Jackson County Triathlon - Short Course - TriathlonShort Course


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Lee's Summit, Missouri
United States
Jackson County Triathlon
65F / 18C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 09m 6s
Overall Rank = 6/262
Age Group = M3539
Age Group Rank = 1/26
Pre-race routine:

the usual, left house at 5am, arrived just before 5:30. Strained back Saturday morning so spent most of pre-race trying to keep loose and not do anything that causes back to spasm. Spent Saturday night putting on my new crank which arrived a couple days early, took for dark lap around the 'hood about 9pm to make sure Garmin was reading power and shifting was good.
Event warmup:

swam 10 minutes, only had to hit the johnies once, I have never seen a longer line than what was there about 30 minutes pre-race.
Swim
  • 13m 37s
  • 750 meters
  • 01m 49s / 100 meters
Comments:

Lots of shallow water but elected to swim instead of walk as much as possible. Very heavy traffic with large groups of long course coming around for 2nd lap just before we started. Hit rocks with hands a couple times near first bouy. Swam straight inside line right along bouys. Swam into and got kicked by many, many people doing variations of backstroke and breastroke but I was maybe near front of my heat and passed most obstacles with a couple strokes. I was not up for a brawl in the water due to quirky back, very crowded swim but generally relatively minor contact. A jetski did a tight turn near the first turn bouy but fortunately I saw the waves when sighting and timed strokes and breathing to not get dunked. Was very carefull to swim until pretty much everything was dragging bottom then slowly stand up and start running to avoid further tweaking back or hamstrings, success.
What would you do differently?:

Not much, I haven't swam much for a couple weeks but was hitting the pool with good frequency (although short duration) for a month or two before that. Really pleased with how well it went, being wetsuit legal certainly helped though.
Transition 1
  • 00m 53s
Comments:

Again very carefull getting out of wetsuit due to back, had some minor sticking on ankles.
What would you do differently?:

nothing
Bike
  • 33m 4s
  • 11.75 miles
  • 21.32 mile/hr
Comments:

Lack of consistent biking really showed here. I've been getting a 2+ hour weekend ride but no or very short midweek ride so didn't expect much. The first hill seemed to last forever, not too high of exertion level it just kept going. The new crank performed flawless, I was slightly worried haven not thoughoughly tested that I might be prone to drop a chain, may have raised seat too much, or shorter cranks might be too short. I'm not one to try something new in a race but with poor training and a tweaked back I figured there wasn't much to lose, but all went well. Jim caught me about 4 or 5 miles in, I heard the woosh, woosh of a disk coming up and new it was him, of course he put the hammer down for the pass and I tried to hang but it wasn't happening today.
What would you do differently?:

train?
Transition 2
  • 01m 18s
Comments:

went for the wrong rack in transition (loop can be seen on bikes GPS trace) similar yellow towel in same spot 1 rack over caught me, spectaters laughed at my loop. THen took sweet time getting bike into rack and socks and shoes on.
What would you do differently?:

hurry up more buit recurring theme here, carefull movements to keep back happy.
Run
  • 20m 14s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 06m 32s  min/mile
Comments:

First mile split had some stationary transition time in it but generally a good negative split, started out a little creaky off the bike but loosened up well and felt great by the last mile. Just a little slow.
What would you do differently?:

train?
Post race
Warm down:

mountain dew and BSing

What limited your ability to perform faster:

lack of training in weeks leading up to race, tweaked back to a lesser extent

Event comments:

really well done race, excellent venue.




Last updated: 2012-08-19 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:13:37 | 750 meters | 01m 49s / 100meters
Age Group: 0/26
Overall: 7/262
Performance: Good
Suit:
Course: SSW rectangle
Start type: Wade Plus:
Water temp: 76F / 24C Current:
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Below average
Waves: Good Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 00:53
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Yes Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
00:33:04 | 11.75 miles | 21.32 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/26
Overall: 10/262
Performance: Below average
Wind:
Course: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/212445625 bike place and time are estimates due to me and most people most getting time leaving T1
Road:   Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 01:18
Overall: Below average
Riding w/ feet on shoes Good
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Below average
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:20:14 | 03.1 miles | 06m 32s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/26
Overall: 13/262
Performance: Below average
~6:50, 6:45, 6:34
Course: out and back on nice gravel trail, flat, some shade
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4