Sunbelt Cohutta Springs Triathlon
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Sunbelt Cohutta Springs Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: The water was cool and felt good. The mud near the bank was very soft and full of sticks and rocks. What would you do differently?: I would probably slow down and save energy for the rest of the race. I have finished in the top 3 in my age group in the swim at all 4 races I've done this year and except for the 1st race I've ended the race feeling completely wasted. I think I need to manage my race better. Transition 1
Comments: I don't have a T1 time. The race timed it but it is not in the results and I forgot to get it with my watch. My bike split time includes both transitions and it is 1:05:31. My bike computer includes the roll out of transition and the roll in and says 1:01:08. The difference is 0:04:23 and if I estimate the roll in and out time as 15 seconds each way then the two transitions are 4:53 total, probably 3 minutes for T1 and about 2 minutes for T2. What would you do differently?: The strong swim I did left me winded for T1 and I took a lot of time there because I had to take off a very tight wetsuit, bag it to keep it from soaking all my other stuff and then go through my normal T1 routine which is normally very fast. I would probably have done as well to use the shorty wetsuit I own and forget about using a full sleeveless wetsuit when the water is 79F. The tight wetsuit constricted my breathing somewhat and I should have just kept the swim simple. Bike
Comments: My bike split was 4th of 6 in my age group but only a few seconds longer then the age group winner and only about 4 minutes longer than the 1st in the bike in the age group. I had two bottles of accelerade on the bike, one in the aero-bottle and one stored on the downtube. I had drank the first bottle by the turn around so I reloaded the aero-bottle and drank most of that by the time I reached T2. What would you do differently?: I think my bike split was competitive but I could still improve on it by just doing more training mileage and losing weight to speed the climbs. Transition 2
Comments: I'm estimating my T2 time. I came into T2 tired from the bike because the last segment of the bike was a long but low rise climb. I was hoping for an easy but steady run. I took two flasks of accelerade with me on the run and stuffed them in the pockets of my tritop. Because the transition area was so small I elected to just dismount the bike with my shoes on and run in them to the bike hanger. I unclipped my right shoe and swung that leg over and glided to a stop and then unclipped the other shoe and started running. What would you do differently?: Probably nothing except move a little faster. I was a little tired. Run
Comments: I was determined not to walk on this course but I finally did just about 250 yards before the finish which was up another mild long hill. I don't know why it happened, I just couldn't run another step. I walked about 100 yards and then started running again and finished. I drank just one of the accelerade flasks on the run. I didn't feel dehydrated I just felt extremely tired. What would you do differently?: I really thought with all the training I've done lately especially on the run and the bike that I would have been able to bring this run in on at least 11 minute pace. So I have work to do in the just started off season and it will consist of a lot of running and hopefully some weight loss. Post race
Warm down: I sat for awhile and then drank lots of fluids. After awhile I went back to the lake and swam to finish cooling down and also to clean up for the ride home. I swam in just my trisuit and it wasn't all that bad, I really could have done without the big wetsuit. What limited your ability to perform faster: I need to do some bricks and do more run volume. Event comments: I liked the race, but I don't like it starting at 12:30 which makes it an all day affair. It did start about 10 minutes late. But the venue was nice, the roads were great, and the race felt comfortable to be at. Any problems I had on the run were based on my lack of conditioning and I'm planning on doing this race next year and going faster. Last updated: 2004-10-04 12:00 AM
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United States
Southern Adventist University
80F / 27C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 162/196
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 6/7
It was a long 2 hour drive to the event on mostly lightly traveled roads. I ate breakfast at home then ate light carbs up until the event which started at 12:30.
I donned my rented wetsuit and swam some. This is a fairly long sprint so I didn't want to spend too much energy warming up.