Parry Sound Triathlon - Sprint
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Comments: I didn't swim very straight, but I think my form was good and my effort level was high. I thought I was on course, but very often I was swimming alone. They added T1 into the swim time, so if you pull out my typical transition, I was about 1min slower than last year (and July's PS swim). Considering the field was also 1:30 or so slower, I'd say my time was OK. My goal was to race the swim; in all my races to date the swim was an exercise in survival. This strategy was successful, and had a decent time to show for it. I’d have to say all the off season TI drills worked- my form was good throughout the race and I didn’t have to think about it. If I navigate better, the time will improve. I racked my bike in a small rack (about 6 other bikes); it was discouraging when I came out to the water to an empty rack. Somewhat motivating, though….. What would you do differently?: I need work on balancing my stroke. I realize now I tend to go to the right in OW, so if I can't balance my stroke in the off season I need to account for this in races. Transition 1
Comments: T1 not timed, so I assume same T1 time as last year (felt about the same) Very lethargic T1, but nothing went wrong. Bike
Comments: This turned out to be probably my best ride ever, but my time was marginally slower than last year 31.4kph vs 31.6 kph. I was VERY surprised with this, as last year I was on a MTB without clipless pedals. Oh well, everyone else was slower too. My goal for the ride was a maximum effort throughout and attack people on every hill. This worked well- I kept checking my legs making sure I was not going to completely burn out; I passed a ton of riders on the hills, and was only passed twice on the ride. In the first few km, I kept switching to my small chainring; it came to me that I may as well stay in this ring, and simply ride like hell until I spun out on the 12 tooth cog. This seemed to work very well, as I kept a pretty high cadence and got some rest on the downhill segments when I was already over 40km/h. I may try this again if I race a similarly hilly course. The best part of the ride- when I got back to my rack there was only one bike- and I knew who that guy was…………. What would you do differently?: Not much- this was a solid ride. Transition 2
Comments: T2 not timed, so I assume same T2 time as last year. Run
Comments: My ranking was a bit better than last year, but I haven’t been running well until recently. Basically, last weekend I had a good run for a crappy running year. My goal for the run was to maintain form at all times. I kept telling myself to use all possible energy in a forward direction, not bobbing up and down as I have been. I focused on my mental cues like keeping my hips steady, knees up, and driving my arms forward like a train. I think it worked pretty well, and I don’t recall letting my form drop (this took considerable concentration for the entire run- contrast this to the swim where my muscles seemed to remember good form. Totally opposite of my early races.) I wanted to run a steady pace and then use the next gear at about 1.5km to go. I think I had the energy to do this, but my quads felt like they might cramp at that point; I felt like I was having a good race, so I chose not to risk cramps and kept the pace steady. The best part of the run was seeing the only guy from my rack ahead of me, catching him at about 1.5 km, and seeing at the turnaround that I built a lead on him that I did not relinquish. I saw saunaking at the turn and didn’t want that bugger to catch me, so I was motivated to keep moving! What would you do differently?: I could have run through the leg cramps, but it seemed risky at the time. I made several mistakes in my run training in 2005 that will not be repeated next year. Post race
Warm down: Scarfed some pizza and went to the beach with the kids. We had to prepare for the important K0S 3-5 race in the afternoon. What limited your ability to perform faster: Swim: Much improvement this year, need to continue with TI Bike: No complaints Run: Unfocused running in training and lack of speedwork hurt my run this year. 20006 will be a different story. I think the course was 2-3 min slower this year for the field, which is why I feel pretty good about my time (an improvement of almost 2 min on last year). Last year there were 9 guys under 1:20, this year only 4 even though the run was shorter and easier. If I just looked at the time, a 2 min improvement isn't great (considering I have a road bike and a faster wetsuit), but if I improved by, say, 4:00 from last year that shows real progress and is close to my pre-race goal of 1:30. My ordinals (50/31/50) were pretty steady, meaning I was OK in all 3 disciplines. Event comments: This is a great course, easily my favorite of the tris in Ontario. It was a great race to end the season- it's going to make for a long winter and spring until the next race. Last updated: 2005-09-03 12:00 AM
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2005-09-06 2:34 PM |
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Canada
Multisport Canada
25C / 77F
Sunny
Overall Rank = 36/139
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 7/15
Up at 7, shower, bagel, juice, and a few bottles of water. This was the first time the family came with me, so I cut the time closer than normal (arrived 45min prior to race). This was a perfect time to arrive, as there was no down time but I still had time to warm up.
Stretching, short jog. I walked/dolphined to the start via the swim exit, and in a bonehead move jumped right on a sharp rock and cut my toe fairly bad. I chose not to look at this during the race. On the upside, I now have a lovely blood stain on my new cycling shoes. How cool is that!