Smith Mountain Lake Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Huddleston, Virginia
United States
set-up inc/VAS
67F / 19C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 18m 42s
Overall Rank = 70/246
Age Group = Masters Clyde
Age Group Rank = 5/13
Pre-race routine:

Fairly normal, forgot to set front brake .
Event warmup:

Swam a little to get used to the cold water. I normally don't do a whole lot of warming up. the swin takes care of it
Swim
  • 16m 25s
  • 820 yards
  • 02m / 100 yards
Comments:

I am a bit disappointed with my swim. Of course I have not been working in the pool enough, or hard enough when I am there.
What would you do differently?:

Swim faster
Transition 1
  • 01m 17s
Comments:

T1 went straight to hell in a handbasket. It was all going well until I went to jump on the bike with my shoes attached to the pedals. (this happened after I crossed the timing mat.) I got the first pedal stroke in correctly, and the rubber band on th other side snapped correctly, but I missed the top of the shoe. This being an uphill start, my momentum was shot. I actually had to take the shoes off the pedals and put the on. that sucked big time.
In addition to that, my seatpost clamp slipped, and the saddle ended up pointing nose-down at a 45 degree angle for the entire bike ride.
What would you do differently?:

Practice more on the whole shoes-on-bike-start thing.I have since put some locktite on the seatpost clamp to see if that will secure it better. I intend to see if Guru will warranty the seatpost. This is the third or forth time it has slipped like this.
Bike
  • 37m 29s
  • 12.43 miles
  • 19.90 mile/hr
Comments:

If the saddle screw-up had not happened, I would probably have been at least 2-3 minutes faster. Still, I had a good bike, I passed a huge number of people.The new bike is hella fast, were it not for the pedal/saddle screw-ups, I would have prpbably broken 35 minutes.
Transition 2
  • 01m 7s
Comments:

Still spooked about the shoes on the bike thing, I just popped out and ran through TA with my shoes on. This probably cost me a good bit of time.Still, I got my shoes on without any problem, and had a pretty good T2
Run
  • 22m 26s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 07m 13s  min/mile
Comments:

I had a great run. This was my best tri-5k ever. I passed a lot of people on this section, and only got passed by one person who was not on a relay team.I will have to hand it to the new bike. I did not have any worms in my legs at the run start. I actually felt pretty good. I guess there is something to the whole "ride steep" thing after all.
Post race
Event comments:

The parts of the race that Set-up Inc organized and supervised went quite well. As with most things that Virginia Amateur Sports (the co-sponsor) has a hand in, there were screw-ups, un-informed volunteers, and people showing up late for their posts. Set-up is a top-notch organization, and VAS is truly a b-grade outfit.




Last updated: 2006-05-08 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:16:25 | 820 yards | 02m / 100yards
Age Group: 5/13
Overall: 112/246
Performance: Below average
Suit: Ironman Instinct full
Course: Weirdly shaped four sided.
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 67F / 19C Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Below average
Breathing: Average Drafting: Below average
Waves: Navigation: Average
Rounding: Average
T1
Time: 01:17
Performance: Bad
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Yes
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Bad
Biking
00:37:29 | 12.43 miles | 19.90 mile/hr
Age Group: 2/13
Overall: 92/246
Performance:
Wind: Some with gusts
Course: double out-and-back
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Average Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:07
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Bad
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:22:26 | 03.11 miles | 07m 13s  min/mile
Age Group: 5/13
Overall: 85/246
Performance: Good
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Too easy
Organized? No
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3