Upper Dublin Sprint Triathlon - Triathlon


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Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
United States
Living Proof Events
58F / 14C
Precipitation
Total Time = 1h 04m 52s
Overall Rank = 18/285
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 3/
Pre-race routine:

This race is nearby so up at 5:30 am, quick coffee and toast and ready to go.
Event warmup:

This is a pool swim and they let you warm up in the pool which is great - swam a few laps
Swim
  • 07m 42s
  • 383 yards
  • 02m 01s / 100 yards
Comments:

Put down a realistic finish time for estimating start which ended me up behind some slower swimmers who over estimated, a real problem in the pool as you need to pass them and then get under the lane line, a fair swim, only improved by about .15 over last year
What would you do differently?:

flip turns would help in a pool swim but never perfected them
Transition 1
  • 01m 6s
Comments:

no issues, pretty good transition,
Bike
  • 32m 40s
  • 11.2 miles
  • 20.57 mile/hr
Comments:

expected to pick up time on the bike but the weather did not cooperate, also missed one turn and had to double back, road was really slick and there were a lot of turns, just did not want to risk a wipe out, where I could go all out the Tri bike made a big difference, can't wait to see how the bike works on a dry day race
Transition 2
  • 01m 5s
Comments:

struggled getting the helmet off
Run
  • 22m 22s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 08m 20s  min/mile
Comments:

struggled with the Garmin getting a signal so had no pace time on the run, run felt good, had a good kick at the end, could have probably paced slightly faster
What would you do differently?:

need to get the Garmin on track before running
Post race
Warm down:

found the family, waited for awards

What limited your ability to perform faster:

the rain was the biggest limiting factor

Event comments:

Overall good result considering the weather, I wanted a 1:03:xx (after being 1:08 last year) and ended up at 1:04 - 4 minutes better than last year, 3rd in AG and 18th overall out of 285 so not bad, 50-54 was really competitive with 1st and 2nd in AG under 1 hour (same 2 guys as last year), did not pick up enough on the swim, bike was slightly better which was fine considering the weather, picked up 2:30 on the run over last year which helped




Last updated: 2013-05-19 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:07:42 | 383 yards | 02m 01s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 107/285
Performance: Average
Suit:
Course: Serpentine pool swim doing ten 35m lengths, great pool, salt water filtration
Start type: Inside Pool Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 01:06
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:32:40 | 11.2 miles | 20.57 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 20/285
Performance: Good
Wind:
Course: road course through neighborhood and then larger road, the weather hurt the bike course, light rain the whole time, standing water all over, and they added more turns, only two hills
Road:  Wet Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 01:05
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:22:22 | 03.11 miles | 08m 20s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 25/285
Performance: Good
Course: pretty flat, a few rolling hills
Keeping cool Drinking
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?
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4