Mullet Man Triathlon - TriathlonSprint


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Perdido Key, Florida
United States
Flora Bama
Overcast
Total Time = 00m
Overall Rank = 128/301
Age Group = F25-29
Age Group Rank = 7/
Pre-race routine:

Woke up, ate breakfast and had my coffee. I had some dizziness and motion sickness since Wednesday, so I took a sudafed to clear my ears. Once they announced that the swim was on, I took a half dose of meclizine and hoped for the best.
Event warmup:

Half mile run with my friend. I felt ok, but a little funny. I brushed it off as the medicine kicking in.
Swim
  • 07m 26s
  • 440 yards
  • 01m 41s / 100 yards
Comments:

Ugh. I swam with my head up to try to avoid motion sickness. Most of my wave missed the first buoy, but we were being thrown around so much that nobody seemed to care. On the way back in, we got pushed pretty far down the beach and ended up running further during T1.
Transition 1
  • 00m
Comments:

I thought I was in the clear for motion sickness when I got out of the water. I ran out, saw some friends cheering and taking photos, said hi to them, and got about 25 more feet before a wave of nausea just hit me. I started dry heaving as I watched people pass me on the way to transition. At that point I was still determined to ride, so I headed up to my bike and hoped it would pass.
Bike
  • 56m 56s
  • 16.2 miles
  • 17.07 mile/hr
Comments:

The wind was pretty strong, so the trip out was around 25 mph. The trip back was pretty brutal. At one point I dry heaved again, but it passed quickly so I thought I was feeling better. I thought the bridges went better than usual, but the rest was pretty standard.
Transition 2
  • 00m
Run
  • 38m 29s
  • 4 miles
  • 09m 37s  min/mile
Comments:

No more than a quarter mile into the run, the nausea returned. I stepped over the short chain fence thingy on the side of the road so I would be out of the way as I did my thing. Someone asked if I was ok and I tried to give them a thumbs up, but I was miserable. It wasn't just the nausea, but also the feeling that I was going to be lucky if I just finished this race. It's disappointing to know that you just can't put the effort that you want to. I trotted slowly for a while until I felt well enough to speed it up, but I never got up to my full racing speed. The last mile, I ran into a girl I went to college with and we ran together for a bit before she took off ahead of me. About a half mile from the end, another girl in my age group passed me, but I was determined to keep up. I felt well enough to pick it up a little. I ran with her, but my breathing was getting difficult. I used my inhaler before the race, but it's not magic. I could see the finish line and tried so hard to push through it, but I had to slow down to get some air. That was pretty disappointing.
Post race
Warm down:

I finished the race and headed straight to the port-o-potties. When I came out, the dizziness was back. I sat down and propped myself up against a coke machine, but I was sitting in gravel and couldn't lay down. I wandered over to the grass and layed down to get the dizziness to go away. My friends eventually found me and gave me gatorade and more meclizine, put my bike and stuff in my car, and sat with me for a while. It was nice to have people there to help me, but frustrating because I felt like I ruined their post-race fun. The medicine knocked me out so I wasn't much use for the rest of the afternoon, either. It's a shame, because this post-race party is pretty good.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Motion sickness.

Event comments:

Even though my race report was depressing, it really is a good race. It's laid back and unique, and I'd still do it again next year. I'm just in a funk right now...I need to put on my big girl panties and suck it up. :-)




Last updated: 2009-03-29 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:07:26 | 440 yards | 01m 41s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 130/301
Performance: Bad
Suit: Tri suit
Course: They shortened the course because the buoys wouldn't stay out, so the "across" part of the swim was in the waves.
Start type: Run Plus: Waves
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current: High
200M Perf. Bad Remainder: Bad
Breathing: Bad Drafting: Bad
Waves: Below average Navigation: Bad
Rounding: Bad
T1
Time: 00:00
Performance: Bad
Cap removal: Below average Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: No
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:56:56 | 16.2 miles | 17.07 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 85/301
Performance: Average
Wind: Strong
Course: Out and back, including a bridge. The out was with a tailwind; back was with a headwind.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Average Cornering:
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Hard Drinks:
T2
Time: 00:00
Overall: Below average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Average
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:38:29 | 04 miles | 09m 37s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 187/301
Performance: Bad
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized?
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4