike Bad
Racking bike Average
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:24:22 | 03 miles | 08m 07s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/82
Overall: 278/760
Performance: Good
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
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: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4