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St. Paul Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

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St. Paul, Minnesota
United States
Vacation Sports
70F / 21C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 12m 1s
Overall Rank = 33/565
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 3/42

Pre-race routine:

Breakfast at home, traffic free drive to Saint Paul!

Event warmup:

Just loosened up in the water and stretched out.

Swim

14m 5s
875 yards
01m 37s / 100 yards

Comments:

Overall best swim of the year for me.

What would you do differently?:

Swim straighter, I did a lot of zig-zag on the way out.

Transition 1

01m 42s

Comments:

For my second triathlon in a row, I wiped out on the mount. The worst part is I was just doing a standard mount with shoes on. I must get too excited or something but I wasn't used to my slick racing tubulars, they were wet from the transition area and slipped right out from underneath me when I pushed off. I dechained and probably lost a minute after my transition.

What would you do differently?:

Not fall off my bike! Next year I will be practicing transitions as I seem to be losing 1-2 minutes every race compared to people right around me.

Bike

32m 52s
12 miles
21.91 mile/hr

Comments:

Considering I fell off my bike during the mount and had to rechain my bike, I thought it was a decent bike for me. I was gassed on the hills from going out a little too hard 2 days before. Overall I was happy with the bike.

What would you do differently?:

Not fall off my bike, and not train hard 2 days before the race.

Transition 2

01m 14s

Comments:

Horrible transition again, couldn't find my spot.

What would you do differently?:

Practice the transitions...

Run

22m 12s
3.12 miles
07m 07s min/mile

Comments:

Set a PR for a run for me this year. For a 200# plus guy, I was pretty happy with that run.

What would you do differently?:

Lose Weight.

Post race

Warm down:

Walked it off.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Transitions, Transitions.

Event comments:

Not as bad as people make it out to be. A little disorganized but a good fun race. Plenty of water stations this year so they must have listened to people's comments.

Last updated: 2009-07-21 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:14:05 \| 875 yards \| 01m 37s / 100yards
Age Group:	3/42
Overall:	33/565
Performance:	Good
Suit:	Wetsuit
Course:	Nice out and back, Lake Phalen was pretty clean.
Start type:	Run	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	0F / 0C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Good	Remainder:	Good
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:	Below average
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	01:42
Performance:	Bad
Cap removal:	Average	Helmet on/ Suit off:	No
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:	Bad

Biking
00:32:52 \| 12 miles \| 21.91 mile/hr
Age Group:	4/42
Overall:	34/565
Performance:	Average
Wind:	Little
Course:	Surprisingly rolling hills. I was expecting more of a flat course, I'm not sure why. It was a fun course.
Road:	Dry	Cadence:
Turns:	Average	Cornering:	Average
Gear changes:	Average	Hills:	Below average
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	01:14
Overall:	Below average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike		Below average
Racking bike		Below average
Shoe and helmet removal		Good

Running
00:22:12 \| 03.12 miles \| 07m 07s min/mile
Age Group:	14/42
Overall:	83/565
Performance:	Good
Course:	Nice lake run on a trail. I enjoyed the course.
Keeping cool	Average	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Average
Mental exertion [1-5]	4
Physical exertion [1-5]	4
Good race?	Yes

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Average
Race evaluation [1-5]	3