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Trail Shark Off-Road Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

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Bloomington, Illinois
United States
Tri-shark
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 46m 53s
Overall Rank = 93/186
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 11/18

Pre-race routine:

Pick up a buddy, drive an hour, eat a granola bar and drink a cup of coffee.

Get packet, get marked up (they even marked our AGE on our legs), set up camp

Event warmup:

Try to keep my buddy (his first tri) psyched. This was my second, so I was trying to keep myself psyched too.

We were in wave 2, so had to clear the water for the first wave.

Swim

12m 52s
547 yards
02m 21s / 100 yards

Comments:

First wave really mucked up the water. Couldn't see anything in the water. Ran up on a couple of swimmers, had others run up on me.

Transition 1

Bike

1h 03m 22s
9.5 miles
9.00 mile/hr

Comments:

Course was very technical. First lap had a few crowds. People spaced out more on second and third laps and I was able to get into lower gears for the hills.

It sure didn't seem like an hour!

Transition 2

Run

30m 39s
3.11 miles
09m 52s min/mile

Comments:

My legs didn't feel as heavy this time, but after 90 minutes, I realized I need some very long training sessions too.

What would you do differently?:

I can swim for 35 minutes. I can bike for an hour. I can run for 35 minutes...I rarely do them consecutively...

Post race

Warm down:

Find water, stop the world from spinning. Walk around for 15 minutes cheering on others.

Event comments:

Both my buddy and I plan to do this again next year.

Last updated: 2005-09-06 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:12:52 \| 547 yards \| 02m 21s / 100yards
Age Group:	0/18
Overall:	0/186
Performance:	Average
Suit:	Swim Trunks
Course:	Start and end on the beach, out and around clockwise around bouys. I think the time includes the run to T1 (about 1/4 mile)
Start type:	Wade	Plus:
Water temp:	84F / 29C	Current:
200M Perf.		Remainder:
Breathing:		Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:
Rounding:

T1
Time:	00:00
Performance:	Average
Cap removal:		Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:	No
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:

Biking
01:03:22 \| 9.5 miles \| 9.00 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/18
Overall:	0/186
Performance:	Average
Wind:
Course:	Three loops of an off-road trail.
Road:	Rough Dry	Cadence:
Turns:		Cornering:
Gear changes:		Hills:
Race pace:		Drinks:	Not enough

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

Running
00:30:39 \| 03.11 miles \| 09m 52s min/mile
Age Group:	0/18
Overall:	0/186
Performance:
Course:	Hilly, off-road route mostly through the woods
Keeping cool		Drinking

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]	3
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?	Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]	3