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Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

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Benton Harbor, Michigan
United States
CAPRI Events
70F / 21C
Overcast

Total Time = 5h 52m 2s
Overall Rank = 781/1769
Age Group = 40-45
Age Group Rank = 118/216

Pre-race routine:

Had my typical pre-race Ensures and then headed off to the race site.. We had dropped our bikes the night before so we just had our gear. The shuttled us to the race site so all we could take was transition bags.

Event warmup:

This race can have two potential starting points depending on the current so we walked 1.2 miles to the starting point.

Swim

38m 30s
2112 yards
01m 49s / 100 yards

What would you do differently?:

Only problem I really had was every time I would try to sight a buoy I would be in a trough and couldn't see crap

Transition 1

05m 55s

Comments:

Good Transition overal

What would you do differently?:

Nothing

Bike

2h 53m 3s
56 miles
19.42 mile/hr

Comments:

Was a great bike until the last 20 miles, was averaging well over 20 until we made the turn for home, what was expected to be a down hill run to the end was met with 20-30 mile headwinds....ouch.....Somehow I managed to get stung by a bee at the 20 mile mark, which caused my left arm to burn a LOT for the next 10 miles...

What would you do differently?:

Avoid bees?

Transition 2

05m 10s

Run

2h 09m 24s
13.1 miles
09m 53s min/mile

Comments:

Was a good run, granted I didn't expect to PR, and breaking 10 min miles makes me happy

Post race

Warm down:

wasn't much of a chance to warm down as it started raining right after I finished...stood in the rain and waited for the misses to finish then headed back to hotel to warm up.

Last updated: 2009-03-04 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:38:30 \| 2112 yards \| 01m 49s / 100yards
Age Group:	0/216
Overall:	0/1769
Performance:	Good
Suit:
Course:	Good point to point course
Start type:	Run	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	70F / 21C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Good	Remainder:	Good
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:
Waves:	Bad	Navigation:	Good
Rounding:

T1
Time:	05:55
Performance:	Good
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:	No
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:

Biking
02:53:03 \| 56 miles \| 19.42 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/216
Overall:	0/1769
Performance:	Good
Wind:	Headwind
Course:
Road:	Smooth Dry	Cadence:
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:
Race pace:		Drinks:

T2
Time:	05:10
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal		Good

Running
02:09:24 \| 13.1 miles \| 09m 53s min/mile
Age Group:	0/216
Overall:	0/1769
Performance:
Course:	two loops through the Whirlpool campus plus some nice quiet roads to run. rolling with only two hills of significance
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	3
Physical exertion [1-5]	3
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:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	4