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Central FL Triathlon Series #3 - TriathlonSprint

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Clermont, FL
United States
www.sommersports.com
90F / 32C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 17m 46s
Overall Rank = 232/
Age Group = Clydesdale
Age Group Rank = 6/15

Pre-race routine:

Dragged the girls out of bed, drove up to Clermont, stopped for a Dt. Mt. Dew and an oatmeal pie. Wanted a banana but the store didn't have any..next time I'll bring my own. I realize I'm opening myself up for all manner of "bring your own banana" jokes here.

Event warmup:

swam 100 yards or so

Swim

09m 30s
440 yards
02m 10s / 100 yards

Comments:

Nice swim for me..kept my breathing controlled, came out feeling ready to bike! I think I was a bit faster this swim than the last two..I actually had to pick a course through some other people rather than being among the last out of the water in my wave, as before.

What would you do differently?:

swim faster! I'm working on it.

Transition 1

02m 14s

Comments:

Trotted in, got the bike, trotted out. No breakneck runner here.

Bike

36m 37s
12.3 miles
20.15 mile/hr

Comments:

I like this bike course..it's no "sit down in aero position and chug" course. I got up to 44.1 mph on one downhill, and I stood up to go 12 mph up at least one climb. Passed a bunch of people, and went easy enough to save some legs for the run.

And..I got another damn penalty! That makes 3 races in a row, which is kind of funny, but it's starting to get annoying!

The first two, I got penalties for racking my bike in the wrong spot (don't ask). This time I made absolutely sure I racked at my name, on my number. I have no clue what the penalty is for; I emailed the organizers. Maybe they just figured after the first two races I was used to adding 2 minutes and they should do it again. :)

I've given the original total and bike times here. My AG rank would have actually been 6th, so that's what I've put also..heck with the official results!

Transition 2

01m 29s

Comments:

trotted back in, threw my shirt on (couldn't find the race belt for this race) and headed out.

Run

27m 57s
3 miles
09m 19s min/mile

Comments:

Starting to get seriously hot by this time. I left transition with a stitch in my side/back, and feeling sort of sick/headachy. I poured water over my head at a couple of points and after getting the first mile or so gone, finally started to be able to get above a plodding pace. Not my fastest 3 miles ever by a long shot, but I got it done. :)

Post race

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Felt sort of queasy before the race. It was OK through the swim and bike, but I felt it on the run. Not sure why I felt that way; I drank water only during the race to try and avoid any issues.

Event comments:

All in all a fun race again. I am happy with my performance but wondering what in the heck the penalty was for. It would not have changed my placing but I'd like to have a race without seeing that last column in the results with "2:00" in it!

Last updated: 2005-05-16 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:09:30 \| 440 yards \| 02m 10s / 100yards
Age Group:	11/15
Overall:	0/
Performance:	Good
Suit:	Nada
Course:	Rectangular, counter clockwise
Start type:	Wade	Plus:
Water temp:	0F / 0C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Good	Remainder:	Good
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:	Average
Waves:		Navigation:	Good
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	02:14
Performance:
Cap removal:		Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:

Biking
00:36:37 \| 12.3 miles \| 20.15 mile/hr
Age Group:	6/15
Overall:	0/
Performance:
Wind:
Course:	Up out of the lake park, through town, then relatively flat around the lake, leading to a good set of hills, including one killer descent.
Road:	Smooth Dry	Cadence:
Turns:		Cornering:
Gear changes:		Hills:
Race pace:		Drinks:

T2
Time:	01:29
Overall:	Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal

Running
00:27:57 \| 03 miles \| 09m 19s min/mile
Age Group:	6/15
Overall:	0/
Performance:
Course:	up the hill into town, paralleling the lake and then back down to the lake shore path to a turnaround. Then back along the lake to the finish line.
Keeping cool	Below average	Drinking	Too much