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baraboo, Wisconsin
United States
70F / 21C
Precipitation
Total Time = 1h 21m 38s
Overall Rank = 28/549
Age Group = M4044
Age Group Rank = 5/51
Pre-race routine:

Up@515. Waffle peanut butter syrup coffee milk. Out the door by 5:45. Arrived @615. Lots of cars already. Got the last money spot in transition. Consider a few minutes earlier next year.
Event warmup:

Run. bike swim. jog to main road and back with 3-4 strides on the way back. Biked a couple miles with high rpm. Got into swim gear and warmed up for swim just at the time they were closing transition. Race at 8:00 but my wave not till 8:30 or later. did several jogs while waiting just to stay warm.
Swim
  • 08m 25s
  • 481 yards
  • 01m 45s / 100 yards
Comments:

Navigation quite good for a change. Kept a steady pace and decent form. Long wade at start and finish. Ripped a toenail bad on the way out by stepping on a huge rock. That was terrible!!
Transition 1
  • 02m 3s
Comments:

I took my suit off immediatly after exiting the water. I think this is a good strategy because the suit dries out too much and gets stuck in the long transition. Also could stand on the carpet to get the suit off which is better than stanidn in the grass/mud of transition. My only problem was deciding at last minute to skip the 2nd jersey. Ended up being a good decision though. Warm up was really cold and I thought I would need the extra clothing. Got plenty heated up in the swim leg and so I just hammered on through w/ the regular gear.
Bike
  • 48m 21s
  • 15 miles
  • 18.61 mile/hr
Comments:

There was a pretty steady rain throughout. I'm pretty tired of riding in the rain this year. Noone challenged me on the bike. So I get lazy. Faster guys must have gone/ w elites. There was only 1 bike that I could see in transition when I got back.
Transition 2
  • 01m 10s
Comments:

I think they moved the entrance to t2 this year so I wasn't out of my shoes when I got there. It came up too fast. Ended up being okay as I had to go through lots of mud and water to get to my tranition station. I had real trouble getting into running shoes with ripped toenail on frozen wet feet. Trouble w/ race belt too but time was minimized by buckling it during run
Run
  • 21m 40s
  • 3 miles
  • 07m 13s  min/mile
Comments:

rocks in my shoes were killer. one stuck under each foot were just drilling into me. I actually sat down on the run at one point to dislodge them but they wouldn't move so I kept going. Could barely walk after the finish.
Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster:

I think motivation was not there for me.




Last updated: 2010-09-22 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:08:25 | 481 yards | 01m 45s / 100yards
Age Group: 22/51
Overall: 133/549
Performance: Good
Suit: full
Course: counter clockwise two buoys
Start type: Run Plus: Waves
Water temp: 70F / 21C Current:
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Average
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 02:03
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Yes
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
00:48:21 | 15 miles | 18.61 mile/hr
Age Group: 4/51
Overall: 17/549
Performance: Average
Wind: None
Course:
Road:  Wet Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:10
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes Bad
Jumping off bike Bad
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Bad
Running
00:21:40 | 03 miles | 07m 13s  min/mile
Age Group: 11/51
Overall: 81/549
Performance: Below average
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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