Tejas Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Sugar Land, Texas
United States
Out Loud Productions
88F / 31C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 35m 4s
Overall Rank = 575/800
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 46/49
Pre-race routine:

I dragged myself out of bed and threw everything together wishing that I could talk myself out of it. I hadn't been able to train in the last couple weeks due to travel with work so if I could even complete the Tri today I would be happy.
Event warmup:

walking from the car to the race site, I did stretch before the swim to make sure everything was loose, oh and I did a couple quick laps in the lake to get used to the water
Swim
  • 14m 9s
  • 549 meters
  • 02m 35s / 100 meters
Comments:

This could or could not be my true swim times. You see someone else had my chip and I got a "replacement" except for when it was all said and done they weren't sure what my times were. For this race report I will go ahead and use all the numbers they provided at Atomic racing however I believe my true swim time to be better than this by about 2 minutes if my watch was correct.
What would you do differently?:

start further inside the group, I had to wait a couple times rather than swimming over guys and then once I couldn't wait anymore and I had to split in between two guys who were either trying to draft each other (side by side) or maybe they were just swimming and holding hands.
Transition 1
  • 03m 2s
Comments:

I was lost when I got to transition and the latex swim cap they provided had cut off circulation to my brain. I was not happy with this over all transistion.
Bike
  • 38m 18s
  • 11 miles
  • 17.23 mile/hr
Comments:

need to ride my damn bike more...no excuses
Transition 2
  • 00m 49s
Comments:

This was a good transition for me...Megan (my g/f) was yelling for me to get my race number on...i had my belt on but it was turned around during the bike section. So I turned it back and when she saw that she switched to yelling at me to move faster...lol...it was funny.
Run
  • 38m 33s
  • 3 miles
  • 12m 51s  min/mile
Comments:

this is my biggest area for improvement, though I wasn't as ready for the tri in total this was by far the one thing that could have really improved my time if I could just work on it more
What would you do differently?:

really keep up with my run practices
Post race
Warm down:

walking to the car

What limited your ability to perform faster:

work and travel in the month before the tri

Event comments:

Although not as good in my opinion as Lonestar this was a nice course that I would love to do again.




Last updated: 2007-06-13 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:14:09 | 549 meters | 02m 35s / 100meters
Age Group: 26/49
Overall: 0/800
Performance: Good
Suit: orca tri suit
Course: one end of the lake to the other
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 80F / 27C Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Average Drafting:
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 03:02
Performance: Bad
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off: 		No
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
00:38:18 | 11 miles | 17.23 mile/hr
Age Group: 48/49
Overall: 0/800
Performance: Bad
Wind: Little
Course: street course to 59 and back with a double loop. It was a little crowded on the second loop as everyone had caught to me by then. I hadn't been on my own bike in a while so while this course was flat and pretty easy to me it was kicking my butt.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Average Hills:
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 00:49
Overall: Below average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Below average
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:38:33 | 03 miles | 12m 51s  min/mile
Age Group: 48/49
Overall: 0/800
Performance: Bad
Course: flat and windy through the neighborhood, great tree coverage and shade
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? No
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? No
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 3