Houston Triathlon - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic


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Cypress, Texas
United States
Onurleft Event Management, LLC
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 51m 32s
Overall Rank = 185/553
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 40/91
Pre-race routine:

Up at 4:15
Bear Naked banana nut crunch and almond milk and coffee
Event warmup:

No warmup
Swim
  • 34m 28s
  • 1500 meters
  • 02m 18s / 100 meters
Comments:

This was an ok swim for me...i thought i was faster but im happy with it...my breathing and navigation was good... I cant say that for everyone around me tho..i would navigate away from these two guys that were swimming about the same speed as me and as soon as i would steer clear of them and get me a good straight line going sighting every 4th stroke here one would come again cutting right in front of me...especially the one with the SNORKEL!!!! really a SNORKEL!!! im sorry but i dont agree with this recent rule change! How the F are we supposed to swim with these folks when they never pick their F'ng head up! They should go back to duathlon or have their own wave start....ok im done talking about the damn snorkels....
What would you do differently?:

Snatched that snorkel
Transition 1
  • 05m 9s
Bike
  • 1h 12m 43s
  • 24.85 miles
  • 20.50 mile/hr
Comments:

Bike was faster than last year...took about 10 miles to get my HR down but it is an olympic dist race so its pretty much all out the whole time..riding into the wind was good and nutrition was dead on....had to stop at mile 5 and restrap my aero bottle in....
Transition 2
  • 02m 7s
Run
  • 57m 3s
  • 6.2 miles
  • 09m 12s  min/mile
Comments:

Felt really good on this run..hadnt raced since IM TX 70.3 in april so it was good to get out and race again...met up about mile 2 with a fella named dave who is racing in kona this year...he was a lottery spot winner so we chatted and ran the rest of the run together
Post race
Warm down:

2 bottles water, endurox R4, 2 pieces of pizza

Event comments:

Where's the beer?




Last updated: 2011-08-31 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:34:28 | 1500 meters | 02m 18s / 100meters
Age Group: 37/91
Overall: 91/553
Performance: Good
Suit: Zoot tri top and bottoms
Course: 2 loop
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 80F / 27C Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Good Drafting: Average
Waves: Average Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 05:09
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
01:12:43 | 24.85 miles | 20.50 mile/hr
Age Group: 40/91
Overall: 91/553
Performance: Good
Wind: Some
Course: 2 loops
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence: 80
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills:
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 02:07
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes Good
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:57:03 | 06.2 miles | 09m 12s  min/mile
Age Group: 38/91
Overall: 91/553
Performance: Average
Course: 1 loop
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4