Greenfield Lightlife Triathlon - International Dis - TriathlonOlympic


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Greenfield, Massachusetts
United States
Greenfield Recreation Department
80F / 27C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 8h 02m
Overall Rank = 178/195
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 24/24
Pre-race routine:

wake-up at 3:30am for the 2hr ride to race, DD for coffee 4:15, arrive at race site 6:30am, began drinking h2o around 5:30am, Felt great to be at my first international event. After T setup walked around to visualize.
Event warmup:

mostly walking and visualizing.
Swim
  • 23m 44s
  • 1109 yards
  • 02m 08s / 100 yards
Comments:

Nice swim, goggles broke just before needed to tape them together, start was not good swam diagonal instead of straight, cost me so much time, then I did it again on the return trip down the back side. If I swam straight I believe I would have had a good swim.
What would you do differently?:

sight more keeping me in a straight line
Transition 1
  • 02m 31s
Bike
  • 1h 44m 2s
  • 30.4 miles
  • 17.53 mile/hr
Comments:

Felt good after swim got out on bike and felt fine, thought I thought i did much better than my time showed. Lost my chain on the third lap that cost me allot of time. It was on the 1st hill after the T area. Also stopped to help someone for a short time on the 4th lap.
What would you do differently?:

more hill work, learn how to use my gears better.
Transition 2
  • 01m 47s
Run
  • 1h 18m 56s
  • 7.2 miles
  • 10m 58s  min/mile
Comments:

Was comfortable on run. Needed to walk up hill on back side of bridge. Felt like i waited a few minutes to late to have my last GU on run and slowed down at end.
What would you do differently?:

need to do more speed work on my running
Post race
Warm down:

packed up and walked stuff back to car.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

lack of speed training and poor line swimming

Event comments:

Thought the race was great, well worth my trip to Greenfield. The Volunteers were great. I have done many TRIs that the volunteers end up leaving before the last runners come through. The motivational words on road of the hill were a real lift at a tough part of the race.

thanks to all the Volunteers that stick with us finishers.




Last updated: 2007-08-06 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:23:44 | 1109 yards | 02m 08s / 100yards
Age Group: 24/24
Overall: 177/195
Performance: Below average
Suit: Full wetsuit
Course: start at one end of river straight down around and back up to T area long narrow river.
Start type: Wade Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current: Low
200M Perf. Bad Remainder: Below average
Breathing: Average Drafting:
Waves: Navigation: Bad
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 02:31
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off: 		Yes
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:44:02 | 30.4 miles | 17.53 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/24
Overall: 166/195
Performance: Good
Wind: Some
Course: 4 laps with one major hill on the back side of a covered bridge. Mostly rolling hills. very nice scenic ride.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Below average Hills: Below average
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:47
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
01:18:56 | 07.2 miles | 10m 58s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/24
Overall: 188/195
Performance: Average
Course: One lap around bike course
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Ok
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