Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant Prairie, WI) - TriathlonSprint


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Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
United States
Danskin Women's Triathlon
84F / 29C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 28m 43s
Overall Rank = 353/3620
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 55/379
Pre-race routine:

Get up an hour before I plan to leave for the triathlon, eat breakfast, and try to get my body a little more awake just by being out of bed. It takes me awhile to wake up.
Event warmup:

None. I'm lazy.
Swim
  • 15m 3s
  • 880 yards
  • 01m 43s / 100 yards
Transition 1
  • 04m 17s
What would you do differently?:

I'm always very slow in T1. I need to improve this time.
Bike
  • 43m 3s
  • 12.4 miles
  • 17.28 mile/hr
Transition 2
  • 02m 32s
What would you do differently?:

Work on exit from the bike.
Run
  • 23m 43s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 07m 39s  min/mile
What would you do differently?:

Control my first mile better.
Post race
Warm down:

None. I'm lazy.

Event comments:

I would definitely recommend the race. It's for a great cause, I love women-only events, and it was a nice course and race overall. That said, there were lots of volunteers but they didn't know anything so when you asked them a question, none of them had an answer. Quite often they didn't know where to send you to get the answer either. There was also a general air of chaos. And while I was told by multiple women that the organization is worlds better than it was for the past couple of years, I feel like by the 10th anniversary running you would have some of those kinks worked out.




Last updated: 2006-04-14 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:15:03 | 880 yards | 01m 43s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/379
Overall: 611/3620
Performance: Good
Suit: sleeveless
Course: Very nice swim. It's across a lake that seems fairly clean, not a bad termperature and was a smooth swim other than turbulence we created ourselves swimming.
Start type: Wade Plus:
Water temp: 70F / 21C Current: Low
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 04:17
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Average Helmet on/
Suit off: 		No
Wetsuit stuck? Yes Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Below average
Biking
00:43:03 | 12.4 miles | 17.28 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/379
Overall: 886/3620
Performance: Good
Wind: Headwind
Course: Nice course. One big loop. Closed to traffic. Some rollers. Pretty good head and cross winds for the last 3 miles or so, but overall not bad.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 02:32
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:23:43 | 03.1 miles | 07m 39s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/379
Overall: 65/3620
Performance: Good
Course: Flat around half the lake, a back track, back up to run the rest of the way around the lake and finish near transition on the opposite side from the start.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? No
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 2