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Cypress, Texas
United States
Onurleft Event Management, LLC
90F / 32C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 06m 4s
Overall Rank = 7/1400
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 3/95

Pre-race routine:

Out of bed at 4am for a banana and oatmeal. Sipped on some gatorade and got on the road about 4:30, arriving at bridgeland a little after 5. Got set up, hit the bathroom 4x and socialized a bit.

Event warmup:

I fit in about a 1mi run with some pickups and then walked down to the swim start. I only swam about 200 yards, but I made it fairly hard.

Swim

08m 48s
547 yards
01m 37s / 100 yards

Comments:

Not a bad swim. My effort was pretty good, but my goggles fogged up and I struggled with navigation. After the last buoy, I couldn't see the finish at all and got pretty far off course. I also ran into quite a few people who were treading water from the previous waves, so it was difficult to really find a groove.

What would you do differently?:

Remember to "fog-proof" my goggles. Find someone to draft off.

Transition 1

01m 13s

Comments:

Pretty bad transition. I chose not to have my shoes clipped in already due to the expected congestion, but this definitely slowed me down a bit.

What would you do differently?:

Practice flying mounts.

Bike

31m 11s
13.5 miles
25.98 mile/hr

Comments:

I pushed fairly hard on the bike, knowing that my run fitness wasn't great and that I needed to make up time on the bike. The course wasn't overly crowded, but there were a lot of people who don't understand the concept of staying to the right hand side of the lane. I kept the pressure on all the way through and overall executed very well despite a lower than expected power output.

What would you do differently?:

Dig deeper.

Transition 2

00m 51s

Comments:

The finish came up on me sooner than I expected and I hadn't gotten out of my shoes yet. I chose just to run with them, which probably cost me a few seconds. Overall not a bad transition though.

Run

24m
3.65 miles
06m 35s min/mile

Comments:

I was hurting on the run, but I just kept moving. Pace was slow, but I didn't know where I was relative to the field, so I tried to push. This felt a lot longer than it was, probably because in my mind I went into it expecting it to be like a 5k.

What would you do differently?:

Need to keep doing some interval runs and overall spending more time out running.

Post race

Warm down:

Ice bath and then a light jog to go find Analise and cheer her on.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Execution was okay, but my biggest limiter was run fitness. I finished 4s behind 2nd place, and I know I had more than that left in my body, so I'm disappointed for not digging deeper. I could easily have cut 10-15s out of transitions.

Event comments:

Very good race and well organized. Great for beginners. My only complaint is that the timing was completely screwed up and I believe some of the placings here affected. Of course this is Houston, so I'm used to it, but eventually someone is going to figure out how to do timing properly.

Last updated: 2011-08-08 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:08:48 \| 547 yards \| 01m 37s / 100yards
Age Group:	15/95
Overall:	0/1400
Performance:	Good
Suit:	Tyr Torque
Course:	Straight shot, with only a slight bend.
Start type:	Wade	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	85F / 29C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Good	Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Average	Drafting:	Below average
Waves:	Average	Navigation:	Below average
Rounding:	Average

T1
Time:	01:13
Performance:	Bad
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:	Yes
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:

Biking
00:31:11 \| 13.5 miles \| 25.98 mile/hr
Age Group:	1/95
Overall:	0/1400
Performance:	Good
Wind:	Little
Course:	Two out and backs along the same road. Very flat and almost no wind.
Road:	Smooth Dry	Cadence:	83
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:	Good
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:

T2
Time:	00:51
Overall:	Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal		Good

Running
00:24:00 \| 03.65 miles \| 06m 35s min/mile
Age Group:	5/95
Overall:	0/1400
Performance:	Below average
Course:	Flat, lollipop shapped course.
Keeping cool	Average	Drinking

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Average
Mental exertion [1-5]	4
Physical exertion [1-5]	4
Good race?	Yes

Evaluation
Course challenge	Too easy
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	No
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	4

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AndrewMT

2011-08-08 8:32 AM

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