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Belews Lake Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

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Stokesdale, North Carolina
United States
Setup Events
58F / 14C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 29m 28s
Overall Rank = 6/38
Age Group = w40-44
Age Group Rank = 2/8

Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 5:30, showered, ate a bagel w/PB and headed out. Stopped at Starbucks for a morning pick-me-up and drove the 40 minutes to the race site.
Drank a Boost once I got to the race site around 7.

Packet pickup was very slow and this left me feeling rushed. The water temp was reportedly 68 so I decided to go back to the car and get my fullsuit.

Event warmup:

None.

Swim

15m 55s
820 yards
01m 56s / 100 yards

Comments:

I hate wetsuit races. I'm can't feel the water and I lose any advantage I have as a strong swimmer.

What would you do differently?:

Heat the lake 10 degrees and lose the wetsuits! lol!

Transition 1

01m 18s

Comments:

The best wetsuit transition I've ever had -- by far! It just came right off. yay! I got smart and cut the legs off by a few inches and that made a huge difference. Unfortunately, all the time gained in removing the wetsuit was lost to a pebble in my left shoe.

What would you do differently?:

Clean my feet better before I put on my shoes.

Bike

45m 50s
14.5 miles
18.98 mile/hr

Comments:

I got afbout a quarter mile out of t1 and I had to stop, lay down my bike and take of my shoe to get a pebble out of the ball of my foot. I tried to HTFU but it just hurt too much. I cussed under my breath (or was it out loud?) as about 6 racers passed me by. After 3 tries I finally got my shoe cleaned out and back on the road. I was determined to catch all those that passed me earlier and, by mile 2, I had (only 1 was in my AG). Unfortunately, the other girl in my AG that left t1 moments before me was long gone.

Other than that I had a pretty good ride.

What would you do differently?:

Clean my feet better before putting on my shoes.

Transition 2

00m 43s

Run

25m 44s
3.11 miles
08m 16s min/mile

Comments:

The first mile was a long gradual uphill and it hurt. My legs felt like lead and I started stitching. I just kept pushing and thinking "stitches won't cause injury" and "no ones ever died from a stitch". The stitch finally subsided at the turnaround. Thank goodness that uphill as mile 1 was now an slight downhill at mile 3!

Really thought this run was much slower.

Post race

Event comments:

Nice race venue. Would do again.

Last updated: 2008-03-28 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:15:55 \| 820 yards \| 01m 56s / 100yards
Age Group:	2/8
Overall:	6/38
Performance:	Average
Suit:	QR Full
Course:	Counter clockwise triangle and LONG! Looking at the times, this course was a good bit long.
Start type:	Wade	Plus:
Water temp:	68F / 20C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Average	Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Average	Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:	Average
Rounding:	Average

T1
Time:	01:18
Performance:	Below average
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:

Biking
00:45:50 \| 14.5 miles \| 18.98 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/8
Overall:	0/38
Performance:	Good
Wind:	Little
Course:	Loop -- headwind out and tailwind back
Road:		Cadence:
Turns:		Cornering:
Gear changes:		Hills:
Race pace:		Drinks: