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Tri-Historic McKinney - TriathlonSprint

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McKinney, Texas
United States
Ironhead
58F / 14C
Precipitation

Total Time = 1h 16m 2s
Overall Rank = 27/283
Age Group = M45-49
Age Group Rank = 3/23

Pre-race routine:

On the drive to the event site, I ate a Cliff bar, milk and coffee and a GU gel.

Event warmup:

Ran for about 10 minutes then swam about 300 meters in the pool

Swim

04m 59s
274 meters
01m 49s / 100 meters

Comments:

Slurpped down a GU 20 minutes before the start. TT start every 10 seconds. The starter did a good job holding up on the starts if the swimmers were backing up in the lanes. She held the guy 3 spots in front me which meant we had clear lanes. I passed the guy in front me. This was a good comfortable swim. Probably should have gone harder.

What would you do differently?:

Swim faster...it's a sprint.

Transition 1

01m 27s

Comments:

2/23 & 30/283. Decent transition - helmet on, sun glasses on, race belton, ran with the bike to the mount line. Headed out and got into my shoes fairly quickly. Hadn't practiced getting into my shoes since last season.

What would you do differently?:

OK T1. I racked on the right of the racks because I thought we could run down either side of the racks. When I got to my bike, there were volunteers not letting us run on the right side. Not sure why. It didn't make any sense to me. Cost me a few seconds in T1.

Bike

45m 31s
15.3 miles
20.17 mile/hr

Comments:

The weather was rainy, cold and windy; a pretty miserable morning. Headed out in my new Team Zoot/GU gear. The first mile or so was cold. After that I warmed up and wasn't cold.

The slick roads really slowed me down in the corners. I took all the corners very cautionously. I didn't want to go down in this race. I liked this bike course. I wish the weather would have been better so I could ride it hard and not worry about the slick roads. Passed lots of people.

No nutrition on the bike. Didn't need it.

What would you do differently?:

Bike faster...it's a sprint.

Transition 2

Comments:

Quick T2. Flying dismount. Glasses into my mouth. Helmet unbuckled. Ran with the bike. Racked. Helmet off. Hat on. Glasses on. Then struggled with my shoes. My feet were numb from the cold. I couldn't feel them. I didn't wear socks.

What would you do differently?:

Go to one knee to get shoes on.

Run

23m 1s
3.11 miles
07m 24s min/mile

Comments:

In T2 I heard someone say "Go Craig". I looked up and saw John (jcagg90) cheering Craig (docshock1964)on. Craig had just left T2. I headed out about 20 seconds behind him. So, now I had my rabbit. The first half mile was wierd because I couldn't feel my feet. I kept my eye on Craig and made my goal to catch him.

I just ran as hard as I could. Looked at my HR a few times to make sure I was at LTHR. I was.

Never could make up any time on Craig. He slowly pulled away. I ran the last mile pretty much full out, puke a lung intensity.

What would you do differently?:

Run faster...it's a sprint.

Post race

Warm down:

None. Stood around and froze my azz off. There were a bunch of BT'ers at this race - jcagg90, docshock1964, jah2212, teechris, davidb, kend (who vonlunteered, thanks) and others. Always great to see these guys and gals.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Rain and cold. Not training for sprint distance. No speed training.

Event comments:

Ironhead always puts on decent races. They are consistently OK. There was lots of food - bannanas, oranges, pizza, spaghetti, coffee, honey buns. The Kawanias are the owners of the race. They did a great job with the vonlunteer part of the event.

Last updated: 2008-04-20 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:04:59 \| 274 meters \| 01m 49s / 100meters
Age Group:	6/23
Overall:	26/283
Performance:	Good
Suit:
Course:	Serpentine swim in a 25 meter pool.
Start type:	Inside Pool	Plus:
Water temp:	0F / 0C	Current:
200M Perf.		Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:
Rounding:

T1
Time:	01:27
Performance:	Average
Cap removal:	Average	Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:	Average

Biking
00:45:31 \| 15.3 miles \| 20.17 mile/hr
Age Group:	2/23
Overall:	18/283
Performance:	Average
Avg HR: 161
Wind:	Strong with gusts
Course:	Hilly course with lots of 90 degree turns. Course goes out of town to quite contry roads. Nice course.
Road:	Smooth Wet	Cadence:
Turns:	Below average	Cornering:	Below average
Gear changes:	Average	Hills:	Good
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:

T2
Time:	01:00
Overall:	Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes		Good
Jumping off bike		Good
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike		Average
Shoe and helmet removal

Running
00:23:01 \| 03.11 miles \| 07m 24s min/mile
Age Group:	4/23
Overall:	59/283
Performance:	Good
Avg HR: 163
Course:	A loop course on roads, concrete trails and dirt. Because of the rain, some sections were wet and puddled.
Keeping cool		Drinking	Just right

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

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2008-04-27 9:02 PM

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