HammerHead Ocean Marathon - SwimOther


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Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Florida
United States
Hammerhead Triathlon Club
80F / 27C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 48m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Hanging around talking to everyone, packet pickup, talking to people, body marking, talking to everyone, putting on sunscreen, talking to people
Event warmup:

Hanging around talking to everyone then jumped in the water to do some sprints to warm up the arms and do a little bit of sighting. Jumped out waited for our 'horn' and actually ran into the water.. good stuff.
Swim
  • 1h 48m
  • 4400 yards
  • 02m 27s / 100 yards
Comments:

I cramped 4 times in right calf and once in left in the last 1000 yards. There was nothing I could do except keep on swimming and let the cramps work themselves out.
What would you do differently?:

Nutrition is key to the cramps. I also need to quit doing the zig zag swimming.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked to the tent and drank tons of water! It felt like had had a huge bag of sunflower seeds.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I'm not sure. I felt good in my form just more time swimming. I didn't panic and I had great bilateral breathing for the most part.

Event comments:

Had a great time with the local athletes. Some of us are training for IMFL so it was great to see where we are at amongst each other.. Good times!





Last updated: 2007-08-03 12:00 AM
Swimming
01:48:00 | 4400 yards | 02m 27s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
My distance and other think it was a bit more.. according to the drop off and the walking to where we needed to be it was more of a 4667 yards or there abouts.. Eh.. it was my first time over 1.5 in the ocean.
Suit: Speedo race swimsuit
Course: Point to point. Shuttled to start by school buses. Nothing but sexy people in bathing suits I happened to swim right into one of the buoys. With all that water out in the Atlantic Ocean I swim right into a little buoy.. What's up with that??
Start type: Run Plus: Shot
Water temp: 80F / 27C Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Average Drafting: Below average
Waves: Average Navigation: Average
Rounding: Average
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4