Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic


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Chattanooga, Tennessee
United States
Team Magic
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 39m 34s
Overall Rank = 370/888
Age Group = 20-24
Age Group Rank = 13/16
Pre-race routine:

Day Before: Morning before slept in until 10 and the went and ate a pasta chicken dish for lunch. Light snacks and close to a gallon of fluid in the afternoon while in whirlpool/sauna stretching etc. Ate dinner about 11 hours before race start: Chicken Hoagie...some cheese pita chips and humis. Drank 32 oz. water at dinner. Before bed had 2 beers. went to bed at midnight and got up at 5:15. Should have slept an extra hour but didn't feel too tierd.
Event warmup:

Monring of tried fluid only meals...had spark when i first got up and
45 minutes before: Hammer Gel
30 minutes before: CLIF Blocks
20 minutes before: Jogged 1/4 mile and stretched really well
15 minutes before: Muscel Fuel and water
05 minutes before: Catalyst and water

Swim
  • 23m 49s
  • 1640 yards
  • 01m 27s / 100 yards
What would you do differently?:

stretch out and slow down my stroke a little bit more. but overall i was really happy with it
Transition 1
  • 01m 34s
Bike
  • 1h 18m 31s
  • 24.85 miles
  • 18.99 mile/hr
What would you do differently?:

not sure...just kind of a tough course.
Transition 2
  • 01m 9s
Comments:

little slow and scattered..
What would you do differently?:

just be a little more mentally engaged
Run
  • 54m 30s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 08m 47s  min/mile
What would you do differently?:

run faster :-)
Post race
Warm down:

jump in the river and cool off...drank 24 oz of water then had a roll a banana and a beer.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

just trainging...which is good. I felt like i did very well with everything else

Event comments:

Very fun race in downtown Chattanooga. It's one of my favorite.




Last updated: 2006-04-24 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:23:49 | 1640 yards | 01m 27s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/16
Overall: 0/888
Performance: Good
Suit: None
Course: Good swim down river. Improved time about 1:30 over last year. Registered elite so i was #2 in the water which was awesome!!!
Start type: Deep Water Plus: Waves
Water temp: 82F / 28C Current: High
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Average
Waves: Average Navigation: Average
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 01:34
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off: 		No
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
01:18:31 | 24.85 miles | 18.99 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/16
Overall: 0/888
Performance: Average
Wind: Headwind
Course: First half was prett brutal with head wind and intense hills...few times my speed dropped to 11 MPH!!! ARGG. but coming back in was pretty fast and relaxing
Road: Rough Dry Cadence: 85
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Average Hills: Below average
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:09
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes Good
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:54:30 | 06.21 miles | 08m 47s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/16
Overall: 0/888
Performance: Average
Mile 1: 9.08 Tough ALL up stairs and up hill Mile 2: 8.16 Settled in pretty well and started to relax Mile 3: 8.43 Started overheating here Mile 4: 8.11 Drew Hendry finally caught up to me and started pushing me... Mile 5: 9.30 I think this was marked long for some reason...so did chad. Mile 6.21 10:40 good strong finish...I beat drew :-) well not really but i finished before him.
Course: First mile very up hill the whole way and then a nice flat run along the riverwalk.
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5