Subject: Race Plan, is it reasonable?How does this look for my race plan? The triathlon will be on July 11th in Rancho Seco California (near Sacramento ) sponsored by TBF racing. This is the event near the decommissioned nuclear power plant. TBFracing.com Event = Tri for Fun 880 yard, lake swim (wet suit legal ) 16 Mile Bike, some small rolling hills (nothing over 2% ) 3 Mile run, fire road I wanted to be reasonable about my expectations, so I increased my over all time somewhat to compensate for my fatigue from the other events and lack of experience in multi sport racing. Regularly I pool swim 1000 yards in slightly less than 2 minutes hundreds with no noticeable or excessive exertion. I do this because I want to get out of the water alive. My first untrained, unprepared OWS was a nightmare. I regularly ride a 16 mile very hilly training loop at 18 MPH average (ranging from 6MPH to 25MPH ). Mike bike conditioning is pretty good and by far my best event. Got a Trek with Profile Jammer Aero bars. I can run 3 miles in just under 8 minute miles (again on a hilly route, 15% grade for 1/4 mile ). But I really don't like to run that much, so I don't run much. Anyway, this is kind of how I see it happening: | Pace | | Distance | | Time /Minutes | Total Seconds | Split time goals |
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| Swim | 2.16 Minutes per 100 yards Avg. | 880 Yards | | 19.00 | 1140 |
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| Trans ition #1 | | | | | 4.00 | 240 |
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| Bike | 19 MPH Avg. | 16 Miles | | 52.00 | 3120 |
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| Transistion #2 | | | | | 2.00 | 120 |
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| Run | 9 Minute Mile Avg. | 3 Miles | | 27.00 | 1620 |
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| Total time HH:MM | | | | 1:44 | 1:44 |
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