Emerald Isle Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Emerald Isle, North Carolina
United States
Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 51m 14s
Overall Rank = 116/124
Age Group = 55-59
Age Group Rank = 2/2
Pre-race routine:

couldn't sleep. Up at 4:30. 2 cups of coffee. Oatmeal w/ nuts. Headed out and arrived around 6:30. Easy parking. Checked the sea first and started to worry. It was fairly rough for a newbie. Set up transition area (reset it up, and then did it again) . Finally decided it was okay. Got marked, ate a banana, drank water, put on wetsuit and walked to the beach.
Event warmup:

Stretched alot, even got in the water quickly to get wet....wow those waves looked big.
Swim
  • 21m 5s
  • 750 meters
  • 02m 49s / 100 meters
Comments:

wow, that was tough. Big breakers at the start. Felt like I wasn't making any progress and couldn't get into any rhythm because of breaking waves and surf. Definately over breathing but once I made it past the breakers, I was ok. Breathing didn't really recover very well but my goal was to get it done in 30mins since I'm a new swimmer so I was THRILLED I made it in 21m!
What would you do differently?:

DRILLS!DRILLS!DRILLS
Transition 1
  • 04m 6s
Comments:

I was seriously beat after the swim and tried to get myself pulled together during the transition and not forget something important.
What would you do differently?:

move a bit faster and use the bike to recover
Bike
  • 47m 26s
  • 12.5 miles
  • 15.81 mile/hr
Comments:

good ride for me.
What would you do differently?:

keep up my strength training...stronger quads would have helped
Transition 2
  • 00m 53s
Run
  • 37m 43s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 12m 08s  min/mile
Comments:

I was exhausted and had to take walk breaks.
Post race
Warm down:

kept moving and drinking

What limited your ability to perform faster:

the swim kicked my a** and I never recovered.

Event comments:

My first Tri so I'm just happy to have survived!




Last updated: 2011-10-16 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:21:05 | 750 meters | 02m 49s / 100meters
Age Group: 2/2
Overall: 119/124
Performance: Average
Suit: sleeveless full
Course: out to first buoy, then slight diagonal out to further buoy, then back diagonal to another buoy, then in to beach...sort of pentagon shape
Start type: Run Plus: Waves
Water temp: 71F / 22C Current: Medium
200M Perf. Below average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Below average Drafting: Bad
Waves: Average Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 04:06
Performance: Below average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off: 		No
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Below average
Biking
00:47:26 | 12.5 miles | 15.81 mile/hr
Age Group: 2/2
Overall: 109/124
Performance: Good
Wind: Headwind
Course: out and back
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Good Hills: Average
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:53
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:37:43 | 03.11 miles | 12m 08s  min/mile
Age Group: 2/2
Overall: 114/124
Performance: Bad
Course: out and back with some slight upward grades
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? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4