Towne Lake Triathlon - Olympic Course
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Towne Lake Triathlon - Olympic Course - Triathlon
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Comments: Still surprised I won the swim in my age group. Was pretty straightforward and I did not push myself too hard cause I hate getting out of the water short of breath as it bugs me later on the bike and run. Just did my thing steadily. I started in the middle and to the outside of the group for the beach start and then promptly went wide on the outside to avoid everyone. Surprised how quickly I got ahead of lots of folks that way and then pretty streamlined to 200M mark at turnaround. Last 150M back was more troubling. I zig zagged some just to get around swimmers in the wave ahead of to me and avoided swimming over them. What would you do differently?: Nothing ![]() Transition 1
Comments: Bike was a long way from swim exit but I mostly walked/trotted it as I wanted to catch my breath and trotted my bike out. What would you do differently?: I can work on speeding this up but mostly need to realize I can catch my breath on the bike start and shave a minute here. ![]() Bike
Comments: Best cycle portion ever for me. New fit for ti bike worked out well. Frankly, could probably have gone harder and faster but (1) was above my goal of 20-21 already, and (2) wanted to protect myself for the run given past issues there. What would you do differently?: Not much ![]() Transition 2
Comments: Pretty standard for me. I did not run my bike into transition. Lots and lots of mud so was careful. What would you do differently?: Nothing ![]() Run
Comments: this was a very good run for me. But it was brutally hot. Had planned to be below 11 min/per mile pace. wanted to start at 11 min to get my heart rate settled but realized I was running more like ten per mile and was comfortable. But had to walk for 15-20 seconds each half mile or so to either catch my breath and get my HR below 170 and/or to grab water at miles 1 and 2. Drank half and dumped the other half over my head. But realizing I was well ahead of my planned pace gave me a lot of positive reinforcement and I could focus on my short pauses to then see pretty immediate results when i started running again and my pace quickly returned. What would you do differently?: Nothing except keep training to be a stronger runner ![]() Post race
Warm down: None. Walked around to catch my breath then headed for shade for water and had a banana. Event comments: Very popular so very crowded and its almost always gonna be hot and humid. Last updated: 2015-04-26 12:00 AM
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United States
Onurmark Race Productions
85F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 139/535
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 11/27
Bar, coffee on drive to race. Had grapes between setting up transition and waiting for Sprint start (one hour after closing transition to let the Olympic swimmers finish).
Ran one mile to warmup before swim start ten minutes later. VERY HOT day and very humid. 85 degrees by 9 am with 100% humidity. Brutal on the run.