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20th Annual New York TRi/Bi Series - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: The time above includes T1 because of the stupid timing system this club used for the first time (more later). Anyway I struggled once again at the start to get my breathing right. I had to stop and stand twice to regroup. (Thanks to the stranger who told me to slow dowmn and relax.) Frustratded this happened again but was finally able to find my rythym. Made the turn well but then my goggles fogged and I couldn't see a thing. Ended up in the middle but corrected that too and finished pretty strong. According to my unofficail time I was out of the water in 13:30, not bad considering. What would you do differently?: really concentate on going slow for the 1st 100 yds. defog my goggles or get a new pair for the race.  Transition 1
Comments: Time here is hard to judge again cuz of this system. It felt good and fast anyway. What would you do differently?: Nothing really  Bike
Comments: stomach cramps started almost immediately. didn't drink the gatorade, rationed my water. could've used more What would you do differently?: Get a new bike, ride more and drink only water. get a new bike and oh, did I mention, get a new bike. It seemed everyone was on a Litespeed!!! Transition 2
Comments: Again a guessestimate. But this was a really good for me. What would you do differently?: Nothing  Run
Comments: Hard to believe this has actually become my best dicipline (thnx to Chi Running). Got a chance to pass a few people and that felt good after the bike What would you do differently?: push a litlle harder a little sooner. Post race
Warm down: short walk, stretch and a cold beer (for the first time and a new tradition!) What limited your ability to perform faster: I dunno. The heat?? Just didn't feel it today. My taper was effected by a rash and I did short brick (8/ 1/2) the day before - maybe not a good idea. Event comments: No one was happy the timimg system used here. It was a disposable "chip" attached the bib that coudn't go in the water and couldn't be attached to a race belt. So it had to be left in T1 pinned to your shirt which meant that the swim time included T1 - stupid. I asked the race director about it. It's a money issue - he mentioned having to go after people who don't return chips. I hope he saw how unhappy everyone was cuz it really is a crappy system that doesn't allow you to accurately time transitions. Otterwise the race was good as i met two BT'ers, Exor and Dan (Jajeeman357). and best of all my friend finished 3rd in his age group (60-64). Under 2 hrs, quite impressive Dave (should he decide to join us here)A little disapponited that i didn't reach my goals of sub 1:40 and top 1/2 of my age group still had a good time and am even more motivated for my Oly in august. Oh and did mention I need a new bike! Last updated: 2005-06-13 12:00 AM
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 2005-06-13 10:06 AM |
Elite  2915    New City, New York |  Subject: 20th Annual New York TRi/Bi Series |
| 2005-06-13 5:50 PM in reply to: #173788 |
Master 1967  | Subject: RE: 20th Annual New York TRi/Bi Series Mark Those hills with that heat - you put in a very good race. Congrats on the new bike! (I saw the other post) Bill |
| 2005-06-14 10:29 PM in reply to: #173788 |
Veteran 186 New York City | Subject: RE: 20th Annual New York TRi/Bi Series Mark, Great review! Was fun meeting a fellow BTer. The advice you gave on this site, and at the race, was invauable for me and my first Tri. Your suggestion to avoid the "blender" on the swim was great, gave me space to figure out my own position in the swim. Man, it felt like it took forever to reach the bouy. I now have a real understanding of how much eaiser it is to swim toward land than to swim toward open water. I kept thinking to myself, where are those guys in the Kyaks are the close enough for me to swim too...but I kept going. I have to admit that the Total Immersion stuff that I've been doing proved to be really useful. I praticed alot of "rolling to sweet spot" and relaxing - litteraly a race-saver..I regret not praticing more open water swimming and sighting..my focus for my next tri. Since this was my first tri I didn't have a clue as to what the chips would do, I clocked myself at 18min+ out of the water and about a 5min+ transition. I haven't read it yet, but I see from the post here that you got a new bike.. I liked riding my old souped up Peugot that I bought for $100 about 15 years ago. I really surprised myself on the run I couldn't believe that I came in at 23min+. Was really happy with my time on the run. After my performace on my first tri I decided my next goal would be to finish a similar sprint in 1:40 or less..same as you..funny. Best of luck in reaching your goal. Perhaps I'll see you again at Harriman, are you going to do it agiain in Aug? Oh another surpirse I had was the day after, no soreness or fatigue and was back on my bike today. Cool! Thanks again for your support and words of wisdom. Ben |
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Overall Rank = 125/200
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 21/35
Didn't sleep well. Up at 5:00. Bowl of cereal, 2 cups of joe. 1/2 hour later banana and peanut butter. water on the 20 minute ride to the race
took a short run to get the blood flowing. but it was real warm so I didn't want to over do it. sipped a gatorade while waiting around.
Met a fellow BT'er, Ben (Exor)