Lonestar Sprint Triathlon - Triathlon


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Galveston, Texas
United States
World Triathlon Corporation
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 21m 53s
Overall Rank = 238/362
Age Group = Ath 39-under
Age Group Rank = 3/7
Pre-race routine:

The announcement that the swim might be cancelled came out the day before so we had a bit to adjust ourselves to that but no one knew if it would be a duathlon or just a bike/run or any of the details. It was a bit of a cluster the morning of the race waiting to see what would be said and how it would all play out.

In the end, they decided on a time trial start and closed transition for everyone before the start of the olympic.
Event warmup:

Stand around and wait? Does that count for a warm up? We were asked to wait by our bikes while they went through the start of all the olympic racers. My wave went well over 90 minutes after the first olympic athlete crossed the start line. In fact, we heard the winner of the 5150 announced while we were still waiting to start.
Swim
  • 00m
  • 0 meters
  • / 100 meters
Comments:

Swim was cancelled due to wind
Transition 1
  • 00m
Comments:

No T1
Bike
  • 47m 59s
  • 20 kms
  • 25.01 km/hr
Comments:

The bike is like any bike in Galveston. You'll have wind. Period. In our case, it was a headwind coming back. Not much you can do about that except put your head down and get the work done.
What would you do differently?:

Pushed it a little harder to take advantage of the tailwind on the out portion of the course.
Transition 2
  • 02m 2s
Comments:

I sucked at this transition. My running shoes got stuck and it took me forever to get them on my feet.
Run
  • 31m 53s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 10m 17s  min/mile
Comments:

I think out of my whole tri season, this was my most proud moment. Less than a half mile in, I wanted to stop and walk. I was having some stomach cramps, I was tired, I was done feeling. But I had a stern talking to myself and didn't stop. The cramps went away and I was able to pick up the pace.

This 5K was only 20 seconds slower than my stand alone 5K in July; I'm pretty proud of that fact.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing.
Post race
Event comments:

The race was organized but the communication was horrid. Even before anything went wrong, the communication was non existent.




Last updated: 2013-09-29 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:00:00 | 00 meters | / 100meters
Age Group: 0/7
Overall: 0/362
Performance:
Suit:
Course:
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 00:00
Performance:
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:47:59 | 20 kms | 25.01 km/hr
Age Group: 2/7
Overall: 0/362
Performance: Average
Wind: Headwind
Course: Out and back for the most part with a few turns out to the main road
Road: Rough Dry Cadence: 77
Turns: Average Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Good Hills:
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks:
T2
Time: 02:02
Overall: Bad
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:31:53 | 03.1 miles | 10m 17s  min/mile
Age Group: 3/7
Overall: 0/362
Performance: Good
Course: A very twisty course but surprisingly interesting. It went by very quickly.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 3