Greenfield Lightlife Triathlon - International Course - Triathlon


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Greenfield, Massachusetts
United States
Greenfield Recreation Department
70F / 21C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 2h 40m 17s
Overall Rank = 52/71
Age Group = f4044
Age Group Rank = 2/4
Pre-race routine:

This was an early one! Up at 4, out the door at 5 to get to the race about 6:30am!

The timing chips SUCKED. They are blanks all over the results page - not just mine. So since I have no swim time (but a 26 minute T1 time) I'll use the data from my garmin.
Event warmup:

No real warm up
Swim
  • 24m 68s
  • 1109 yards
  • 02m 16s / 100 yards
Comments:

OMG water was FREEZING for August - 62 degrees! And usually I'd like that so I could wear my wetsuit but this river was never over my head so it was a great swim for a panicky swimmer (although lately that's not me - YAY )
Transition 1
  • 01m 43s
Comments:

Always slower with a wetsuit - and of course my feet were numb from the cold water so I took a few extra seconds.
Bike
  • 1h 08m 49s
  • 21.76 miles
  • 18.97 mile/hr
Comments:

I did the sprint tri here last year and the bike was 2 loops. This year it was 3. Doing the same loop 3 times was mind numbing! If I go back next year it might be back to the sprint!

It also started raining on lap 1 and continued through lap 3. It ended up stopping by the end of lap 3.
Transition 2
  • 01m 3s
Comments:

meh.
Run
  • 1h 04m
  • 6.51 miles
  • 09m 50s  min/mile
Comments:

Ah my arch nemsis the run. I had decided yesterday that I was going to give it my all on the run!! So when I got out there and the first 2 miles were agony because my calves were tight I thought "how am I going to run 6 miles?" Then they finally loosened up after mile 2. By mile 5 I was feeling pretty good and decided to go for it. My splits totally show it too :) Very pleased.

Oh and in the middle the sun came out! I was afraid it would get too hot because the last 2 miles have no shade but it stayed cool enough - and then for the end the sun went back behind the clouds.
Post race
Warm down:

The awards took forever. Honestly I was expecting to leave with some bling because I knew last year there were only 2 people in my AG so we stuck around and YAY I got 2nd (out of 4 lol).

It was a good day!

Event comments:

They need a new timing company. Not to mention the chip itself was mounted on a plastic thing that cut into my skin. blech.

Other than that, this is a great local race with lots of volunteers!

(in the photo, I'm on the right. #1 never showed so #3 and I shared the spot for the pic)


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Last updated: 2014-07-14 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:24:68 | 1109 yards | 02m 16s / 100yards
Age Group: 4/4
Overall: 0/71
Performance: Good
http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/556582756
Suit: YES
Course:
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 62F / 17C Current: Low
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 01:43
Performance:
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:08:49 | 21.76 miles | 18.97 mile/hr
Age Group: 1/4
Overall: 26/71
Performance:
http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/556582759
Wind:
Course: 3 loops - mind numbing.
Road:   Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 01:03
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
01:04:00 | 06.51 miles | 09m 50s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/4
Overall: 0/71
Performance: Good
http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/556582767 1 10:05.1 1.00 10:05 2 10:33.5 1.00 10:34 3 10:21.9 1.00 10:22 4 9:45.2 1.00 9:45 5 9:45.6 1.00 9:46 6 8:58.9 1.00 8:59 7 4:43.3 0.56 8:25
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]