Terramuggus Sprint Triathlon Series - Race #4 - TriathlonSprint


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Marlborough, Connecticut
United States
Pig Iron Sports
88F / 31C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 19m 30s
Overall Rank = 114/180
Age Group = M40-49
Age Group Rank = 31/40
Pre-race routine:

Packed all my gear up and in my car before heading to work. Left work @ 4:30 and got to the race @ 5:30. Payed, numbered and chipped. Pumped my tires. Racked and ready to go before 6pm, nuff time for a littel warmup.
Event warmup:

Short barefoot run. About a 6 or 7 minute warmup swim. Water was super warm - no wetsuit today.
Swim
  • 14m
  • 600 yards
  • 02m 20s / 100 yards
Comments:

A little congested at the beginning of the swim. Got sandwiched in between two big dudes. Somehow got away from them and it opened up after about 150 yards. Decent, strongish swim.
What would you do differently?:

Need to do more kicking. I have to remind myself to kick, and then after a while i realize "hey, i'm not kicking at all again". Not good at multi-tasking ;)
Transition 1
  • 00m
Comments:

T1 Included with swim time.

I jogged with my bike and stopped to get on (didn't want a replay of last weeks bike mounting disaster).
What would you do differently?:

Not much. It was pretty clean.
Bike
  • 35m 58s
  • 12 miles
  • 20.02 mile/hr
Comments:

This was a pretty clean race. Tried to keep the effort kind of even. Catch my breath on the downhills to get ready for the next climb. Get in a good gear and drop down as the climb progresses to keep cadence up. Gear back up at the top of the climbs to get back up to speed for the flats. Did a fairly good job of staying out of traffic going into corners to make clean turns and not lose speed.
What would you do differently?:

I'd like to be able to get up the hills a little bit faster.
Transition 2
  • 00m
Comments:

T2 is included with Run Time.

I thought this was decent. The goal this week was to do everything as cleanly as possible (after last weeks fiasco). So i can probably go a little bit faster, but it was good. Cramped just a bit, my left calf, when i was taking off my shoe. Got off to the run very good this week. No walking !!
Run
  • 29m 32s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 09m 32s  min/mile
Comments:

This is an improvement, but i have lots of room to improve here. I got off to a good start, and made it up the first hill pretty well. Did "okay" down the first hill.
What would you do differently?:

I have to work on being able to run a little bit harder. I'm afraid if i push too hard i'm not going to finish or i'm going to have to walk to catch my breath.

Sprints/Hills !! Track Work !!
Post race
Warm down:

Actually did a little bit of stretching (got a root beer first, i didn't eat a whole lot so needed to get some calories in me). Took a jump in the lake, changed my clothes (oops, put my tri shorts on before i left work so my underwear never made it back into my tri bag, so i had to go commando on the way home).

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Swim - need to kick.
Bike - need to work on climbs
Run - need to do more hill and sprint training. Just so slow.

Event comments:

Just keeps getting better and better. They really have it down. Easy in/Easy out - with lots of fun in between :)




Last updated: 2012-04-10 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:14:00 | 600 yards | 02m 20s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/40
Overall: 103/180
Performance: Good
Suit: Tri Shorts/Tri Shirt
Course: Out and back - Triangular.
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 75F / 24C Current: Medium
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Average
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 00:00
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Average Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
00:35:58 | 12 miles | 20.02 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/40
Overall: 97/180
Performance: Good
Wind: Some
Course: Two Loops of a 6 mile course. Most of the climbs are in the front half of the course.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Average
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:00
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike Average
Running with bike Average
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:29:32 | 03.1 miles | 09m 32s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/40
Overall: 146/180
Performance: Average
Course: One loop around a hilly course (hills are for the most part at the beginning of the course.
Keeping cool 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