HRCA Tune Up Sprint Triathalon - TriathlonSprint


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Highlands Ranch, Colorado
United States
HRCA
60F / 16C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 22m 34s
Overall Rank = 98/378
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 6/32
Pre-race routine:

Drove to the race and ate a bagel with p.b. and coffee. I brought Chase (9 year old) along and he didn't want to wake up.
Event warmup:

None.
Swim
  • 12m 40s
  • 500 yards
  • 02m 32s / 100 yards
Comments:

Having 8 people in a lane was a little crazy.
What would you do differently?:

I would have been more aggressive and tried to pass. I'm guessing it wouldn't have helped much as we all got out of the pool in a line together at the end. Everyone seemed pretty close to the 11-12 minutes predicted time.
Transition 1
  • 02m 26s
Comments:

We had a little run from the pool to the transition area but I messed up by running to where I had originally put my bike instead of where I had moved it to once I realized the bike racks were numbered. I also spent too long getting on my bike shoes b/c these weren't the normal shoes I wear.
What would you do differently?:

Been more focused on where my bike was located--it was actually really close but I added time looking for it.
Bike
  • 40m 37s
  • 12 miles
  • 17.73 mile/hr
Comments:

My cyclometer said 12.78 for the distance. I wonder if the course was a little long?


What would you do differently?:

I should have road the course Friday night which I had planned to do but no one at the packet pickup had the course map. Next time I will print it off and take it along. I could have road a little harder, too.
Transition 2
  • 01m 7s
Comments:

This transition was much better. I couldn't find my sunglasses (stuck on my helmet) so that added a few extra seconds but other then that I felt pretty fast.
Run
  • 25m 43s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 08m 18s  min/mile
Comments:

I like flat runs better :)
What would you do differently?:

Run faster of course.
Post race
Warm down:

Crossed finish line, hugged husband and the boys, drank a water then carbo loaded on the free beer. Visited with Valerie and Paul and Shannon and Oucky.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

This wasn't the best race ever but not the worst. Actually feel okay about it considering it was the first race of the year.

Event comments:

Very enjoyable low-key race. My only complaint was the mess up with putting so many swimmers in one lane.




Last updated: 2008-05-14 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:12:40 | 500 yards | 02m 32s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/32
Overall: 0/378
Performance: Below average
Suit:
Course: I found out that groups G and H had to be consolidated so everyone had 6-8 people per lane. That was a little crazy but it could have been worse. I went 6th out of 7th and quickly let the girl behind me pass. I basically just follwed the feet of whoever was in front and was able to keep up in the circle of swimmers although I kept touching the feet in front of me so had to slow down and doggy paddle part of the time. There really wasn't much point in passing because there wasn't gaps in swimmers. I did lap one of the girls doing the breast stroke. I think if there were less people I would have been faster on the swim but swimming is not my thing and I'm sure my time still would have sucked regardless. All the people created a lot of waves but that didn't me bother me too much.
Start type: Inside Pool Plus: Waves
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current: Low
200M Perf. Remainder: Below average
Breathing: Average Drafting: Good
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 02:26
Performance:
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off: 		No
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: No
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Average
Biking
00:40:37 | 12 miles | 17.73 mile/hr
Age Group: 4/32
Overall: 0/378
Performance: Average
Wind: Some
Course: Gradual up and downs...not big hills but long and steady gradual hills. Most the sprints I've done have had flat courses--this one wasn't. I also got confused a couple of times b/c the volunteers weren't really pointing if you were suppose to go straight or turn. It was two 6 mile loops so the second one was better because I knew what to expect.
Road: Smooth  Cadence:
Turns: Average Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Average Hills: Good
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:07
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes Below average
Jumping off bike Below average
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Average
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:25:43 | 03.1 miles | 08m 18s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/32
Overall: 0/378
Performance: Average
Mile was 7:50 b/c it was mostly downhill then closer to 8:30's for the rest of the race.
Course: Hilly. The first mile was mostly downhill then the next half mile was slightly up hill then you turned around and went back so the last mile was slightly up hill.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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