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The "I wish I was in Brockville" Triathlon - 2005 - TriathlonOlympic

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Mechanicsburg, PA
United States
Me, Myself and I Race Promotions
75F / 24C
Overcast

Total Time = 4h 16m 7s
Overall Rank = 169/169
Age Group = Clydes 39 & -
Age Group Rank = 3/3

Pre-race routine:

Same as usual - start off with some gel and a Myoplex shake. No bananas in the house today (an omen which would come back to haunt me). NEVER CHANGE ANYTHING ON RACE DAY :D

Drove to the lake for a 7:00AM start. The gates are usually open by then even if the park doesn't officially open until 8:00AM. Well, today's ranger was going by the book... So that's 2 marbles out of the bag.

Event warmup:

A couple lengths of the swimming area at the lake. Sit at the side of the lake and relax for a few minutes. Get ready for an 8:00AM start.

Swim

47m 35s
1640 yards
02m 54s / 100 yards

Comments:

Not a bad swim. One of the longest distances I've done with a freestyle stroke. Just kept it going at a sustainable pace. Got some sludge up my nose about 1400 yards into the swim and started gagging. My concentration never really recovered. 3 marbles down.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing. Well aside from the sludge snorting incident.

Transition 1

01m 25s

Comments:

A pretty good T1. As my own race director, I enacted the T1-Timewarp rule and timed myself out of the water to the car and then when I got the bike/run location, I started the clock where I left off. Saved 25 minutes that way :)

What would you do differently?:

Nothing

Bike

1h 44m 52s
25.8 miles
14.76 mile/hr

Comments:

Manged to do OK here. The false flats had me at 12-14 MPH, but nothing crazy. I did a 2 loop course with a 2.5 mile tail (5 miles total) at the transition end of the course. Right at the 2nd turnaround, I heard something behind me go sproing! Funny, I don't recall seeing any rocks... What is hitting my leg? Oh, my FREAKING BROKEN SPOKE!! Get off the bike, bend the broken spoke around the one beside it. Hmmm, back wheel is all over the place. So I disabled the back brakes entirely so that they wouldn't rub, jumped back on and limped back to transition. I was on time to do a sub 90 minute 40k too. Oh well. I didn't die or wreck because of it, so no big deal. 4 marbles down. As I'm getting within 2 miles of transition, I noticed that my back tire is starting to get a little squishy. Although it quit rubbing on the frame as it lost air. Doing 12-14 mph the whole way back (8 miles). 5 marbles...

What would you do differently?:

Um, not break a spoke, but since I didn't do it on purpose, let's just skip to the next part.

Transition 2

00m 58s

Comments:

One of my cleanest T2's ever. Everything felt pretty good. Since I'm familiar with the park that they use for the transition area in Brockville, I tried to guess what distances the dismount line would be from my rack...

What would you do differently?:

Nothing

Run

1h 41m 17s
6.2 miles
16m 20s min/mile

Comments:

I started off with the plan of running 9 minutes and walking 1 minute. That worked well the first time around, but not after - so I changed it to 8 minutes running, 1 minute walking. That worked for another 20 minutes... After a couple of miles, I ran into my TnT tri coach who was out doing his workout. He rode beside me for a couple of minutes and we chatted. It was cool to actually talk to someone. The last mile before the turnaround had a bad cant to the road and I was really starting to feel it in my knees and ankles - so I walked to the turnaround. Tried to start running a number of times after the turn around, but could never get up to speed. I could feel my left knee going out around me instead of back and forth, so I figured I was better off walking a couple more miles before I hurt myself. I swear I looked like Cookie Googleman at the end of "Best in Show" when she was walking out onto the show floor and her knee was doing this weird orbital thing... OK, where was I with the marbles? Screw it, the marbles are getting too heavy to carry at this point, so I dump the rest of them on the ground and keep going. I was glad that I had my fuel belt with some water and sports drink. Because of how evercast it was, I didn't realise how hot it was starting to get. About a mile and a half from the end, these 2 guys came up behind me on their bikes and as they passed, I heard the one guy say "Oh my god, did you see that guy? I bet he can put away the hamburgers." My reply? "F#@k you a$$monkey!!!!!!" You know, I wasn't really having a sufferfest until they came along, but that one pretty much deflated me. During the last mile I tried to start running a couple more times, but would get a pounding headache as soon as I started, so I went back to walking. Three tenths of a mile from the end, I figure I better run now because with the exception of the one race where I messed up my ankle, I have yet to walk across a finish line. So I ran. And it sucked. I've never wanted to cry and vomit at the same time like that. It was a feeling that I hope to never feel again, but somehow I doubt that will be the case. As I crossed my imaginary, but very real, finish line I felt completely drained. And then I smiled...

What would you do differently?:

Not hurt myself 5 weeks before my A race.

Post race

Warm down:

I walked around the running track at the high school while making a couple of phone calls and drinking my recovery drink.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Lots of stuff, but it's all in the past. I had put so much effort into training for this race that I wasn't about to quit even if I had to withdraw from the actual event. There will be more races ahead of me and I've got nowhere to go but faster at this distance. So for my first Oly distance tri, it was everything I hoped it would be and a few things I never imagined.

Event comments:

Don't do the "I wish I was in Brockville" Triathlon. No volunteers anywhere :) Instead, do the actual race in Ontario - I hear it's nice...

Last updated: 2005-08-16 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:47:35 \| 1640 yards \| 02m 54s / 100yards
Age Group:	3/3
Overall:	168/169
Performance:	Average
AVG HR 160, MAX HR 175
Suit:	Tri shorts and sleeveless top
Course:	16.5 lengths back and forth swim of 100 yard swimming area at Pinchot park.
Start type:	Run	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	70F / 21C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Good	Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:	Good
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	01:25
Performance:	Good
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	Yes
Getting up to speed:	Good

Biking
01:44:52 \| 25.8 miles \| 14.76 mile/hr
Age Group:	3/3
Overall:	169/169
Performance:	Average
AVG HR 172, MAX HR 184
Wind:	Little
Course:	Flat/rolling 2-loop open road course to simulate Route 2 between Brockville and Prescott in southeast Ontario. Even put in a little "hill" to simulate King Street. Plenty of false flats too.
Road:	Smooth Dry	Cadence:	80
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:	Average
Race pace:	Comfortable	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	00:58
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
01:41:17 \| 06.2 miles \| 16m 20s min/mile
Age Group:	3/3
Overall:	169/169
Performance:	Bad
AVG HR 166, MAX HR 182
Course:	Flat/rolling road course. Probably not as flat as the course in Brockville, but close. Definitely more corn than Brockville. Well, that and there's not navigable rivers within sight.
Keeping cool	Below average	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	4
Physical exertion [1-5]	4
Good race?	Yes

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	No
Events on-time?	No
Lots of volunteers?	No
Plenty of drinks?	No
Post race activities:	Bad
Race evaluation [1-5]	3