Memorial Hermann Bridgeland Triathlon (1/8th IM)
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Memorial Hermann Bridgeland Triathlon (1/8th IM) - TriathlonShort Course
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Comments: Swim felt awful, not sure it was 1:30/100 awful but I could tell I wasn't my normal. The new dots jersey was definitely too baggy for swimming, I hope the new ones are tighter or I won't be wearing it for races... What would you do differently?: Swim better and not have such a baggy jersey :) ![]() Transition 1
Comments: I wore bike socks during the swim and it really helped on my T1. No socks to fumble with just slipped my shoes on, glasses, helmet and ran out. I tightened up the bike shoes once I was already riding. What would you do differently?: Need to get the flying mount down where shoes are already clipped in ![]() Bike
Comments: Had a cross wind for the majority of the course but it turned into a head/tail wind for small portions. I was riding blind without my bike computer so I held back quite a bit. From feel I think I held ~290W average. What would you do differently?: I took my feet out of my shoes way too early to prepare for the dismount. I pedaled the last 0.5-0.75mi with my feet over my shoes because I thought the turn was coming up sooner than it did. At least I didn't miss the turn this time :) ![]() Transition 2
Comments: They actually didn't record my T2 time but it was 20-30s so I picked a time in the middle. No problems with the flying dismount, racked bike, helmet off and grabbed hat which has my forerunner/racebelt. I started the forerunner right as I was leaving T2, realized when I got past mile 1 that I must have double hit the button and the garmin wasn't running. Today was not my day for electronics... What would you do differently?: Don't start/stop the garmin, start only! ![]() Run
Comments: I knew that I'd have trouble with my speed in this race. I could not get my legs turning over fast enough. Good news is I settled in at ~7/mi and I could have held it for much much longer. Bad news is my speed sucks. What would you do differently?: Run fast would be nice. I plan on getting back into my hill training routine with the training group and hitting speed work hard. Hopefully I can turn this run around in time for the Austin Olympic in Sept. ![]() Post race
Warm down: Beer by the pool What limited your ability to perform faster: Running speed Event comments: Was a very well put on race and I will definitely do it again if it fits into next years schedule. I was pleased with my race... was my first ever official 24+mph bike split! Not that I didn't know it already but it really showed that my run has been dragging and I need to step it up during speed work. Thanks to all the volunteers for helping out! Last updated: 2009-06-30 12:00 AM
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Sunny
Overall Rank = 3/500
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 1/57
Got up at 4am, had my normal bagel/coffee. On the way to the race I realized I forgot my bike computer dang it!
Jogged 2 miles and swam ~600 or so.