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Boulder Peak Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic


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Boulder, Colorado
United States
5430 Sports Corp.
86F / 30C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 53m 21s
Overall Rank = 1315/1800
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 146/
Pre-race routine:

Ate 2 bagels with PB, glass of milk, 1/4 cup of raw almonds for breakfast. Ate 1 hammer goo 20 min before race. Put two bottles of GU brew on the bike and 6 GU gels in a squeeze bottle (best idea ever)
Event warmup:

Light stretching only pre-swim
Swim
  • 46m 11s
  • 1640 yards
  • 02m 49s / 100 yards
Comments:

Bad swim, really bad swim. Water was pretty warm with the wetsuit on could feel myself heating up in it. I ignored the swim training, and lost a lot of fitness because of it so that I could concentrate on improving the other two areas (big mistake). So I paid for it both in time and feeling fatigued before other two events even started
What would you do differently?:

My training has to be consistent across all three events
Transition 1
  • 03m 42s
What would you do differently?:

Wouldn't forget the cycling gloves
Bike
  • 1h 42m 14s
  • 26.1 miles
  • 15.32 mile/hr
Comments:

Old Stage Coach road was a killer. Many, many people walking their bikes, including me for about a 1/4 of a mile near the top of hill.
What would you do differently?:

More hill training, more strength training to power through the tough hills
Transition 2
  • 02m 51s
Run
  • 1h 18m 25s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 12m 38s  min/mile
Comments:

Right hamstring cramped up about 2 miles into the run, was able to loosen it up and continued. Ran more than I walked and my pace was better than the HIM in June
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around 10-15 minutes, followed by stretching at home in the afternoon

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Poor training on the swim and not enough hill training on the bike. This was also the first tri at altitude for me (even though I have been training and living at this altitude)

Event comments:

Will definitely do this race again next year. They also have a long course (70.3 race) that I will be training for as well which happens later in August




Last updated: 2009-05-30 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:46:11 | 1640 yards | 02m 49s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 1311/1800
Performance: Bad
Suit: full wetsuit
Course:
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 71F / 22C Current: Low
200M Perf. Below average Remainder: Bad
Breathing: Good Drafting: Below average
Waves: Below average Navigation: Average
Rounding: Average
T1
Time: 03:42
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off: 		Yes
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed: Average
Biking
01:42:14 | 26.1 miles | 15.32 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 1251/1800
Performance: Average
Wind: None
Course: first six miles all uphill, not too bad until about mile 7, which turned into about 1 mile of 10-15% inclines, after that mainly downhill with some rollers throughout course
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Average Hills: Bad
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 02:51
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike Average
Running with bike Average
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
01:18:25 | 06.21 miles | 12m 38s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 1312/1800
Performance: Below average
Course: Fairly flat out and back. Mostly on packed dirt/rock road of resevoir, which was a little problematic and had to be very careful in foot placement because of the rocks
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
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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2009-07-13 2:55 PM

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Subject: Boulder Peak Triathlon

2009-07-13 5:08 PM
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Subject: RE: Boulder Peak Triathlon
Congratulations on finishing! I had to walk on the run too..but I tried to time it with the aid stations so it looked like it was all part of my strategy.
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