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Indian Creek Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic
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Comments: This is about the best I can hope for given my current swimming ability. Strategy was to swim fifty strokes freestyle then twenty breaststroke, which I did for the entire course. Stayed just under my goal of forty minutes, but still my bike was one of the few left in transition. What would you do differently?: Get some swimming instruction, I guess. Transition 1
Comments: Fifty-yard run up the beach, through three kiddie pools to wash the sand off my feet. Still took my time to towel the feet of, get them dry and clean of sand. Good bike mount for me, running start, stepped on the back of the left pedal with the arch of my foot, swung the right foot over and immediately clipped in. Couple pedal rotations later, clipped in the other foot on the first try. What would you do differently?: Eventually I'll get tri shoes that I can leave on the pedals and put on while riding. Bike
Comments: This was my first Olympic distance, so I wasn't sure how to pace this, coming off my longest OW swim ever and facing a 10K in high heat and humidity.. Ended up just trying to stay just above 20mph the whole way, that turned out to be comfortable, maybe a little too easy. Unlike previous tris, did not pass hardly anyone. Usually pass a couple dozen people, which I credit to my crappy swimming ability more than my cycling proficiency. Competition here featured good cyclists who could also swim. Didn't have a lot pass me either, one guy passed me at the turnaround and I let him pace me on the return trip, staying about 10 lengths behind him. During the last three miles in the park, I cranked it up to 23-24mph and passed him, but no one else. Used a gel container with three servings of Carboom Apple Cinamon; took half at start of bike and half at end, with water(aerobottle). Also had Gatorade in the seat tube bottle, this combination worked well. What would you do differently?: I'll probably have to get a couple of these under my belt to get some feel for the proper pace to ride. Really think I could have pushed harder, maybe held 21 for most of the ride. Transition 2
Comments: Not bad. Good dismount, took my time changing shoes, grabbed my hat, race belt, and a gel, then took off. What would you do differently?: Nothing. This was pretty clean. Run
Comments: Again, not a bad run for me, given the conditions of high heat and humidity. Here are the splits: 09:33.0 09:21.0 09:25.0 10:00.0 09:56.0 09:32.0 01:54.0 Pretty consistent except for mile 4, which was up the hill, and Mile 5 which was in the bright sunshine. Stomach was kind of queesy, but I was going to try a gel at the second waterstop (Mile 2.5) anyway. They were out of water, so I didn't, went with the Gatorade instead. What would you do differently?: Do the run in Minnesota. Post race
Warm down: Stood around and drank a water, then ate and packed up. What limited your ability to perform faster: MadCow Syndrome (Big-ass Belly, Slow-ass Legs). Of course I need someone to look at my swim, possibly suggest some drills. Event comments: This was a good event, one of the few Olympic-distance races in our part of the state. Great venue, on a reservoir in a recreation area, great roads once the construction is through. Good food after (Barbecue Chicken and ribs), music provided by a DJ wearing a BT.com T-shirt. Introduced myself, turns out he is Michael Pate, one of the guys that originally helped Ron put this site together a couple years ago. Nice guy, doesn't post here much anymore but still has several articles on the home page. Last updated: 2005-06-12 12:00 AM
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85F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 115/148
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 10/12
Woke up at 3am, drank coffee and ate a Cliff Bar, showered, dressed, got gear together and was out the door at 4:45. Arrived at the race site by 6am, but by the time I stood in line at the packet pickup and then another line for the restrooms, I only had about 20 minutes to set up transition and get ready.
Only got a 5-minute warm-up swim in before the first wave went out. We were the second (and last) wave.