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Morgantown, West Virginia
United States
MedExpress - Hfp Racing
80F / 27C
Sunny
Total Time = 2h 50m 55s
Overall Rank = 44/137
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 7/16
Pre-race routine:

Up at 5 am, drank 2 ensures, 1 cup of raisins, 1 nature valley bar, and water. total calories = around 900. Stretched for a few minutes
Event warmup:

Ran for 10 minutes at about 7:15am - 30 minutes prior to race. No stretching, might have helped if I stretched more
Swim
  • 33m 5s
  • 1500 meters
  • 02m 13s / 100 meters
Comments:

Mon river, it was cold and choppy. Current really hit on the turnaround. Felt pretty tired, but not too bad overall. Probably the best of the 3 was in the water. I was a little off course, veering to the right, but kept me out of traffic.
Transition 1
  • 01m 24s
Comments:

Pretty tired going into the bike. I stopped halfway between the swim and transition area to take off my suit, there was more room. HR was jacked up
What would you do differently?:

Practice taking off my suit more.
Bike
  • 1h 19m 53s
  • 24.85 miles
  • 18.66 mile/hr
Comments:

Overall, pretty disappointed in my bike effort. It took me about 3 miles before I really got the legs under me to pedal. I think the swim really took it out of me. The rough roads were awful and I just couldn't settle in. I passed chris at about mile 14
What would you do differently?:

I don't know what was wrong, just didn't feel up to par. Maybe I was a bit fatigued.
Transition 2
  • 00m 55s
Comments:

Forgot to take my feet out of the shoes, so I had to just run with my bike shoes on. Overall, it didn't really affect the T2 time, I don't think
What would you do differently?:

Take feet out of shoes.
Run
  • 55m 39s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 08m 58s  min/mile
Comments:

Had a horrible pain in my right abdomen, don't know what it was, but I had to stop running twice in the first mile, took 10 minutes to get mile 1 done. It eventually worked itself out, might have been trapped gas or something. Overall, I was pretty tired, and my feet got realy tore up on the sides. I moleskined my second toes (as learned from wheeling). I either need tri running shoes or moleskin the sides of my feet.
What would you do differently?:

Moleskin my feet or wear socks
Post race
Warm down:

Nothing

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I felt pretty spaced out and might have been a little sick. I just had a bad day.




Last updated: 2009-01-22 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:33:05 | 1500 meters | 02m 13s / 100meters
Age Group: 7/16
Overall: 41/137
Performance: Average
HR was 174 coming out of the water - no good
Suit: Yes
Course: Mon River, 1 loop.
Start type: Dive Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current: Medium
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Good Drafting: Bad
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 01:24
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
No
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
01:19:53 | 24.85 miles | 18.66 mile/hr
Age Group: 8/16
Overall: 55/137
Performance: Below average
Wind: None
Course: Awful course, potholes everywhere and rough patches.
Road: Potholes Dry Cadence: 80
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:55
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:55:39 | 06.21 miles | 08m 58s  min/mile
Age Group: 8/16
Overall: 48/137
Performance: Bad
Course: Rail trail, flat out and back
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 1
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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:
Race evaluation [1-5] 3

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