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Kinetic Half - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: One other guy and I lined up front and everyone else seemed to settle behind us. Going in I thought I should be around 27 minutes or so considering the run in the middle of the swim. The other guy and I jumped out to an early lead on the rest of our AG and I settled in behind him nicely. I lost him about midpoint of lap 1 as we caught the wave ahead of us but not a big deal as I was having a pretty easy time navigating and was really really enjoying the swim. I was taking it easy, rolling my stroke stroke right and everything felt nice and smooth. Maybe my most relaxed swim to date. Jumped out at the end of lap 2, saw a 27 on the clock, felt relaxed and new I had nailed the swim. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Transition 1
Comments: Ran a little too hard into T1 as I could tell my HR was elevated and I felt dizzy. Still a quick transition. Short run uphill with shoes on was a little tough. What would you do differently?: Run a little easier into T1. Bike
Comments: Came out of T1, got on the bike, checked my hr and sure enough it was very elevated 178 (Z4). Crap. That is not good. Tried to breathe deeply and calm myself down and HR still would not drop. Decision time - do I keep doing what I am doing or slow way down. I decided to slow way down to see if that would get my HR under control..biked this way for 2-3 miles and still it was in the 170's. Did not know what was going on. By this time I was down to 15mph and had dropped back to 3rd place in my AG. Said F it and started to get back up to speed. Over the next 10 miles my HR dropped 2-3 beats per minute and into zone 2. I also had in my sites both the first and second place guys. Went through the 20 mile mark in 2nd place, averaging 21mph and felt good. I did have a few tough mental miles - 12 and around 35 - at both points I was not happy to be on the bike and racing. Weird - I usually love racing but I guess that is bound to happen at some point even when things are going well at this distance. Next 20 miles were pretty uneventful and at 40 miles I was in first in my AG, HR in zone 2, nutrition on, avg speed was 21.4 total. Things were going good though I did feel like I was starting to get burned and noticed it was a lot hotter than what I was used to riding in. Around mile 45 I came around a turn and dropped my chain...crap. Jumped off, fixed it quickly and jumped back on. 2 people in my ag had passed me but I figured not a big deal I will catch them again. 1 mile up the road, went to wipe away the sweat and there went the sunglasses - oh well - needed a new pair anyway. 1 mile later chain off again. Crap and this time it was all jammed up in my derailer and took a few minutes to get it out. I did not see anyone but think I was passed by another few people in my AG at this point and was not happy. Calmed myself down, started going again and I see this guy screaming and running with a huge american flag...who is this guy? Sure enough it is Slake and the rest of the crazy BT crew cheering like crazy - they are awesome and really really helped put me in a better mood. Nothing like having 12 BTers there to cheer you on - they absolutely rocked. Picked off a guy or two in my AG but stomach was starting to feel off the last 5 miles of the ride and I could tell the spider bite I had got 2 days earlier had swelled up a lot. Pulled into T2 and was really happy to be off the bike. What would you do differently?: Drink more - I did not adjust my fluid intake, just drank my normal 16-20 oz per hour which is fine for when it is in the 50's but not fine when it was in the 70's and 80's. Transition 2
Comments: Easy T1 - Garmin quick release works well. What would you do differently?: nothing Run
Comments: Started the run and immediately noticed I was very thirsty. I did not feel this way at the end of the bike. Weird. I knew at this point I was probably 5 minutes behind the leader in my AG with another 4-5 people in between us. Started the run and went through mile 1 in Z3 at 7:45 - right on target. Next few miles were right around 7:45 to 8 as well. Hit the first few aid stations, got some fluids in me and stomach started to really not feel good. Legs were tired but not dead. At mile 3.8 felt my stomach clench and I got sick on the side of the road. Over the nex 7-8 miles I would get sick after just about every aid station. I am a data geek and it was interesting to watch when I would get sick - first time my HR was 165ish, then it was 155ish, then 145, and on down until finally I was running a few hundred feet and then would have to walk a few hundred feet or I would get sick. Back of my leg was not real painful but a bunch of people came up to me and said that it was very swollen. Oh well. Saw a bunch of people I knew on the course and there was no in between - either people looked good and were going strong or they were really hurting. Ran the last 1/3 of mile, made it across the finish line and was really really happy to be done. Announcer said that I had a huge number of people cheering for me - yeah our BT group rocks. :) What would you do differently?: Hydrate better on the bike, run slower to start the run Post race
Warm down: Went into the lake and floated there. What limited your ability to perform faster: A number of thoughts here - and I need to figure these out before LP: - what caused me to crap out on the run...was it spider bite, lack of hydration, pushing too hard early on the run, not getting my HR down fast enough on the bike or that I did not have enough long rides under my belt at race pace prior to this race. Also interesting - was not sick Saturday night or Sunday morning but Sunday afternoon I ended up with the flu and a temp of 102. Still going through this but my thoughts currently are a combination or pushing too hard early on the run, underhydration and I need more long, intense rides. Last updated: 2007-11-27 12:00 AM
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United States
Set-Up, Inc
86F / 30C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 85/326
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 16/37
Up around 5:15. The BT house was quiet and everyone was still sleeping. Had my normal breakfast of 2 cliff bars and a gatorade. Drove the 15 minutes to the race, picked everything up, got set up. Garmin cadence was not working so pulled it apart and reinstalled it.
Talked with a few people I knew, had a GU 20 minutes before the race started.
No warmup needed - water was 65 so no need to acclimate to it.
Mentally went over my plan - swim-find a pair of feet to drag off of, sight well, go a little wide when passing the waves ahead. Bike - get HR down out of transition and up the big hill, settle in first 20, check where I was after 40 and then push or back off - Z2 average HR, drink 2 bottles of accelerade, and pick up a bottle on the course - total calories on bike 1040, total fluids 60 oz planned (ultimately this may have ended up part of my problem as it was much warmer 70's/80's on race day then I had been training in). Run - start off slow and build the pace. Take in 2 cups at each station - 1 water, 1 sports drink or flat cola.
I thought I should be able to go sub 5 in my first half i/m, with a chance to go sub 4:45 and maybe even pick up an AG win if everything went right.