The Oregon Trout City of Portland Triathlon
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The Oregon Trout City of Portland Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: They sent out the Oly first on the same course. The only difference was that we turned earlier. I ended up merging with swimmers in the oly and then passing some of them. This was the easiest course to sight on. You swam under a bridge and there was another bridge down river to sight on before turning around. So many points to use. What would you do differently?: I probably should not have let the one guy breakaway at the start. I ran out of time to catch him. I was 6 seconds behind at the finish. Transition 1
Comments: My wetsuit got stuck. I just need to practice this at home. I put a jersey on in T1 and it kept getting stuck. Enough is enough. I have to buy a sleeveless tri top and wear it under my wetsuit. 16th overall but it was a weak and inexperienced field. It felt like I was 60th. What would you do differently?: Switch to shoes on the bike and run in my socks to the mounting line. Bike
Comments: I am good at descending and loved the winding descent on this course. What would you do differently?: nothing. I raced well Transition 2
Comments: 2nd overall. I wish I could get my T1 down. What would you do differently?: I nearly fell getting off the bike. I had new Look cleats on and it felt like I was slipping on ice. It was a slow motion slide finally stopped by a volunteer. The most exciting part was getting into the transition area and realizing there were only a few bikes there. But the best part was the verbal instruction someone was giving me to help me speed up my transition. While I was still running I heard: "your helmet take off your helmet" Strange but it was helpful to keep me focused. Run
Comments: Running is my weak link, but I recovered from the bike and finished the last 1/2 mile strong Post race
Warm down: Walked around and stretched on the ground What limited your ability to perform faster: Nothing Event comments: They waited until everyone was back before giving out the awards. For me that meant a 2 hour wait and right before they started it began to rain. They waited a bit longer and then finally gave up and rushed through the awards. If you weren't getting one you were long gone. Sustainability was the theme, but the rear sprocket on a used tube was going a bit too far. The sprocket could work but not with the goofy tube as a chain. There is no indication anywhere on it where it came from. Last updated: 2008-07-23 12:00 AM
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2008-09-02 9:58 PM |
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United States
City of Portland Triathlon
64F / 18C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 9/73
Age Group = 55-59
Age Group Rank = 1/2
Woke up way too early. High anxiety. I really wanted to win my age group so I could go to Nationals. I also suspected it would be a weak field (so many more people signed up for the oly and this was the first year for the sprint) so I hoped for a high overall result. I didn't know what else to do so I went early. No one was there yet.
Swam 100 yards