Rocketman Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic


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Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
United States
Team Rocket Tri Club
80F / 27C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 30m 34s
Overall Rank = 48/282
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 7/39
Pre-race routine:

Crazy morning with the kids.
Event warmup:

30 seconds in the water before the gun.
Swim
  • 25m 36s
  • 1640 yards
  • 01m 34s / 100 yards
Comments:

7/282 men. Swim was great. Felt good the whole way and was evidently cruising along well. Good enough to best all the oldsters except the race winner (who was an ex-Auburn swimmer).
What would you do differently?:

Nothing.
Transition 1
  • 01m 29s
Comments:

Meh - average at best.
Bike
  • 1h 07m 9s
  • 24.85 miles
  • 22.20 mile/hr
Comments:

Bike was horrible - I just couldn't hold the power I wanted. After the race I found that my rear brake was slightly dragging. Doh. Not sure if it was during the ride as it probably only cost me 3 minutes over what I would have expected anyway. (i.e. must have been dragging lightly to have that small of an effect). In any case I was ready to be done with this race about 3 miles into the bike. Felt pretty bad the whole way.
Transition 2
  • 01m 29s
Comments:

Not great, either. Skidded into T2 - not my best dismount ever. Not sure if my tire started dragging here or all the way through the bike.
Run
  • 54m 53s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 08m 50s  min/mile
Comments:

Run was even worse. Had side stitches in both sides through about mile 4. Just came in under 55 minutes for the run, which tells you how bad I did here (open 10k is 43min or so). To top it off I ended up at 2:30:34 and just missed breaking that benchmark. Really had no fun once I got out of the water here.
Post race
Event comments:

First "bad" race. But it is done. On to bigger and better things.




Last updated: 2011-07-18 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:25:36 | 1640 yards | 01m 34s / 100yards
Age Group: 1/39
Overall: 7/282
Performance: Good
Suit:
Course: In the river. Upstream 500m, downstream 1000m.
Start type: Dive Plus: Time Trial
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 01:29
Performance:
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:07:09 | 24.85 miles | 22.20 mile/hr
Age Group: 7/39
Overall: 0/282
Performance:
Wind:
Course:
Road:   Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 01:29
Overall: Bad
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:54:53 | 06.21 miles | 08m 50s  min/mile
Age Group: 18/39
Overall: 0/282
Performance: Bad
Course: Rolling course.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]