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Swim for Smiles FAMILY Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
United States
Swim for Smiles Foundation
80F / 27C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 14m 10s
Overall Rank = 44/120
Age Group = Male 20-24
Age Group Rank = 1/5

Pre-race routine:

Woke up slightly hung over at 6. Downed a lot of gatorade and a golden graham treat and headed to the race. Checked in and got body marked. I made sure to double and triple check my transition area. Sadly my bib number put me in about the crappiest transition location possible.

Event warmup:

200 yard swim and stretch

Swim

03m 52s
250 yards
01m 33s / 100 yards

Comments:

My swim went ok. I did get knocked in the head once and it took me two times to fix my goggles. Its ok though, it only cost me a few seconds.

What would you do differently?:

Flipp turned.

Transition 1

01m 43s

Comments:

Transition went crappy. I got my shoes and everything on real quick but my bike got stuck on the rack and that took me a while to get unstuck.

What would you do differently?:

get a smaller bike so i can rack it differently...or a bigger rack?

Bike

43m 24s
11.6 miles
16.04 mile/hr

Comments:

Wow, this is definitely the hilliest course ive ever been on. I was kind of hoping to hit 20+ mph, but only got to 16...it was very tough, atleast for me.

What would you do differently?:

More hill work and tighten my cleats. It took me forever to click my cleats into place on my bike cause i found out later one of them had come loose.

Transition 2

01m 8s

Comments:

I caught a calf cramp bending over tieing my shoes.

What would you do differently?:

Not get a cramp and get some Yank shoelaces.

Run

24m 1s
2.7 miles
08m 54s min/mile

Comments:

I blew it on the run. Holy cow my legs were shot for some reason. I need to run more and definitely do some hill work on the bike. Close to one of the slowest runs of the day.

What would you do differently?:

Train more on the run and the bike.

Post race

Warm down:

Walk and stretch.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

crappy run and staying up till 3 with 3 shots of vodka, 5 rum and cokes and two beers....yay, not doing that again haha.

Event comments:

Great race, but ridiculously hilly..atleast for me.

Last updated: 2009-06-25 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:03:52 \| 250 yards \| 01m 33s / 100yards
Age Group:	1/5
Overall:	7/120
Performance:	Average
Suit:	None
Course:	Pool swim down and back for 5 different lanes
Start type:	Inside Pool	Plus:
Water temp:	0F / 0C	Current:
200M Perf.	Average	Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Below average	Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:
Rounding:

T1
Time:	01:43
Performance:	Below average
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:

Biking
00:43:24 \| 11.6 miles \| 16.04 mile/hr
Age Group:	1/5
Overall:	32/120
Performance:	Below average
Wind:	Little
Course:	Circle and very hilly
Road:	Rough Dry	Cadence:	?
Turns:	Below average	Cornering:	Below average
Gear changes:	Average	Hills:	Bad
Race pace:	Comfortable	Drinks:	Not enough

T2
Time:	01:08
Overall:	Below average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike		Average
Racking bike		Average
Shoe and helmet removal		Below average

Running
00:24:01 \| 02.7 miles \| 08m 54s min/mile
Age Group:	4/5
Overall:	67/120
Performance:	Bad
Course:	Very hilly...Y shaped course.
Keeping cool	Average	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Average
Mental exertion [1-5]	3
Physical exertion [1-5]	1
Good race?	No

Evaluation
Course challenge	Too hard
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	No
Post race activities:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	4