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The Nation's Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

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Washington, Washington, D.C.
United States
TNT productions
90F / 32C
Sunny

Total Time = 00m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = Coed Relay
Age Group Rank = 11/26

Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 5:00, drove over to the Pentagon and walked to transition. Ate a bagel, Bananna and and a bar while waiting for Jen to hit the water.

Event warmup:

None really, was just doing the bike

Swim

40m 28s
1500 meters
02m 42s / 100 meters

Transition 1

01m 18s

Bike

1h 12m 1s
24.85 miles
20.70 mile/hr

Comments:

Kind of dissapointed in my overall time. I haven't ever done a relay before and wasn't used to going all out on the bike. With 5 miles left I really stepped on it because I realized I had so much left in the tank.

I started off pretty strong which got my heart rate up there so I was worried that I went out too fast.

Passed a ton of people out there on the course. The switchback turns were pretty annoying, too many people that couldn't handle their bike, which made making the turns at any speed nearly impossible.

Course was really flat, I think I stayed in aerobars just about the entire time. Some decent bumps out there on the road, had to dodge alot of water bottles and spare tubes.

What would you do differently?:

Ride harder the entire time. I was so paranoid about wiping my self out early that I held back too much.

Transition 2

01m 2s

Comments:

Long run through transition to get back to the racks.

Run

47m 58s
6.21 miles
07m 43s min/mile

Post race

Warm down:

Walked to the finish line with my wife and jen to wait for Adam and her teams runner to finish.

Event comments:

Pretty good race, there were some things they could do differently but fun overall. Had a great time doing this relay with Jen and Adam.

Anthem played by guy on electric violin was pretty interesting, then he jumped in the water for the swim.

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Last updated: 2008-05-09 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:40:28 \| 1500 meters \| 02m 42s / 100meters
Age Group:	0/26
Overall:	0/
Performance:
Suit:
Course:
Start type:		Plus:
Water temp:	0F / 0C	Current:
200M Perf.		Remainder:
Breathing:		Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:
Rounding:

T1
Time:	01:18
Performance:
Cap removal:		Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:

Biking
01:12:01 \| 24.85 miles \| 20.70 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/26
Overall:	0/
Performance:	Average
Wind:	Little
Course:	Pretty flat the whole way, some bumps here and there on the roads. Had 4-5 switchback turns.
Road:	Smooth Dry	Cadence:
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:
Race pace:		Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	01:02
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal

Running
00:47:58 \| 06.21 miles \| 07m 43s min/mile
Age Group:	0/26
Overall:	0/
Performance:
Course:
Keeping cool		Drinking

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?

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

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dalessit

2008-09-14 7:31 PM

Champion

9060

Charlottesville, Virginia

Subject: The Nation's Triathlon

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klgray

2008-09-15 11:13 AM

in reply to: #1673546

Veteran

288

Owings, MD

Subject: RE: The Nation's Triathlon

Cool pictures!

The turnarounds were scary. I went incredibly slow and as far to the right as I could to stay out of the way of those who knew what they were doing. I still saw a woman wipe out in front of me.