Luke AFB sprint - Triathlon


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Litchfield, Arizona
United States
www.ceptiming.com
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 08m 23s
Overall Rank = 1/80
Age Group = Female under 40
Age Group Rank = 1/17
Pre-race routine:

Drove down with my hubby who was doing his first tri.
Event warmup:

Got set up on our wooden racks. I knew a lot of people doing this small race so I just chatted and stretched a bit. Checked the pool temp- a lot warmer than last year.
Swim
  • 07m 40s
  • 437 yards
  • 01m 45s / 100 yards
Comments:

Good, relaxed swim for me. I got passed by the swimmer behind and I passed the guy in front. I was #9 to start so the pool was not crowded. It did feel kind of wierd having everyone standing on the pool deck watching as we swam.
What would you do differently?:

Push a bit harder. I suddenly realized I had only 100 left to go before I started to swim hard. But this was a decent swim for me.
Transition 1
  • 01m 15s
Comments:

Did a great job of everything except droppping my Garmin and having to back track to pick it up. I left my shoes ont he bike again, no problems there.
Bike
  • 38m 45s
  • 14.5 miles
  • 22.45 mile/hr
Comments:

There were a lot of turns, 4 U-turns altogether and some of the road by the runway was really rough but all in all a decent course, lots of opportunities to see the other riders. It was so cool to see my hubby out there.
Transition 2
  • 00m 52s
Comments:

I caught up with my training buddy in T2, I had tried all bike to catch her. We left T2 together and said "lets beat the boys".
Run
  • 20m 11s
  • 3 miles
  • 06m 44s  min/mile
Comments:

This was a good run for me. I had planned to just go as hard as I could. I maybe should have started out a bit faster as I had some left at the end. I was on my own for the run, so I just went by RPE and focused on good form.
Post race
Warm down:

I grabbed my camera and started taking pictures of my friends finishing. I ran out and saw that my hubby had passed 2 more guys on the run and was in first place. I was soooo happy for him. He runs really well and knew his time would be close to mine. I got lots of great pics. I couldnt believe I came in first o/all, it was kind of cool to beat the boys but I know that it wont be long until JT is faster than me, he's only been training for less than 3 months!
The awards were awesome- we got these huge cups. I'll post some pics. My friends came in 2nd and 3rd female and another friend took 1st overall male over 40. It was a good day!

Event comments:

Super fun local race. With Nathans tomorrow, the competition was probably less but I was still able to push myself and put up some decent times. Everything lately has been long in preparation for Soma so it was fun to make it hurt a bit and know that it would be over with in an hour :) I love sprints!


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Last updated: 2008-09-16 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:07:40 | 437 yards | 01m 45s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/17
Overall: 0/80
Performance: Good
Suit:
Course: serpentine style up and back in same lane
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 01:15
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:38:45 | 14.5 miles | 22.45 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/17
Overall: 0/80
Performance: Good
Wind:
Course: 2 loops around the air force base.
Road: Rough  Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 00:52
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:20:11 | 03 miles | 06m 44s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/17
Overall: 0/80
Performance: Good
Splits: 6:53, 6:52, 6:33
Course: Out and back on one of the base roads.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
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Evaluation
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Organized?
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Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
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