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Tri America Sprint - TriathlonSprint

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Hampton, VA
United States
Tri America
75F / 24C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 41m 26s
Overall Rank = 149/226
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 19/19

Pre-race routine:

Set up TX area, did not ride bike for fear of back tire.....should have known better. Nutrition was ok and got the magic pre-race dump-o-rama in.

Event warmup:

Swim only with minor stretching

Swim

12m 37s
750 meters
01m 41s / 100 meters

Comments:

Got a great start but lost my rhythm around the 2nd Bouy and had a hard time getting it back, got a small draft off of Drag Hensz but he still beat me out of the water

What would you do differently?:

Not take a week off prior, need a few more OW swims before but am very comfortabel in the OW.

Transition 1

02m 47s

Comments:

Ran with SHoes on in TX area.

What would you do differently?:

Might try to learn the jump in with shoes on thing but have road shoes....

Need to practice TX out of the wet suit to prevent the suit from getting caught on the ankles...look at getting some PAM

Bike

1h 02m 20s
12.8 miles
12.32 mile/hr

Comments:

Bike was going AWESOME, I was flying by everyone and no one in sight was even thinking about passing me...........

What would you do differently?:

Not blow a tire...

Transition 2

01m 10s

Comments:

Running bike in with blown tire....

Run

22m 33s
3.2 miles
07m 03s min/mile

Comments:

God run but legs were pretty fresh from walking bike 2 miles

Post race

Warm down:

Light stretching and playing with kids on the beach.

Last updated: 2005-06-20 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:12:37 \| 750 meters \| 01m 41s / 100meters
Age Group:	2/19
Overall:	0/226
Performance:	Good
Did not work, having some issue with the HRM
Suit:	Full Xterra
Course:	750m 'Square'
Start type:	Run	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	75F / 24C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Good	Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Average	Drafting:	Below average
Waves:		Navigation:	Average
Rounding:	Below average

T1
Time:	02:47
Performance:	Below average
Cap removal:	Below average	Helmet on/ Suit off:	Yes
Wetsuit stuck?	Yes	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:	Good

Biking
01:02:20 \| 12.8 miles \| 12.32 mile/hr
Age Group:	19/19
Overall:	226/226
Performance:	Below average
Tire blew (not tube) at 10nm point and had to carry bike the rest of the way.
Wind:	None
Course:	Lots of turns need to work on cornering
Road:	Rough Dry	Cadence:	90+
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Below average
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	01:10
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike		Average
Shoe and helmet removal

Running
00:22:33 \| 03.2 miles \| 07m 03s min/mile
Age Group:	6/19
Overall:	0/226
Performance:	Good
Course:	Out and back
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]	5
Physical exertion [1-5]	5
Good race?	Yes

Evaluation
Course challenge	Too easy
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	No
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Below average
Race evaluation [1-5]	3