Stawberry Fields Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Oxnard, California
United States
Stawberry Fields Triathlon
 		Total Time = 1h 02m 33s
Overall Rank = 5/335
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 1/10
Pre-race routine:

Wake early to be first one in transition. Eat oatmeal with brown sugar and raisins two hours before start time. Dehydrate. Rehydrate. Take 100mg of caffeine. Porta-Potty.
Event warmup:

Warm up run with some run drills. In the water for a bit to get wet and think swim. Running on the beach to keep core temperature up.
Swim
  • 12m 57s
  • 402 meters
  • 03m 13s / 100 meters
Comments:

I never found my stroke. I don't know what happened. I was fine in my warm up swim, but hit the water during the race and forgot how to swim.
Transition 1
  • 01m 5s
Bike
  • 28m 9s
  • 11.5 miles
  • 24.51 mile/hr
Comments:

I wonder why these races would actually be like if no one drafted. I put in a couple good intervals, hammering to pass a group of 5 riders. I'd stay in front of them for while, but would be leap frogged by their pack again. Since the course wasn't technical at all there was no place to completely drop them.
Transition 2
  • 01m 30s
Comments:

Totally forgot to get out of my shoes before getting off the bike. These transitions have long runs!
Run
  • 18m 50s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 06m 05s  min/mile
Comments:

Quickly ran down the draft pack bikers that were coming out of T2 with me. I started the race in the first wave, so there were a limited number of people in front of me. I wasn't sure how many until a little after mile 1 when a spectator told me I was running in 3rd. I caught 2nd within 800m. Since it was an out and back we got to see the 1st place runner as he was headed home. His lead was too great to run down so I just had to run for 2nd. My pace got better as I went along and added a comfortable distance between myself and 3rd.
Post race
Warm down:

Congratulated the 1st and 3rd finishers and ate a box of strawberries. Walked back part of the bike course looking for a missing water bottle. Later on in the day I re-rode most of the bike course again looking for the bottle.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I forgot how to swim!

Event comments:

Great local race. Larger than a little event, but as organized and well run as anything else.




Last updated: 2011-04-06 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:12:57 | 402 meters | 03m 13s / 100meters
Age Group: 0/10
Overall: 0/335
Performance: Below average
Suit: Liftfoil
Course: Not far out to first bouy, longer distance parallel to shore, and then back in to the beach.
Start type: Run Plus: Waves
Water temp: 65F / 18C Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Bad
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 01:05
Performance:
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:28:09 | 11.5 miles | 24.51 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/10
Overall: 0/335
Performance: Good
Wind: None
Course: Around in a flat rectangle. Some of the road shoulders were caked with dirt.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Hard Drinks:
T2
Time: 01:30
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:18:50 | 03.1 miles | 06m 05s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/10
Overall: 0/335
Performance:
Course: Basically an out and back down a small beach street.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Too easy
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4