Tri the Parks - John Tanner State Park
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Tri the Parks - John Tanner State Park - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: Only my 2nd tri. I didn't like the wave start. I like the 2 at a time time trial start much better. First 100 meters or so was bad b/c of so many people around. Had a hard time sighting and swimming in a straight line. Goal was a 12 minute swim. Even though i was out of the water at about 12:45, transition took about 45 seconds to get to from the water. What would you do differently?: Practice sighting more. Transition 1
Comments: Transition set up was right next to mounting area, so this made it easier. Bike
Comments: Since this was a warm up for Turtle Crawl Olympic Tri (which is flat) I have only been training on flats. Small hill on 1st mile, could only get up to about 14 mph. My goal was to avg 19 mph, so I thought I was gonna be way below. Soon as the first down hill came along I was able to get to 30-32 mph, so I felt better. Finished bike at just under goal, so wasn't too disappointed. What would you do differently?: Train on hills a little bit more. Transition 2
Comments: Rack was right next to dismount, so it was easy to find. I couldn't find my visor. Took about 10 seconds extra to look for it, couldn't find it, so just left it behind. Took some GU then headed for the run. Run
Comments: Again, since I am training for Turtle Crawl which has no hills on the bike or run, I have not been training at all on hills. Running is not my strong point, throw in some hills and I'm pretty slow. My goal for the tri was 1:20, so felt pretty good about this going into the run. As soon as I hit the first hill I knew I may not make my goal anymore. I was still running/jogging, but going at a brisk walk pace up the hills. I think I did the last mile in over 10 minutes. What would you do differently?: Train on hills more. Post race
Warm down: Drank water/heed. Ate bagel and 2 bananas. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of training on hills Event comments: Challenging for a Sprint. Only my second tri so only can compare to Peachtree City Sprint, which was a little easier (especially the run). Goal was 1:20, so only came 32 seconds short, so overall pretty satisfied. Last updated: 2008-12-11 12:00 AM
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Woke up at 4:20 (only got about 4 hours of sleep). Met my bro and headed to Carrollton. Ate a banana and gatorade on the way. Got to the race at 6 am. Got a good parking spot right next to transition. Got body marked and set up transition. Had a clif bar and gatorade an hour before the race and a GU Roctaine about 20 minutes before the race.
Got in the water to see how cold it was, b/c I don't have a wetsuit. Water temp was fine.