Jamba Juice North Shore Challenge - North Shore Swim Series Event #4 - Swim


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Ehukai Beach Park, Hawaii
United States
Hawaii Swim
75F / 24C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 37m 16s
Overall Rank = 273/
Age Group = 35-37
Age Group Rank = 22/
Pre-race routine:

Coffee, Chobani and the drive to Waimea.
Event warmup:

Couple of out and backs to the starting buoys. Hit a rock and scraped up my knee before the race.
Swim
  • 1h 37m 16s
  • 3701 meters
  • 02m 38s / 100 meters
Comments:

Wasn't even to the start line when the horn sounded. My fault too. Drafted of of a group of about 7-8 swimmers for the first third. It was awesome! They were swimming about three abreast and I tucked in between the feet of two swimmer in the second row. It was like the fastest I have ever swam. Lost them due to a poor navigation choice and could never catch up again. Tried to follow some others, but couldn't find my stride and was feeling really fatigued early on. Sucked in some water and my mouth was stinging from the salty ocean. My tongue eventually went numb too. I was struggling psychologically with this race.
What would you do differently?:

Obviously more training, I have lost a lot of motivation this year for some reason too. I'll just keep plugging away. Xterra is next weekend.
Post race
Warm down:

Oxygen intake exercises AKA breathing. moved out to the yummy goodies.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Mentally not in it and maybe nutrition or something else made me feel weak.

Event comments:

These guys that put on the NSSS are awesome! They have great sponsors and always have a class act when it come to organized events.




Last updated: 2011-07-31 12:00 AM
Swimming
01:37:16 | 3701 meters | 02m 38s / 100meters
Age Group: 22/
Overall: 273/
Performance: Below average
Suit: 2XU
Course: Ehukai to Waimea straight. Kinda rough though.
Start type: Deep Water Plus: Shot
Water temp: 75F / 24C Current: Medium
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Below average
Breathing: Average Drafting: Good
Waves: Average Navigation: Average
Rounding: Good
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 1
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4