Rotary Pineapple Man Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Melbourne Beach, Florida
United States
Melbourne Beach Rotary
75F / 24C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 45m 53s
Overall Rank = 293/423
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 21/22
Pre-race routine:

3:50am Wake Up
My wife, makes the strongest cup of coffee she's ever made in 25 years of marriage!
Had a bit of yogurt
4:30am My friend Jim joins me for the ride from Orlando to Melbourne.
6:10am arrive and park
unload bike and go to packet pickup and transition
Event warmup:

By the time I picked up the packet and set up the trans area it's 10 minutes until race and the coffee has kicked in! Where are the porta-let's! Oh my goodness there's only ONE facility with one stall! The line is about 20 deep and there's a decided limited by those waiting for the stall to allow only a 2 minutes per person in the stall!! WT*! Time to practice mind over matter and just head to the swim start. No warm up! Again! Got get at the races earlier!
Swim
  • 14m 15s
  • 528 yards
  • 02m 42s / 100 yards
Comments:

The start was about 1/2 hour late to start and the wind kept picking up creating 1'+ swells. Course was well marked, organized and supervised. At the start I tried to set away from the throng by staying to the outside but after rounding the first buoy and the waves pushing in that was not possible. On that stretch ran across/into a few people. My poor sighting ability got me running into the second buoy. After I was around the second buoy got off course a bit, but figured out the waves were pushing in I need to angle a bit more.
What would you do differently?:

This being my first salt water swim I was still pretty happy about how I did. Practice sighting with waves in the ocean would help.
Transition 1
  • 01m 29s
Comments:

Practiced transition the night before and seemed to help.
I think it was was my best T1 so far.
My T1 time was MOP for the race.
I chose not to wear socks with my bike shoes.
Forgot to slide my cat eye onto the bike!
When I put on my shoe it was on the inside had to remove shoe and slide my cateye on the bike.
Also didn't use cycling gloves.
What would you do differently?:

Slide cat eye on before race.
Need transition check list.
Bike
  • 55m 41s
  • 15 miles
  • 16.16 mile/hr
Comments:

10 miles out felt pretty good and then it seemed the wind picked up and I was tiring. At times on the last leg I was dropping down to 12mph struggling to stay around 16mph. On the 8-10 miles out was averaging 17.5-18.5mph and 20+ for small bits.
What would you do differently?:

Just need to get better on the bike.
Transition 2
  • 01m 25s
Comments:

Took bike down wrong rack aisle, I was one row off/early.
Used no socks on my sneakers also
What would you do differently?:

Pick a landmark and read row markers better.
Run
  • 33m 3s
  • 3.3 miles
  • 10m 01s  min/mile
Comments:

Should be running faster, that's about my 1/2 marathon pace.
HR was about 85%.
Just not enough juice in the tank.
Due to no socks did get blister on the inner right foot, but didn't really notice until I put on my flaps after the race.
What would you do differently?:

Push till I puke or pass out ;)
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around a bit.


What limited your ability to perform faster:

Need to train more and smarter.

Event comments:

Great race!
Nice park and water way area.
I hope to have the opportunity to do it again.
Maybe stay at a hotel next time to get more sleep before the race and get some warm up time.




Last updated: 2007-05-27 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:14:15 | 528 yards | 02m 42s / 100yards
Age Group: 16/22
Overall: 268/423
Performance: Average
Suit: No
Course: Ocean river estuary Indian River. Pretty neat swim of the pier and around the pier to the other side. You use a ladder to go over the pier to start in the water and use a ladder to climb out of the water to get back onto the pier and run to the T1
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 77F / 25C Current: Medium
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Average Drafting:
Waves: Below average Navigation: Below average
Rounding: Bad
T1
Time: 01:29
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
00:55:41 | 15 miles | 16.16 mile/hr
Age Group: 16/22
Overall: 285/423
Performance: Average
Wind: Cross-winds with gusts
Course: Great course with 11 miles biking down A1A next to the ocean. Nice and straight and flat
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence: 90
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills:
Race pace: Too hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:25
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Below average
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:33:03 | 03.3 miles | 10m 01s  min/mile
Age Group: 17/22
Overall: 296/423
Performance: Below average
Course: Nice course, through residential area. A bit on the Indian River. Good water stops. 3 total. 1 leaving trans, washed out mouth and dumped rest on head. 2nd stop half cup on head, and 3rd about 2/3 through the course again cup on head. Well marked and flat.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
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] 4