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Rumpass in Bumpass Sprint - Triathlon

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Bumpass, VA
United States
Setup Events
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 26m 45s
Overall Rank = 37/150
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 8/25

Pre-race routine:

Slept really well the night before. Up at 6:45, showered, ate half of a peanut butter and banana sandwich, and drove a mile to get to the race site by 8 for a 10:00 start time.

Event warmup:

Set up my transition area, ate the other half of my sandwich, and swam for a few minutes to get used to the water. Good thing because it felt colder than the day before! This was my fourth tri and first of season two. Really excited to be there and I felt calm and ready instead of being on edge about the swim.

Swim

18m 17s
820 yards
02m 14s / 100 yards

Comments:

First swim where I swam the majority of it using freestyle. I did switch to breaststroke to sight, but that was it. Felt good about this swim and it was by best one so far. Kind of disappointed with my time, but I think I'm finally over being nervous about open water swimming and panicking again in the water so it'll only get better from here.

What would you do differently?:

Could've done a better job navigating. I don't think I did a very good job of swimming straight to the buoys.

Transition 1

01m 50s

Comments:

23/150

OK T1. No problems getting the wetsuit off. Just felt awkward and out of practice. My fault for not running through transitions before race day.

What would you do differently?:

Practice before race day.

Bike

40m
12 miles
18.00 mile/hr

Comments:

My goal was to push to my fitness limit on the bike and I accomplished that. Pushed hard the whole time and I felt like I did a good job with the hills. Still having trouble with slowing down too much to turn and there was one section of the course where I braked and coasted for a bit, but I'm starting to feel a lot more comfortable on the bike and this is the first time where I felt like my fitness was my limiter instead of my biking confidence. Yay :) I really enjoyed the bike course. Good roads, I liked the rolling hills, and going over the short section across the lake.

What would you do differently?:

Just ride, baby, ride.

Transition 2

01m 21s

Comments:

43/150

What would you do differently?:

Again, practice before race day.

Run

25m 19s
3.11 miles
08m 08s min/mile

Comments:

Just an OK run for me. My legs were feeling it after being on the bike. Not many flat sections, seemed like we were always going up or down a hill, and it was rough running through the rooty, wooded section. First time I felt better on the bike than the run. :) I did get passed by a 21 year old at the end and I wasn't too happy about that.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing really. I'm happy with my training mileage and feel good about the run. Not a great 5K time for me, but I think it was a challenging course.

Post race

Warm down:

Came down the finisher's chute and heard some of the VAMDBTTC members cheering for me :) Ate some pizza, Mike & Ikes, and chilled at the race site until the end of the awards ceremony. Beautiful day for a race.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Biking fitness.

Event comments:

Good race, great course, fun race shirts, and decent post race food. I also liked doing a race early in the season.

Last updated: 2009-01-17 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:18:17 \| 820 yards \| 02m 14s / 100yards
Age Group:	17/25
Overall:	69/150
Performance:	Good
Suit:	Blue Seventy Full
Course:	Rectangular
Start type:	Deep Water	Plus:
Water temp:	62F / 17C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Average	Remainder:	Good
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:	Below average
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	01:50
Performance:	Average
Cap removal:	Average	Helmet on/ Suit off:	No
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:	Average

Biking
00:40:00 \| 12 miles \| 18.00 mile/hr
Age Group:	9/25
Overall:	38/150
Performance:	Good
Wind:	Little
Course:	Loop with small rolling hills.
Road:	Smooth Dry	Cadence:
Turns:	Average	Cornering:	Average
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:	Good
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	01:21
Overall:	Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike		Average
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal

Running
00:25:19 \| 03.11 miles \| 08m 08s min/mile
Age Group:	7/25
Overall:	26/150
Performance:	Average
Course:	Out and back. Small rolling hills with a short section through the woods and gravel parking lot.
Keeping cool	Average	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	4
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]	4

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2009-04-20 5:23 PM

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Rumpass in Bumpass Sprint - Triathlon

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