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Wake Forest Excellence Tri - TriathlonSprint

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Clemmons, NC
United States
Offnrunning
59F / 15C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 27m 9s
Overall Rank = 26/189
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 5/23

Pre-race routine:

Got up at 5, showered, shaved (my face). Did good job packing last night, so only 3 things on the to-do list that I knocked out quick. Ate 2 slices of Peanut Butter toast and washed down with gatorade. One hour drive to the race site - during the drive I drank about 16 oz of a smoothie Denise made. These things are amazing in their hydration effects, along with giving you a little bit of natural sugars.

Did the usual once we got there. Bodymarking (#13 Woo Hoo!!!), Chip, T-area.

Event warmup:

10 min bike to start the blood flowing. Then about 200y in the pool

Swim

07m 26s
400 yards
01m 52s / 100 yards

Comments:

Raspberry Hammer Gel 15 mins before swim.

Thought the water would be much much colder. It was a very comfortable 74 degrees. Passed 1 on the swim, though my time was awful slow!!! This swim is just so damn short too. I think I have my best performances on slightly longer distances.

Happy I submitted a very low swim time. Passing with this type of course setup is difficult.

Felt like my Desoto tri top slowed me down a bit. Its got these two pockets running up each side. Not sure if they caught any water and screwed up my glide or not, but I was unhappy with how I felt in the water. Finished 2nd in age group and 14th overall, so I think I seeded myself pretty good.

Huge mental issues about 200y in. I actually thought to myself...why am I doing this...this sucks. I couldn't freaking believe it!!! In the middle of my fav event, I'm thinking this kind of trash. Anyway...time was respectable overall and within my AG. Everyone's out there doing their flip turns and there's me open turning and cranking it out.

What would you do differently?:

Wow the ladies and lose the top.

Get my head in the game. Negative thoughts suck.

Transition 1

01m 19s

Comments:

The run from the pool to the transition area was INSANE. We went from the concrete pool to some half seeded grass/mud mixture, to a sharp stone path, to a sloped grass hill to the asphalt where the t-area was on. In bare feet. Had to run from the pool and around the entire T-area to get in the back of the t-area and then run to the front where my bike was. Wasn't real crazy about the setup. Its fair to those in the back of the t-area, but somehow they shoudl be able to lay this out a little better.

I did ok...took my time. Could have shaved maybe 15 sec off my time, but I'm not gonna sweat it right now. Got on bike without any issues (like St.A).

What would you do differently?:

Move my ass a little faster. Get a pair of true tri shoes that I can go without socks.

Bike

40m 30s
12 miles
17.78 mile/hr

Comments:

I don't care what my time says...I'm happy with my performance on the bike. In all my tris so far this year (which isn't as many as some of these veterans), I do well enough on the swim or am going off in a early wave where there's no one out in front of me only to get passed by a buttload of people on the bike leg. Today, I pass 4 and got passed by 4. Extremely happy. Cranked it in the hills, pushed real hard on the flats.

Gelled with about 3 miles to go (Gu plain flavor). Washed down with gatorade. Taped it to the frame until Sharon harrasses me more about getting a bento box) :)

What would you do differently?:

Keep the bike focus on hills, and continue to work on endurance.

Consider investing in a tri specific bike instead of road bike.

Transition 2

00m 44s

Comments:

Again...took a more laid back approach in t-area since the last couple of tris I've pegged my HR running around or nearly slipped and killed myself in my cleats. Smooth transition. No issues.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing....continue to build confidence in transitions before starting to push for more speed

Run

37m 9s
4.5 miles
08m 16s min/mile

Comments:

Very nervous about this leg of the race (knee). Had no issues down there. Its tender right now, but no pain. Still disappointed in not improving faster and able to crank it out on the run. I want to be running 7:15's and 7:30's at this stage of the game. Its not coming along as fast as I want it to. Did 0 passing on the run, got passed by about 5 people.

It rained like hell yesterday, so one thirty foot section of the course was a 6 inch deep mud pit. You'd have laughed to see me high stepping to get through it relatively unscathed. The legs were complaining the last mile, but I kept the heart rate high, but not so high that I died and had to walk.

The race was in Tanglewood Park...known for their golf course and horse farms. There was a portion of the run where I came out of the woods and bam...there's a pasture that has about 9 horses in it. Not your little farm ponies here...these babies could run. And run they did...it was almost like they were playing a little chase game...they'd gallop to one end of the pasture at a good clip, then when the lead horse got there, they'd all stop...almost on cue. Then the last horse would bolt in a different direction and all the rest of them would follow the new lead horse. I don't tend to get into the mamby pamby stuff, but this was just freaking cool seeing these guys and gals turn on some speed. Was also good motivation...started thinking that old TTB adage...Think like a bee, Train like a horse.

What would you do differently?:

1) Start building distance on the run...which really means..commit myself to running a marathon in Sept/Oct time frame and build the marathon training in with my tri training plan.
2) Be fierce off the bike...Get more bricks into the workout....train in the am or pm when I have adequate time to do a real brick instead of the 40-50 mins I have at lunch time.

Post race

Warm down:

Grabbed some liquids until HR and body normalized. Post race massage was incredible!!! Had a guy for the massage - he ran track in HS... he ran a freaking 45.2 sec 400m!!! Damn!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

My run sucks plain and simple. Gotta get better in it.
Either lose 10 more lbs of weight, or get a bike that's lighter.

Event comments:

Race was pretty good. Here's the good...
1) If ever y'all want to see real race support, I'll put the men and women of North Carolina up against anyone anywhere. They brought in a church choir (from a Southern type Church where they know how to really sing some damn fine songs) and they cranked out a heart moving national anthem. I found myself singing the national anthem during the bike course it was so good. From the MOMENT that the volunteers caught sight of you, they were cheering, clapping, yelling, jumping.
2) While the course was not totally closed to traffic, the police support kicked ass. There was a point where I had to go into an oncoming traffic lane to go around the 5 cars the cops were holding. They'd got in driver's faces (I like to see that...they have my safety in mind) and put on their mean face, then turn with a great big smile to me and say..."turn right here".
3) Post race massage was the best massage I've ever had in my life. They had about 25 stations setup post race and even had 8 or so setup pre-race. This race had maybe 200 people in it and yet had more there than St. Anthony's did. Massage lasted at least 30 mins...he worked every single muscle in my body. They also had something called Active Release Technique. Sounds too much like a chiropracter (which I'm not too keen on, so I stayed away from that)
4) Well organized and run. Course marked well.
and here's the bad...
1) Took us about 30 volunteers before someone could tell us where the race finish was located at (finish was at a different spot-1/4 mile-than the start and t-area. They weren't given additional information that didn't pertain to the area they were assigned to. They did a good job in their own little areas, but take em outside the box and its hit or miss.
2) Music that was blasting was good...when it wasn't skipping. Every damn song it skipped. I can deal with this on a non-regular basis, but we're talking every single solitary freaking song.
3) Race finish was a freaking 1/4 mile from the start and that 1/4 mile was all steep uphill.

Last updated: 2005-05-19 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:07:26 \| 400 yards \| 01m 52s / 100yards
Age Group:	2/23
Overall:	14/189
Performance:	Average
Suit:	Desoto tri top and bottom
Course:	400y pool swim, up and back in the same lane. Each athlete started on a 10 sec interval. Time includes a run that took us around the whole T-area.
Start type:	Inside Pool	Plus:
Water temp:	74F / 23C	Current:
200M Perf.	Good	Remainder:	Good
Breathing:	Average	Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:
Rounding:

T1
Time:	01:19
Performance:	Good
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:	Yes
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:	No
Jump on bike:	Yes
Getting up to speed:	Good

Biking
00:40:30 \| 12 miles \| 17.78 mile/hr
Age Group:	5/23
Overall:	27/189
Performance:	Good
Wind:	Some
Course:	Rolling hills some huge ones. 12 mile loop
Road:	Smooth Dry	Cadence:
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:	Average
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	00:44
Overall:	Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike		Good
Running with bike		Below average
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal		Good

Running
00:37:09 \| 04.5 miles \| 08m 16s min/mile
Age Group:	7/23
Overall:	38/189
Performance:	Below average
Course:	Crazy ass course. 1/2 was on asphalt, other 1/2 was a mix of packed gravel horse trails, and dirt/mud trails.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Average
Mental exertion [1-5]	2
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?	No
Post race activities:	Average
Race evaluation [1-5]	3

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bostic

2005-05-22 7:54 AM

Master

1791

Raleigh, North Carolina

Subject: Wake Forest Excellence Tri

Great race. Got to meet Wakeman (Mark) at the site, who also keyed me in on the areas to be wary of horse crap on the trails. Sorry that I missed Fred (fcarter398). Pics are posted in photo album.

Edited by jkbostic 2005-05-22 7:57 AM

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