Race Reports! » Mystic River Valley Triathlon

Mystic River Valley Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

View Member's Race Log View other race reports

Mystic, Connecticut
United States
Mystic YMCA
60F / 16C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 31m 19s
Overall Rank = 148/214
Age Group = M 45-49
Age Group Rank = 15/20

Pre-race routine:

Got to the site at 6:30 and it was already busy. Went to pick up my packet, back to change clothes and then to set up transition. Got a great spot on the outside rack.

Event warmup:

Went for a short jog, then to get wet.

Swim

15m 26s
880 yards
01m 45s / 100 yards

Comments:

One HUGE problem! The tide was out and very low. The water was about 9" deep for greater than 70% of the course. It became a mucky mud run and we only swam for <1/3 of the course through the boat channel. It was exhuasting.

What would you do differently?:

Have water and actually swim instead of running through black muck.

Transition 1

01m 48s

Comments:

No issues. I've taken to making sure I step through T1 logically and not to panic about it. Just get it done in an orderly fashion.

What would you do differently?:

No changes

Bike

49m 36s
14.4 miles
17.42 mile/hr

Comments:

OK, here's the bad part. I simply couldn't get going. I was working like mad, quads were killing me, breathing was through the roof (no HR monitor today) and I was being passed like mad. I simply couldn't ride worth a damn. I though it was fatigue from the muck-run, but.....

What would you do differently?:

Yesterday, when I went over the bike, I went through the barrel adjusters. Got everything tweaked nice and responsive. When cleaning up after the race and putting the bike on the car, I found the problem. I overtightened the rear brake pads and the brake was closed against the rim No wonder I couldn't make any steam. This probably cost me a good 15-20% in the bike alone, set aside the extra fatigue.

Transition 2

Comments:

Again, step through the process in logical fashion and you're through just like that. NP.

Run

31m 23s
3 miles
10m 28s min/mile

Comments:

Well, I was cooked from the start. I did pick off my pace group with ~1/4 mile to go and picked up 5 much needed places. It was really tough. That and I've only been cleared by the doc to run for 3 weeks now, so overall, I'm not too disappointed with this.

Post race

Warm down:

Lots of head rush. Laid down in the shade for about 15 min. Found some ice and rubbed down

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Too soon after starting running again. Stupid bike mechanic (me). Not an actual swim.

Event comments:

I missed the food too. Music was good. Lots of volunteers made the day flow smoothly.

Results: http://www.plattsys.com/results/res2008/mrvtri08.htm

Last updated: 2008-06-08 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:15:26 \| 880 yards \| 01m 45s / 100yards
Age Group:	0/20
Overall:	149/214
Performance:	Below average
Suit:	Full T1 DeSoto
Course:	A triangular course with buoys on your right. Water wasn't as cold as I expected.
Start type:	Wade	Plus:
Water temp:	60F / 16C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Below average	Remainder:	Below average
Breathing:	Average	Drafting:	Good
Waves:		Navigation:	Good
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	01:48
Performance:	Good
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:	Yes
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:	Good

Biking
00:49:36 \| 14.4 miles \| 17.42 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/20
Overall:	161/214
Performance:	Bad
Wind:	None
Course:	An out and back with the first 1/2 climbing and the second half descending. I know the roads so it helps a lot.
Road:	Rough Dry	Cadence:
Turns:	Average	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Average	Hills:	Below average
Race pace:	Too hard	Drinks:	Just right

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

Running
00:31:23 \| 03 miles \| 10m 28s min/mile
Age Group:	0/20
Overall:	194/214
Performance:	Average
Course:	Out and back with some cul-de-scas on dead end roads added fro distance. Largely flat save the hill out of T2 and a small one back to the venue.
Keeping cool	Average	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Below average
Mental exertion [1-5]	2
Physical exertion [1-5]	3
Good race?	No

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	4

{postbutton}

pitt83

2008-06-08 7:03 PM

Champion

16151

Checkin' out the podium girls

Subject: Mystic River Valley Triathlon

My Race Log

ebshot

2008-06-08 7:06 PM

in reply to: #1452777

Elite

4372

Connecticut

Subject: RE: Mystic River Valley Triathlon

Nice job out there today in the heat!

My Race Log

CNIDog

2008-06-08 7:14 PM

in reply to: #1452777

Expert

795

Oak Ridge,

Subject: RE: Mystic River Valley Triathlon

Nice job today despite all the issues you had to deal with. I was out running along the river early this morning and the water level seemed to be way down even for the tide being out. Too nasty hot a day to work that hard running the swim and then having to pedal against the brakes on the bike. Don't forget to tweak the barrel adjusters and adjust your breaks before the Pfizer tri. Nice run pace for someone only back running x3 weeks.

My Race Log

dredwards

2008-06-09 5:48 AM

in reply to: #1452777

Master

1603

Connecticut

Subject: RE: Mystic River Valley Triathlon

Weird about the low tide. Wading in black muck doesn't sound very nice.

Aw man, bummer about the bike. That must have been very psychologically defeating to be spending so much effort and not understanding why. I could have kicked myself for not doing a better prerace check when I had the wobbly seat at the du last year, but best to just accept the lesson-learned and move on. There will always be more races.

Nice job that you still had something for the run!

Whew! Hot day for a race. Good thing it was early in the morning.

My Race Log

stumfossil

2008-06-09 9:07 AM

in reply to: #1452777