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The Nation's Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

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Washington, D.C.,
United States
70F / 21C
Sunny

Total Time = 2h 33m 14s
Overall Rank = 509/2484
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 86/461

Pre-race routine:

Got up ate a whole wheat bagel with peanut butter, water, coffee.

Event warmup:

Peed in my wetsuit and got my legs nice and warm. Ate a cliff shot, drank some water

Swim

30m
1500 meters
02m / 100 meters

Comments:

Good swim for me, ran into a lot of people around buoys. Drafted a bit. Sun was tough on second half.

Transition 1

02m 18s

Bike

1h 08m 11s
24.85 miles
21.87 mile/hr

Comments:

Went hard, passed a lot of people was only passed by a few

What would you do differently?:

Slow down a bit and drink more, only had 3/4 of bottle with clif mix, needed more, paid for it on run

Transition 2

01m 52s

Run

50m 47s
6.21 miles
08m 11s min/mile

Comments:

Run killed me because either went too hard on bike or did not fuel enough. Started out ok, ran 7:15, 7:20 then told myself to slow down a bit. Wanted to break 2:30 and had a good chance but around mile 4 I started to feel it and pace fell way down to over 8/miles. Was beat. Did best I could but overall pretty disappointed with run. Was my limiter.

Post race

Warm down:

Ate, drank

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Training for marathon so limited time on bike and swim. Bad run for some reason.

Last updated: 2009-09-15 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:30:00 \| 1500 meters \| 02m / 100meters
Age Group:	0/461
Overall:	908/2484
Performance:	Good
Suit:
Course:
Start type:	Deep Water	Plus:
Water temp:	70F / 21C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Good	Remainder:	Good
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:	Good
Waves:		Navigation:	Average
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	02:18
Performance:
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:	Good

Biking
01:08:11 \| 24.85 miles \| 21.87 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/461
Overall:	427/2484
Performance:	Good
Wind:	None
Course:	Flat / little rolling / great course
Road:	Smooth Dry	Cadence:	90
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:	Good
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:	Not enough

T2
Time:	01:52
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal		Good

Running
00:50:47 \| 06.21 miles \| 08m 11s min/mile
Age Group:	0/461
Overall:	1128/2484
Performance:	Bad
Course:	Flat
Keeping cool	Average	Drinking	Not enough

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