Over The Mountain Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic


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Kings Mountain, North Carolina
United States
Set Up, Inc.
70F / 21C
Sunny
Total Time = 2h 51m 52s
Overall Rank = 52/154
Age Group = 35-39M
Age Group Rank = 11/25
Pre-race routine:

Got up at 5:00. Drank a cup of coffee and ate an oatmeal bar. Did some business, kissed Sarah, and got out the door around 5:30.
Event warmup:

Swam out ~200 yards.
Swim
  • 30m 44s
  • 1640 yards
  • 01m 52s / 100 yards
Comments:

Long, steep run from water to T1.
What would you do differently?:

Was fine.
Transition 1
  • 02m 29s
Comments:

Hill was so long and steep, HR was *172* when I got to bike. Long T1 time due to run and having to put wetsuit/etc. into plastic bag for volunteer transfer to T2. Actually reasonable T1 time considering.
Bike
  • 1h 29m 23s
  • 27.96 miles
  • 18.77 mile/hr
Comments:

I haven't done a lot of long workouts recently and wasn't sure how I would hold up toward the end. So I took about 5% off the effort level here to make sure I had enough gas to finish. As a result I crushed about five folks (who'd recently passed me) during the climb up Pinnacle.

Also, because most of my rides recently have been hourlong interval sessions on the trainer, started feeling some saddle discomfort halfway through the ride.

There was a guy in my age group (Steve Risley from Wilmington) that I traded back and forth with a lot on this bike. I passed him for the last time somewhere before Pinnacle and didn't see him any more until the run.
Transition 2
  • 01m
Comments:

Fumbled a bit here. Generally feel like I lost a few seconds getting bike shoes switched to run shoes.
Run
  • 48m 18s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 07m 47s  min/mile
Comments:

Think I managed the effort level reasonably well here. Steve Risley passed me just over halfway through; I asked some volunteers to trip him and they politely declined. He joked that we'd been racing for over an hour, why stop now. I let him go, though; he just seemed too fast for me right then. He got maybe 100 yards in front of me.

4.5 miles in we started the long gradual climb back up to the finish. Another gentlemen in my age group passed me. I decided to try to match this guy for as long as I could. We did the long gradual incline at about a 7:20 pace and I started to hurt pretty bad. Think he was trying to drop me, but I stayed about 2' behind him with our steps perfectly in synch.

With about half a mile to go we caught back up to Steve. I joked, "You again!" and we started to chat. My HR monitor started to beep, warning me that I was going anaerobic. Forgot to turn that off - sorry guys. I cracked a joke that I guess that meant that we knew who had no gas left. Steve said that he was from Wilmington and all these hills on the bike/run were hard for him.

Don't know if my easily chatting with Steve broke him or if he'd overdone it trying to drop me up the hill, but the other gentleman in our age group just fell behind. Steve and I chatted until about 200 yards before the finish and he told me to, "go ahead." Wasn't sure if it was a trap so he could come back across, so I decided I'd just floor it and see what happened. Must've convinced him not to try, because I finished a full ~4 seconds ahead of him, with another ~8 back to the the other guy.
Post race
Event comments:

Really well run race, lots of volunteers. Thank you Kings Mountain!




Last updated: 2012-05-21 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:30:44 | 1640 yards | 01m 52s / 100yards
Age Group: 7/25
Overall: 39/154
Performance:
Suit: yes
Course: Point to point. Out half a mile, and then half a mile to the right.
Start type: Deep Water Plus: Waves
Water temp: 72F / 22C Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Average Drafting: Average
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 02:29
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:29:23 | 27.96 miles | 18.77 mile/hr
Age Group: 16/25
Overall: 72/154
Performance:
Avg HR 154.
Wind: Little
Course: Point to point. Serious rollers for first half - hit 35+ going down the backside of rollers four different times. Second half go over two mountains. Hit 40+ going down both of those. Net elevation gain ~200'.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 01:00
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:48:18 | 06.21 miles | 07m 47s  min/mile
Age Group: 15/25
Overall: 65/154
Performance:
Avg HR 165.
Course: Out & back through a neighborhood. None of it was flat, and pretty sure net elevation down out / up back.
Keeping cool Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
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