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 2009-06-23 4:20 PM |
Extreme Veteran  317  Chelmsford, MA |  Subject: Watches during racesWhat do people do for self timing during races? Should I plan on relying on my chip to keep time and skipping the watch? Should I wear a watch with my wetsuit and risk losing the watch in the water and having to deal with it while taking off the wetsuit? Do I put it on for the run so I could pace myself? It's only a sprint tri so I suspect I won't need it for pacing on the run and on the bike I have the computer. Any other issues I'm not thinking of? |
| 2009-06-23 4:53 PM in reply to: #2238004 |
Member 180 Kayak Point, WA | Subject: RE: Watches during races I have done both and I think it is a personal opinion based on the data you want from it.
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| 2009-06-23 5:06 PM in reply to: #2238004 |
| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: Watches during races Loosing your watch in the water is highly unlikely. I wear a simple Timex watch for the whole race so I can have a record in case the timing mats are malfunctioning - which has happened to me at a race where I wasn't wearing a watch - which sucked. |
| 2009-06-23 5:11 PM in reply to: #2238004 |
Master 1790  Tyler, TX | Subject: RE: Watches during races If you want to know your splits during or right after the race you should wear your watch is good since it often takes quite a bit of time before they post race results. I usually start my watch a few seconds before the swim wave starts so I'm not pressing a button while everyone else starts swimming. I've forget to start it on occasion and not having it hasn't been a big deal. Brian |
 2009-06-23 5:17 PM in reply to: #2238004 |
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| 2009-06-23 5:24 PM in reply to: #2238004 |
Master 2491 | Subject: RE: Watches during races My Polar F11 stays on for the duration, but I don't have sleeves on my wetsuit, so I can't advise on that. |
| 2009-06-23 6:12 PM in reply to: #2238004 |
| Subject: RE: Watches during races I just wear a Timex with no HRM or anything else. I start the stop watch about 30 seconds before the horn goes off and stop it about 20 yards from the finish line. I don't even try to do splits or anything else, I'll get that stuff from the official results, just total time. |
| 2009-06-23 6:39 PM in reply to: #2238004 |
| Elite 3471 Evergreen, CO | Subject: RE: Watches during races I didn't use my garmin in my last race because even if it tells me I need to run faster, I can only do what I can do at the time. Just hit start on my Timex when the horn blew for the swim and hit stop crossing the finish line so I could know my total time right away. Didn't look at it otherwise. For run pace I just made sure I was running hard enough to be breathing hard and focused on cadence. I was pleasantly surprised by my results so I think I'll do the same next race. |
| 2009-06-23 7:23 PM in reply to: #2238004 |
| Member 13 Marshall, TX | Subject: RE: Watches during races I wear my watch just to keep pace on the run. I usually forget to even stop it at the finish but I mainly focus on the first few miles to not burn myself out too fast. I had a sleeveless wetsuit so I didn't have any problem other than the 53* water and shivering. Just try it during your workouts to see what you prefer, b/c that's ultimately all that matters. I'm personally interested in getting a Polar heart rate monitor to wear just to see how intense my races and workouts are. |
| 2009-06-23 7:40 PM in reply to: #2238004 |
Champion 7595 Columbia, South Carolina | Subject: RE: Watches during races My usual procedure seems to be to bring a watch of some sort then forget to turn it on until the run. I typically look at it for the first mile of the run, then forget about it again. |
| 2009-06-23 7:54 PM in reply to: #2238004 |
| Miami,FL | Subject: RE: Watches during races I like many other people just wear my old beat up timex, very reliable and theres no way that baby is coming outta my hand. |
| 2009-06-24 9:52 AM in reply to: #2238004 |
| Pro 5011 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: Watches during races I wear a watch. But then again. the only time I take my watch off is if I'm running and using my Garmin. My watch has never bothered me in a tri. |
| 2009-06-25 5:26 AM in reply to: #2238004 |
| Extreme Veteran 523 Brambleton, VA | Subject: RE: Watches during races I have a polar RS100 and have not had a problem getting the wetsuit off over the watch. Don't wait until race day to test something new. Practice using the wetsuit with the watch and see if you have any problems. |
| 2009-06-25 9:54 AM in reply to: #2238004 |
| Expert 769 Alpharetta (until we find a home) | Subject: RE: Watches during races I used the wear one but I have done my last few races watch "naked". In my training I am focused more on my breath as a proxy for heart rate ( I dont use a HR monitor). I have found that by focusing on my breathing and perceived exertion are much better indicators of what I can do rather the looking at a watch and getting overly excited/cheezed off. |
| 2009-06-25 11:02 AM in reply to: #2238004 |
| Pro 6520 Bellingham, WA | Subject: RE: Watches during races I always wear my Garmin 205 during the run. Not so much to log the overall time but to check my pacing. I have a tendency to start out too fast and have quantifiable data with the Garmin that I am and its my que to back off. Its the last thing I pick up when I head out of T2 and I attach it while I'm running so it costs me little if any time. |
| 2009-06-25 11:12 AM in reply to: #2238004 |
| Champion 8540 the colony texas | Subject: RE: Watches during races I also will use my timex for races... I'll hit the lap button (if I remember) when crossing a timing mat to get some rough splits, but I dont' really look at it while racing. I can tell you not to try to use one of these  it doesn't work to well Edited by Gaarryy 2009-06-25 11:14 AM |
| 2009-06-25 11:16 AM in reply to: #2238004 |
| Subject: RE: Watches during races I wear a cheap Timex just to keep a general tab on where I am - mostly, I just use it to pace the run, and to have a basic idea of how long it took me to finish. Otherwise, I just wait for the results to be posted. Since I don't do big races, it usually only takes a day or two for that to happen, and I can often get my overall time while still at the race site. I'm too slow to worry that much, or care about heart rate or any of that. |
| 2009-06-25 11:38 AM in reply to: #2238004 |
| 1072 | Subject: RE: Watches during races I wear my old trusty Timex IM with 30 lap memory. No issue getting my wetsuit Off over it. I start it at the swim and push the lap button when I exit the swim and repeat that when I transition through all the segments of the race and push the stop button when I cross the finish line. I don't even look at it during the race. Afterward I go back and look at my splits. This way I can get a true swim split, T1, bike split, T2, and run split as well as my overall time. With placement of timing chip pads it is sometime hard to get real split times, especially for the swim. Some TRIs the timimng pad is at the exit from the water while at others it is at the entrance to the transition area. so the time is either counted as part of the swim or part of the T1. It doesn't really matter except I like to know to compare to see how I did. |
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