Tri Latta Triathlon - Triathlon


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Huntersville, North Carolina
United States
Set Up Events
61F / 16C
Total Time = 1h 34m 32s
Overall Rank = 130/339
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 17/58
Pre-race routine:

Couple of firsts on this race, staying at our house vs up at the lake, no Alice at the race (either racing or spectating).

Got up @ 4:!5am , ate a half a PB sandwhich, a banana and some grapefruit juice. Made coffee but did not drink much of it.

Did my back exercises and hit the foam roller. Back and hamstrings were tight but not too bad.

Left house for race site about 4:45-4:50am
Event warmup:

Got to event site, ran into traffic going into Latta...which took about ~20mins to navigate. Was the last of ~15cars to park. Next time I'll need to leave a bit earlier... amazing difference that a few minutes makes at Latta parking.

Road bike the mile or so down into transition, racked the bike, picked up the chip and got marked. Went back to transition chatted up Pete, Chris and Scott then setup my transition. Wanted to do a warm up run but also needed T0. Elected to do T0 first which given there were only 5 port-o-johns and the bathrooms were locked, took ~45mins. That ate up all the warm up time and mental mapping of transition. Used the move from T1 to water as warm up, which worked pretty well but not ideal.
Swim
  • 17m 10s
  • 820 yards
  • 02m 05s / 100 yards
Comments:

Would have been better but for the crappy course. Started in the blender -- trying to aim mostly at the turn bouy and keep majority of bouys to the left.

Lot of rough contact for the first half of the swim. Took a long time to settle in to my stroke

Transition 1
  • 02m 14s
Comments:

Overall pretty good but can still optimize

9/58 == 15%
79/339 == 23%
What would you do differently?:

Practice more
Bike
  • 47m 47s
  • 17 miles
  • 21.35 mile/hr
Comments:

Overall pretty happy with the bike
What would you do differently?:

Go faster
Transition 2
  • 01m 50s
Comments:

Need to work on bike Transition
What would you do differently?:

Practice T1 and T2 before a sprint
Run
  • 25m 33s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 08m 10s  min/mile
Comments:

Nursing source achilies tends so was not in the best run shape; having not run in weeks. Overall legs held up once back and legs opened up on run - first .5 was torture but I got thru it.
Post race
Warm down:

Fluids ( did not drink or eat on the run) only sipped at the infinit on the bike

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Lack of training and stressful week at work

Event comments:

http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_results&id=35...
http://www.setupevents.com/files/Latta13Web_Male_AgeGroup.HTM




Last updated: 2013-04-19 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:17:10 | 820 yards | 02m 05s / 100yards
Age Group: 26/58
Overall: 169/339
Performance: Below average
Swim course was all kinds of out of whack, what should have been a rectangle was a snake course. Clearly lots of "negotiation" on the right route. Some people swam straight at the turn bouy that marked the peak of the course others kept all sighting bouys to their left. I elected to keep the bouys to the left and I know it added extra time to my swim
Suit: Tri Suit
Course: Out and back, supposed to be ~800 was more like 950.
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 81F / 27C Current: Low
200M Perf. Below average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Average Drafting: Good
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 02:14
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Yes
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
00:47:47 | 17 miles | 21.35 mile/hr
Age Group: 17/58
Overall: 108/339
Performance: Good
Wind: Little
Course: Loop
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence: 80
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:50
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes Bad
Jumping off bike Bad
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:25:33 | 03.11 miles | 08m 10s  min/mile
Age Group: 29/58
Overall: 186/339
Performance: Average
Course: Trail out and back
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3