HITS Triathlon Series: Naples - Sprint Course - TriathlonSprint


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Naples, Florida
United States
HITS Triathlon Series
54F / 12C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 51m 23s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 43 - athena
Age Group Rank = 1/
Event warmup:

stretching and light jog to warm-up
Swim
  • 16m 36s
  • 820 yards
  • 02m 01s / 100 yards
Comments:

Did well on swim, came out of water in top 10 for women, since we were only 3 minutes behinnd men, had to swim around lots of the men. Did not wear a wetsuit, only 3 or 4 others not in wetsuit, so I started to question my decision, to not rent one, but once i got in the water the temp. did not bother me, it was only when i got out that the cold really hit me.
What would you do differently?:

nothing, everything went as planned.
Transition 1
  • 04m
Comments:

hands were so cold had a difficult time getting them to work. I spent a little more time in transition then normal, but I've never raced in such cold temps., so maybe that's mormal.
Bike
  • 43m 54s
  • 12 miles
  • 16.40 mile/hr
What would you do differently?:

Try to figure out what happened with the chain, so it doesn't happen again.
Transition 2
  • 02m 40s
Comments:

It was in transition that i realized that my feet were numb, this would be big problem on run.
Run
  • 42m 23s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 13m 40s  min/mile
Comments:

My feet were numb for the first 1.5 miles, this made it extremely difficult to run. I walked for much of the first mile. I was very disappointed with my run.
What would you do differently?:

Figure out why my feet were numb and change whatever caused this.
Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster:

Cold temperatures and numb feet.

Event comments:

I enjoyed this race, even though the weather was so cold. Since it was only my second triathlon, I am ok with how everything went.




Last updated: 2012-01-08 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:16:36 | 820 yards | 02m 01s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
swim time includes runto transition, which was up beach and across 2 streets.
Suit: none
Course: out and back
Start type: Wade Plus:
Water temp: 62F / 17C Current: Low
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 04:00
Performance: Below average
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:43:54 | 12 miles | 16.40 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
Wind: Little
Course: nice straight course, on open roads. they had police at all intersections and everything went smoothly unitl about 9th mile when my chain popped off when i was changing gears. I got it on pretty quick, so not terrible, it just surprised me since this had never happened in a race.
Road: Smooth  Cadence:
Turns: Average Cornering:
Gear changes: Bad Hills:
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks:
T2
Time: 02:40
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Average
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:42:23 | 03.1 miles | 13m 40s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Bad
Course: Out and back with one bridge right before the turn around.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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] 4