Triathlon du Lac Beauport - TriathlonOther


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Lac Beauport, Quebec
Canada
65F / 18C
Precipitation
Total Time = 1h 47m 48s
Overall Rank = 106/203
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 16/25
Pre-race routine:

Woke up early, 5am or so to pack my stuff since I had to work late yesterday night. After everything was packed I had breakfast, 2 toast and oatmeal with two coffee.

After everything was packed I drove to the lake, 20 minutes or so drive. I got there early so I had a parking spot right next to the transition area.

I found myself a nice transition spot, parked my bike there then I walked around a little bit and waited that the rain stop to set my transition area.
Event warmup:

I rode my bike for 5km or so, then ran for 1.5km. After that I got back to my transition area, put my wetsuit on and swam 300-400 meters.
Swim
  • 22m 58s
  • 1000 meters
  • 02m 18s / 100 meters
Comments:

The swim was a run start from the beach, three waves. 39 & - men, 40 & + men and then women and team. We had two minutes in between each start. When my wave started I was kinda in front, not too sure how that happened and why ... Anyway, since I was there I tried to give my best to make sure no one would pass over me.

At first when I looked at the course I was sure that it was shorter than 1000 meters, but I can assure you that after swimming it it was 1000 meters ;)

I swam a little bit over 1000 meters for sure because I had some problems sighting for the first 350 meters or so. After that it was a bit better, I drafted as much as I possibly could during the swim to help me. I succeeded for maybe 50% of the swim, which is not too bad.

The split includes the transition 1.

I did succeeded in my goal of not having anyone passing over me. But I had a lots of trouble to swim straight
What would you do differently?:

Train more to get faster
Transition 1
  • 00m
Comments:

I had problems getting out of my wetsuit, it got stuck on my heels and it took me some times. I decided to put my bike shoes and run with them because there was a road full of pebbles ( not sure of the translation here, but a bunch of small rock )
What would you do differently?:

Practice more and more to get better at it.
Bike
  • 45m 15s
  • 23.3 kms
  • 30.89 km/hr
Comments:

The course is three lap around the lake, every time I go there I can not believe how riding around a lake can be so hilly.

Hills are not my strength, and today's race proved me right sadly. I had a hard time on the biggest hill, almost every time I got to that hill people would pass me and as soon as I would get up the hill I would pass most of them back.

The rain was more intense at that point of the race, go figure the only leg I was hoping that the rain would stop was the bike and it was the strongest. There is one really sharp turn on that course and today it was not that fun to turn it. Pavement was all wet so we had to brake and get the speed down a lot to turn it.
What would you do differently?:

Hills, hills and more hills.
Transition 2
  • 00m
Comments:

I decided to keep my shoes on again since the road was not feet friendly ;)

Racked my bike, removed the shoes and then put my running shoes on, I had a hard time since I was all wet from the rain.

Transition probably took me around 2 minutes.
Run
  • 39m 36s
  • 7.7 kms
  • 05m 08s  min/km
Comments:

I took my race belt and start running, after maybe 2 minutes I checked my 305 to see my running speed just to realize that I AM DUMB ... forgot my 305 on the bike ...

I had no idea of my speed so I just pushed as hard as I could but trying to keep enough energy to climb all those hills. The run went by pretty fast, at least in my mind.

At kilometer 6.5 or so Steve8 was standing on the side of the road, he told me "Go get them, there a bunch of peeps to pass in front of you". I really wish that I could have do what he told me, but I was just trying to keep running as hard as I could to get to the finish line as fast as possible. Sorry Steve ;)

My ITBand injury for the last 6 weeks did cut my training by a lot so I didn't have as much speed as usual today. I was still pretty happy with my time though, I was aiming a sub 40 run, and I did it :)

The good side is that the ITBand didn't hurt at all during the race. Now lets see how it will feel tomorrow morning.
What would you do differently?:

Train more ... again
Post race
Warm down:

Not much, I walked around a little bit packed my stuff and left. I had to be at work for noon and it was 11am.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

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Event comments:

It was my second time doing this event, last year the duathlon and this year the triathlon. I really love this event, we were around 450 racers today and it was really nice.




Last updated: 2009-02-03 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:22:58 | 1000 meters | 02m 18s / 100meters
Age Group: 29/25
Overall: 134/203
Performance: Good
Suit:
Course: The course was a triangle, one loop
Start type: Run Plus: Waves
Water temp: 65F / 18C Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Good Drafting: Average
Waves: Good Navigation: Average
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 00:00
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Average Helmet on/
Suit off:
No
Wetsuit stuck? Yes Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:45:15 | 23.3 kms | 30.89 km/hr
Age Group: 12/25
Overall: 76/203
Performance: Good
Wind: Some
Course: Hilly, hilly and hiiiillllyyyy ;)
Road: Rough Wet Cadence:
Turns: Average Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Good Hills: Average
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:00
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike Average
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:39:36 | 07.7 kms | 05m 08s  min/km
Age Group: 16/25
Overall: 115/203
Performance: Average
Course: Same course as the bike but the other way around, so hilly again ;)
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4