Danskin Webster Lake - TriathlonSprint


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Webster, Massachusetts
United States
FIRM
75F / 24C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 58m 9s
Overall Rank = 2048/2471
Age Group = 20-24
Age Group Rank = 62/70
Pre-race routine:

No routine as yet...it was the first one!

I did get up at 4AM, left the house at 4:30, and ate a wheat bagel with peanut butter. Race was delayed by about an hour (Huge accident involving a truck with lobsters took the police and medics away from the race site. No joke about the lobsters...apparently some restaurant stole them, too!) so I was hungry again by the start of the race...No real jitters until I was in the water, though!
Swim
  • 14m 29s
  • 820 yards
  • 01m 46s / 100 yards
Comments:

Swim sucked - my goggles got all messed up and then it messed my contacts up - I think i would've done much better if that hadn't happened...Ended up doing breast-stroke to keep my eyes above the water line for longer, but there were people doing side stroke, so no worries there. Passed a few people from the wave before me who were using noodles. Oy.
What would you do differently?:

pray my goggles work better!
Transition 1
  • 05m 38s
Comments:

I could've gone faster, but I had to take the time to fix my contact lenses. Boy was that awful!
What would you do differently?:

Nothing.
Bike
  • 58m 9s
  • 12 miles
  • 12.38 mile/hr
Comments:

Could've ridden harder, got stuck on the hill behind a ton of people who decided to walk - there was no chance of getting around them. A LOT of people had no idea what "On your left" meant. I think I did pretty okay for a hybrid though - definitely need to work on my hills (on the assumption the hills aren't covered with walkers) but also could've pushed MUCH harder.
What would you do differently?:

Pushed harder
Transition 2
  • 02m 37s
Comments:

Some person next to me didn't know how to rack a bike, so it'd fallen on my stuff. other than that, it was good though! Again, could've gone faster...
Run
  • 37m 14s
  • 2.8 miles
  • 13m 18s  min/mile
Comments:

Could've pushed harder, but it was fine, chatted with a girl from my swim wave and paced with her so we could chat. WONDERFUL old woman with a hose spraying the racers...
Post race
Warm down:

Drank a bottle of water, walked a bit

What limited your ability to perform faster:

being worried about "the next part"

Event comments:

The delay was due to outside forces...




Last updated: 2008-04-14 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:14:29 | 820 yards | 01m 46s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/70
Overall: 1806/2471
Performance: Below average
Suit: Trisuit
Course: Course was a counter clockwise triangle...nothing too fancy
Start type: Wade Plus:
Water temp: 78F / 26C Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Below average
Breathing: Good Drafting: Average
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 05:38
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: No
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:58:09 | 12 miles | 12.38 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/70
Overall: 2008/2471
Performance: Average
Wind: Little
Course: Loop around the lake, all right turns, REALLY awful hill around mile 4/5.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Average Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Average Hills: Bad
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 02:37
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Average
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:37:14 | 02.8 miles | 13m 18s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/70
Overall: 2137/2471
Performance: Good
Course: Out and back
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4