Boulder Peak Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic


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Boulder, Colorado
United States
World Triathlon Corporation
75F / 24C
Sunny
Total Time = 3h 10m 35s
Overall Rank = 909/1279
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 96/111
Pre-race routine:

Nothing special - work up around 4:30 and went down to lobby at the hotel to toast a bagle for my peanut butter and bagle breakfast. I started hydrating and working on getting my system flowing.
Swim
  • 31m 34s
  • 1640 yards
  • 01m 55s / 100 yards
Comments:

Swim was as expected. I started toward the back this time and still wrestled with getting a steady state swim pace / pattern going. Not as bad as the boulder sprint, but lots of people to swim around. Also not keeping my face down in open water yet. Good time (typical swim for me).
What would you do differently?:

Need more practice with open water. Not confident yet.
Transition 1
  • 04m 2s
Comments:

Ran and jumped...then stopped. Missed the right pedal and when I started pedaling with the left, the right hit the ground. My left shoe came loose and I had to stop to get it all situated properly.

No issues with transition overall - came out of the water tired and used the run to T1 to steady breating and relax. Suit came off easily.
What would you do differently?:

No running mount on a longer race.
Bike
  • 1h 27m 42s
  • 26.1 miles
  • 17.86 mile/hr
Comments:

OMG - the climb was way under estimated. Tough already with the first 8 miles or so being up-hill; however, the climb at the end was a killer. I strongly considered just getting off and walking - would have been faster. Probably averaged 5 on the hill. Going down I did make up much time even with speed limits in place.

Did not drink enough and I paid for it on the run.
What would you do differently?:

Drink more and more hill work on the bike.
Transition 2
  • 01m 28s
Comments:

No real issues. Forgot to take my feet out of shoes in advance and was rushing at the last minute to get them out before dismount.
What would you do differently?:

Remember to take feet out sooner
Run
  • 1h 08m
  • 6.21 miles
  • 10m 57s  min/mile
Comments:

sucked!!! I tried to keep pace at the beginning but could not. Believe I did not drink enough on the bike and tried to make it up on the run - did not work. I did get yelled at by Dave Scott (encourgement - not anger), so that was cool. Was so glad after race, but had to stop and walk many times.
What would you do differently?:

RUN NEEDS WORK!!!!
Post race
Warm down:

Sat on butt. Was going to go to hot tub at hotel, but lost my wallet and ended up just packing up and going back to race site to find it (which I did).

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Being fat and out of shape primarily. Notihing outside of my control for sure.

Event comments:

Would do it again just to CRUSH this time.




Last updated: 2010-11-29 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:31:34 | 1640 yards | 01m 55s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/111
Overall: 0/1279
Performance: Average
Suit: Yes - full body
Course: Kind of a rectangle in the Boulder Res. Out and back with about 40 yards at the end that you had to cross. Swam into the sun.
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current: Low
200M Perf. Below average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Average Drafting: Average
Waves: Navigation: Average
Rounding: Average
T1
Time: 04:02
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Average Helmet on/
Suit off:
No
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed: Below average
Biking
01:27:42 | 26.1 miles | 17.86 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/111
Overall: 790/1279
Performance: Below average
Wind: Little
Course: Loop course with one mean climb.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Average Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Average Hills: Below average
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 01:28
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes Average
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Average
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
01:08:00 | 06.21 miles | 10m 57s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/111
Overall: 1078/1279
Performance: Below average
Course: Out and back along the res
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4