Englewood YMCA Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Englewood, Florida
United States
Venice YMCA
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 35m 17s
Overall Rank = 197/300
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 17/18
Pre-race routine:

Pasta dinner at Farlow's for packet pickup. Bagel for breakfast. Since this is at home, I left the house at 6:15 and was getting marked by 6:30. Setup the bike and T area pretty quickly, then went back through everything to make sure it was ready.
Event warmup:

None, walked down to the beach and waited for the race to start. I figured I'd get warm enough, since it was probably 80+ at 7:30 am.
Swim
  • 08m 50s
  • 400 meters
  • 02m 13s / 100 meters
Comments:

Left the beach a few second late because I wanted to avoid the insanity. Stayed left for the same reason and it seemed to work out for me. I had planned on about 11 minutes and beat that handily. Wow, this is starting out better than I hoped.
What would you do differently?:

Keep practicing the swim, I think I'm getting better.
Transition 1
  • 03m 33s
Comments:

No bike shoes meant no struggle with anything clip related. Struggled to get my shoes, helmet and shirt on. The helmet debacle cost me a few seconds, but it was small compared to everything else that was not working well.
What would you do differently?:

Practice like crazy on T1.
Bike
  • 40m 39s
  • 13 miles
  • 19.19 mile/hr
Comments:

Not bad at all, caught a few from my group as well as a few from the group ahead of me. I was also passed by a couple from the ladies that went after me. I'm not complaining at all, they did an awesome job and it was impressive to see.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing
Transition 2
  • 00m 54s
Comments:

Went well, everything came off fine, everything (visor) went on well.
What would you do differently?:

Practice a whole lot of bricks from now on. This is where it started going south.
Run
  • 41m 23s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 13m 19s  min/mile
Comments:

Wow, this was brutal. I need to get my run up to snuff or I will always be at the rear of these things.
What would you do differently?:

Practice, practice, practice. More bricks will help as well as a little bit of tough.
Post race
Warm down:

Fruit, water, smoothie and walk around a bit.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Practice

Event comments:

This is the best race I've ever done. It is also the only race I've ever done, so there you go. I will do this race again, how can you beat the hometown race?




Last updated: 2011-05-16 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:08:50 | 400 meters | 02m 13s / 100meters
Age Group: 0/18
Overall: 0/300
Performance:
Suit:
Course:
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 03:33
Performance: Below average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed: Average
Biking
00:40:39 | 13 miles | 19.19 mile/hr
Age Group: 11/18
Overall: 0/300
Performance: Good
Wind:
Course:
Road:   Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 00:54
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike Average
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Average
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:41:23 | 03.11 miles | 13m 19s  min/mile
Age Group: 18/18
Overall: 0/300
Performance: Below average
Course:
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 5