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Spirit of Racine - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

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Racine, WI
100F / 38C
Sunny

Total Time = 6h 15m 34s
Overall Rank = 464/1073
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 47/65

Pre-race routine:

Up at 4:15, drove to race site. Got there just after transition opened. Prepped the bike. Thought to myself "man, this is effing HUMID"...

Event warmup:

Walked 3/4 mile down the beach to the swim start. Got in about 10 min or so of easy swimming to get blood flowing in the arms.

Swim

32m 50s
1930 meters
01m 42s / 100 meters

Comments:

Did okay on the swim. Held back a bit, didn't want to blow it all on the swim. Stopwatch was 31 min at the water exit, but there was a good long run from there to the transition area, so official race split is longer.

What would you do differently?:

Maybe go a bit faster. Was able to draft a good bit, but kept loosing the fast feet.

Transition 1

01m 30s

Comments:

Good T1. Was out pretty fast, and the bike rack was still mostly full except for only a handfull of spots. Woohoo! :)

What would you do differently?:

Not much, went good.

Bike

2h 51m 38s
56 miles
19.58 mile/hr

Comments:

Went through 6 bottles of fluid on the bike ( 1 perpetuem, 5 water ). It was freakin' hot out there. The winds sucked, but weren't unbearable. Road was really nasty in a couple sections, but made pretty decent time.

What would you do differently?:

Work on hills more. Get more aero wheels. I really felt the wind today. Urgh.

Transition 2

01m 47s

Comments:

Smooth and easy T2. Knew the run was going to be hot, so I took my fuel belt. Dumped last bit of extra water over my running hat.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing, except maybe keep a cooler with icewater and have my hat soaking in there for the run. Ohh, that would have felt good.

Run

2h 47m 48s
13.1 miles
12m 49s min/mile

Comments:

This run was BRUTAL. By the time I was on the course, the Heat Index was reportedly over 110 already. It definitely felt it.

The heat lead ultimately to my problems with the run. I finished the first lap in right around an hour. I walked every aid station, poured cups of ice down my jersey, drank water, took my endurolytes on schedule. Still couldn't hack it. Stomach stopped working, I couldn't handle more than water. I tried a shot of gel once, but my stomach was extremely unhappy. I was already dehydrated at that point I'm guessing.

I'd taken a gel shot about 15 min before the end of the bike, which got me through the first lap, but inability to get anything more down during the run and I just ran out of gas on the second lap. Added 45 minutes to my lap time on that. I was forced to a run-walk-run-walk. Tried to do more running than walking, but there wasn't much left.

What would you do differently?:

Not sure. Need to come up with a better super hot weather hydration/nutrition plan. Water + gel + endurlytes didn't work today. I think if I'd had my fuel belt filled with something like HEED, I might have been able to keep it down.

Post race

Warm down:

Finished, stopwatch had right around 6:15.

Grabbed an icewater, poured it over my head. Grabbed another and tried to drink it. Couldn't manage much. Sat down under a tree, which turned quickly to laying down. Decided to try a sip of gatorade as it was on hand, to get something more than water. Big mistake. It promptly came back up "return to sender". Okay, this wasn't good, so went to med tent ( which was quite a busy place today ). They immediatly decided I was overheated ( DUH! ). So I got a table ( no beds ), and bags of ice packed around me, ice cold towels draped over. No IV though, I just needed to get cool first. Spent about 45 minutes like that, changing out towels and ice bags when they melted/got warm. At that point, was feeling human again, so sat up and asked for water. They eval'ed me again, decided I could have some water at this point. Made me stay another 15 min after I drank it to make sure it was staying down. It did. Feeling hungry at this point so I managed to get over to the food tent and got a bite of some stuff. Drank a whole lot more water, took some more endurolytes.

Weighed myself tonight when we got home. Dressed, I weighed in at 169. I was 172 on Saturday morning. Yoiks! I was still down 4 lbs or so and I'd been drinking and eating since!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Heat, dehydration.

Event comments:

Race was good. The weather just played havok with everybody. Many of the pros that were in the heat of the day on the run had visits to the med-tent too. Quite a few AGers came in. The problem seemed to be more that people couldn't cool down after the race once they finished and couldn't stuff ice from aid stations everywhere.

Last updated: 2005-05-13 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:32:50 \| 1930 meters \| 01m 42s / 100meters
Age Group:	22/65
Overall:	0/1073
Performance:	Good
Suit:	Full
Course:	Point to point swim in Lake Mi. Into the wing, so the surface chop was against us. Kept things honest. :)
Start type:	Run	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	71F / 22C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Average	Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:	Average
Waves:	Average	Navigation:	Good
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	01:30
Performance:	Good
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:	No
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	Yes
Getting up to speed:

Biking
02:51:38 \| 56 miles \| 19.58 mile/hr
Age Group:	32/65
Overall:	0/1073
Performance:	Average
Wind:	Strong
Course:	One loop out and around through Racine and Milwaukee counties.
Road:		Cadence:
Turns:		Cornering:
Gear changes:		Hills:
Race pace:	Comfortable	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	01:47
Overall:	Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes		Good
Jumping off bike		Good
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal		Good

Running
02:47:48 \| 13.1 miles \| 12m 49s min/mile
Age Group:	52/65
Overall:	0/1073
Performance:	Bad
You don't want to know. When I get around to it, I'll post my splits. :)
Course:	Two loops of an out and back run. Flat.
Keeping cool	Below average	Drinking	Not enough

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Average
Mental exertion [1-5]	2
Physical exertion [1-5]	1
Good race?	Ok

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Average
Race evaluation [1-5]	4

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