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Irving, Texas
United States
Playtri
50F / 10C
Sunny

Total Time = 3h 31m 13s
Overall Rank = 208/242
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 46/52

Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 4:30, we had gear together from the night before. Ate three waffles and a banana. Drank my coffee and headed to Irving. Doug and I took two cars so that I could stay for the HIM finish and he had to get back for soccer practice. We got to the site WAY early (6 am) so had plenty of time to set up transition area.

Event warmup:

I did a little jog around the area, mainly to warm up. Hung out with Sue (Sportysue) and Reagan (rgill), also chatted with Ken (kproudfoot) and hunted down Cathy (COgirl) as we had never met, but had been chatting on BT for about a year and a half now. She was my mentor and she was doing the HIM. There were several other BT people there with her.

Swim

39m 41s
1640 yards
02m 25s / 100 yards

Comments:

Before the swim start, Doug and I were just trying to stay warm and hanging out with Sue and Reagan. We watched the HIM folks finish and then headed towards our start. I just tried not to think about the swim at all. That is my swim strategy, don't train at all and try to block out the whole event just to get to the bike. Well, I guess it worked OK since I had been in the pool one time since last October and my swim speed was about the same as when I was training. It might have been a little slower, but I don't seem to improve much with training so I have given up that event for the time being and trying to focus on other areas.

What would you do differently?:

I think I will try to get in the pool this summer and swim outdoors. I don't like swimming indoors during the winter. I guess training could improve my speed a bit, so maybe I will do that next time.

Transition 1

06m 58s

Comments:

Well I think this might be the one area where I WON! I think I was maybe 2nd slowest overall for T2 transition time. Now it was a LONG haul out of the water and to the transition area, but then once I got there I just wanted to warm up and get on enough gear that I wouldn't freeze on the bike. I put on a long sleeve cycling shirt and a long sleeve fleece jacket.

What would you do differently?:

Some much room for improvement, it's hard to say.

Bike

1h 42m 26s
27 miles
15.82 mile/hr

Comments:

I think that the bike part of the race was where I was most discouraged. This same event last year I averaged 18.9 on the bike. However, there were very few hills last year and it wasn't quite as windy. I have done VERY little bike training since October, actually I have only been on my bike twice since Longhorn but I did go to spin a few times. I was not expecting great things, but 15.8 was slower than I had hoped for.

What would you do differently?:

Train and train more specifically on hills.

Transition 2

03m 54s

Comments:

I just don't seem to have speedy transition times and this is certainly something I need to work on. This transition time did also include a bathroom stop.

What would you do differently?:

Go faster

Run

1h 00m 12s
6.2 miles
09m 43s min/mile

Comments:

The first couple of miles were pretty tough as I was having this shooting pain from my lower back all the way down through my right foot. My socks were also very bunched up in the toe area as I hadn't done a good job of adjusting them before I headed out. After the first few miles, the pain in my leg went away and I was feeling much better. My main focus on the run was to finish with under a 10 min/ mile pace. That was one goal that I did accomplish! I think that all of my running training paid off in this area.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing, I was pleased with my run results. I am sure I can go faster, but need to practice more bricks.

Post race

Warm down:

After finishing, I stayed around the finish line to watch for Doug. Somehow I missed him as he must have finished while I was getting something to drink. We ended up hanging around at the finish line for awhile watching folks. We got a hamburger and ate while visiting with Sue and Reagan and then Doug headed out. I stayed at the finish line for a long time watching for other people that I knew.

Event comments:

I have heard some comments about people not feeling like the race was organized, but I thought it was a good race overall. It would have been nice not to have to wait in such a long food line, but nice that the hamburgers were hot and just coming off the grill. While I was checking out the results, a man came up to me to tell me that I made his heart jump a couple of times when he saw me on the course. He said that my smile, braids in my hair and visor all looked like one of his swim clients. He said that he had coached a woman who had died last year and that I reminded him of her. We talked for a couple of minutes and the woman was Dorothy from the Dallas area who died at IMFL in the fall. He told me about how her husband was doing IMAZ that day in memory of her.

One other comment I had was that there were times while I was on the bike and run course that I was asking myself "Why in the world are you doing triathlons as you are so much slower than most people and don't seem to be making huge improvements?" I will say that after thinking more about it, I do triathlons because they are fun and it helps me stay in shape and I have made many improvements, just not all speed related!

Last updated: 2008-04-03 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:39:41 \| 1640 yards \| 02m 25s / 100yards
Age Group:	46/52
Overall:	206/242
Performance:	Average
Suit:	sleeveless wetsuit
Course:	Out and around in through a drainage ditch type "lake". It was definitely very choppy in the more narrow areas as the waves just bounced off the concrete embankments and back in your face.
Start type:	Deep Water	Plus:	Shot
Water temp:	70F / 21C	Current:	High
200M Perf.	Average	Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:	Good
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	06:58
Performance:	Bad
Cap removal:	Average	Helmet on/ Suit off:	No
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	No
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:	Below average

Biking
01:42:26 \| 27 miles \| 15.82 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/52
Overall:	206/242
Performance:	Below average
Wind:	Strong
Course:	The course was WAY different than last year with LOTS of hills and high wind. Starting the bike for about the first few miles, every time I looked at how fast I was going it was somewhere between 9 - 13 mph and I just kept plugging away. Finally after the turn around, my times picked up and I was able to go faster.
Road:	Rough Dry	Cadence:
Turns:	Average	Cornering:	Below average
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:	Below average
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	03:54
Overall:	Below average
Riding w/ feet on shoes		Below average
Jumping off bike
Running with bike		Average
Racking bike		Below average
Shoe and helmet removal		Below average

Running
01:00:12 \| 06.2 miles \| 09m 43s min/mile
Age Group:	0/52
Overall:	187/242
Performance:	Good
Course:	No big hills, mainly an out and back with much of it on a trail. I like the run course.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Average
Mental exertion [1-5]	3
Physical exertion [1-5]	3
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:	Average
Race evaluation [1-5]	4

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