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Busselton, Western Australia
Australia
Triathlon WA
Precipitation
Total Time = 5h 18m 7s
Overall Rank = 504/960
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 97/180
Pre-race routine:

Woke early afer almost no sleep (all nerves) Managed to eat some bix, and drink a gatorade. Left the unit early and the family dropped me off.

Took my time setting up transition, and getting all the junk ready.

After I had it all set up etc I became very calm for some reason...thought to myself oh well, i've done all I can now, just have to go out and enjoy it.
Event warmup:

Nothing...Thats what the swim is for.
Swim
  • 38m 41s
  • 1900 meters
  • 02m 02s / 100 meters
Comments:

Would have to be my best swim EVER...fely fantastic, enjoyed it, was turning to head back in thinking wow, I think I can go faster on the way in.

Had a slowish start, and swam way off course in a group, but sat at my own pace and din't worry too much. I managed to draft a few times, felt too slow so pulled past and drafted some more, did this a couple more times.

Got beat up trying to round the first bouy, so went very wide around the second.

The swim back to shore was great, felt really strong, had loads of energy and really tried hard to lift my pace. Drafted a little, but no-one really going at the pace I wanted to.

I picked up my wetsuit on the Thursday night before headinbg down on Friday morning, so this swim ended up being my first swim in the suit...it went very well, no hicups what so ever. ( iwas very worried about it not working out that way)


What would you do differently?:

Nothing...My goal time for the swim was 45 minutes, after training etc this was a realistic time, I was stoked to come out in 38 min, had to look twice at my watch. Just have to train harder on it (some lessons will help) and next year shave a few minutes off.
Transition 1
  • 03m 49s
Comments:

Took my time in T1, was so happy with my swim time I din't want to leave anything behind and stuff up the swim.

As I said, first time in the wet suit so it took a bit of convinsing to get it off...live and learn.

Packed all my gells, co2 etc etc and off I went.
What would you do differently?:

Will get better at the wetsuit as time goes by...other than that nothing...

My goal time for T1 was 5 mins so I knew I had plenty of time.
Bike
  • 2h 35m 13s
  • 90 kms
  • 34.79 km/hr
Comments:

Other than it being a very crowded course, I had a great ride, coming in about 12mins inside my goal time.

Lap 1 - 51:33
Felt great, waved to the family, took the corners nice and easy due to all the rain, had all the right drinks and gells, and ended up 4mins inside my goal time.

Lap 2 - 49:18
Had planned to go hard in this lap, so increased my pace a bit, but being careful to keep my heart rate below 160. Again, had all the right fluids and gells, managed to pass without insident and was starting to think, wow, this is going really well, "what will go wrong"...at this stage, i was anticipating a puncture at any minute....

Lap 3 - 49:47
Well...finaly something went wrong...I had been passing people all day, making sure not to draft or block etc etc, then I came up behind a "PACK", it looked like a Saturday morning group ride, I moved out wide behind the 4th guy across waiting to pass and befor I knew it a motorbike official yelled out about 8 numbers including mine, and I had a 5min penalty for drafting...BUGGER...

I figured that was the one thing that was going to go wrong and decided to hammer it back to the penalty box as fast as I could since I had a 5min rest coming my way. Managed to get back to the penalty box about 3 minutes ahead of the rest of the Saturday morning ridersand therfore got out a few minutes ahead.

So taking out the time penalty, I had a 2:30 ride, which I was happy with, even including the time penalty I still beat my goal time, and I wasn't going to let it ruin my day


What would you do differently?:

Yell like buggery at the person on the outside of a four person road block...

I probably drank a bit too much water on the first lap, and thefore spent the second half of lap thinking about needing the toilet, then on the first part of lap 3 had to stop for some releif.
Transition 2
  • 03m 20s
Comments:

Farly good transition, emptied all my gell wrappers etc etc and loaded up again...
What would you do differently?:

Needed another toilet stop in transition, so definatly drank too much on the bike.
Run
  • 1h 57m 2s
  • 21.1 kms
  • 05m 33s  min/km
Comments:

Lap 1 felt fantastic, had to try really hard to hold myself back, because I knew there was still a long way to go. got into a good rythem and was traking along nicely, at about 5:20/km and ~165 hr. Planned to take 43 minutes per lap but promissed myself I would run by feel.

I drank just enough, only water, and had a gell every lap, lap two was comfertable, but my feet started to get blisters from running in very wet socks.

Lap 3 was just hard work, tried to keep the same pace, my my heart rate just wouldn't stay down, I never felt like walking, but was worried about cramping, I have never really cramped before, but felt close on this lap.

The run to the finnish took forever, then I finaly saw the finnish line, and boy was I please, saw the time and was extatic...the girls and wife were waiting at the end, and it was fantastic to see them.

Seeing the family at the turn around point for each lap was magic, and I am sure it kept me going and closed out alot of those negative thoughts I have when running.
What would you do differently?:

I think I could have pushed harder in the run, and this is where I will be consentrating most of my training for next year.
Post race
Warm down:

No warm down, ate a bannana and drank some water in the recovery area, chatted to a couple of friends then met the family.

Felt VERY ordinary for a couple of hours after the race, very quezzy and tiered, then managed a bit of food, and things picked up.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Time penalty and toilet stops, in total wasted about 10min. Inexperiance at this distance meant I probably heald back too much on the ride and probably should have pushed a bit more on the last lap of the run.

Event comments:

Loved it....

I set a goal to finnish under 6 hrs, and in my own mind, thought it would be great to come in under 5:40 (but din't tell anyone) to finish in 5:18 with a 5 min penalty was way beyond my wildest dreams...

Now that I have done the distance, I think next year I will be aiming for a sub 5 hr finnish.




Last updated: 2007-02-18 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:38:41 | 1900 meters | 02m 02s / 100meters
Age Group: 0/180
Overall: 641/960
Performance: Good
Suit: Yes - 2xU C2
Course: Out and back, about 950m
Start type: Wade Plus: Shot
Water temp: 0C / 0F Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Good
Waves: Navigation: Bad
Rounding: Average
T1
Time: 03:49
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Average Helmet on/
Suit off:
No
Wetsuit stuck? Yes Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed:
Biking
02:35:13 | 90 kms | 34.79 km/hr
Age Group: 0/180
Overall: 405/960
Performance: Good
Lap 1 - avg 158 - 51:33 Lap 2 - avg 152 - 49:18 Lap 3 - avg 152 - 49:47 Actual Bike time - 2:30 avg speed 36km/h
Wind: Little with gusts
Course: 3 laps of a flat and relatively boring course
Road: Smooth Wet Cadence:
Turns: Average Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Too much
T2
Time: 03:20
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
01:57:02 | 21.1 kms | 05m 33s  min/km
Age Group: 0/180
Overall: 522/960
Performance: Good
Lap 1 - Avg 166 - 37:58 Lap 2 - Avg 166 - 38:33 Lap 3 - Avg 177 - 40:47
Course: 3 laps Flat out and back.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5

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2007-05-07 3:05 AM

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2007-05-07 3:15 AM
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OMG! You finished 40 minutes under your goal time???
That's fabulous! What a race you had, even with the time penalty.

Congratulations, enjoy some resting!
2007-05-08 2:35 AM
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WELL DONE! Awesome race, looks like you had a ball! This is what triathlon is all about I think - enjoying yourself! Enjoy your rest time Planning on the full IM next?
2007-05-08 9:22 PM
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Wow what a brilliant time!! you were flying out there.  Bummer about the time penalty it really was difficult to avoid drafting on that course.  I tried so hard to avoid packs but somehow seemed to get caughti n the middle of them at times and it was so hard to get out of them.

Hopefully next year when they change the course to a two lap course they will avoid drafting.

What a fantastic swim for you!!  thats absolutely brilliant for someone that wasn't swimming at the start of the season,  great work.

I made the same mistake of drinking too much.  i'm so ussed to training in hot warm weather that I drank that same as I would on those days! big mistake!

 Great race and race report!

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