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Sanford & Sun Olympic Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

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Sanford, Michigan
United States
3 Disciplines Racing
62F / 17C
Precipitation

Total Time = 2h 17m 17s
Overall Rank = 5/78
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 1/11

Pre-race routine:

Cold and wet, with a short lightning delay. Rain finally stopped around 8 and we were in the water ten minutes later ready to start.

Event warmup:

Not much, other than trying not to freeze. It was a non- wetsuit swim, so no wetsuit meant I was freezing in the cold, wet weather in just my one piece 3Disciplines tri uniform.

Swim

26m 12s
1640 yards
01m 36s / 100 yards

Comments:

Decent swim for me. Water felt a lot colder than 80 degrees, damn.

What would you do differently?:

Not much. Did have to empty goggles once, just can't seem to find the perfect pair.

Transition 1

01m 29s

Comments:

My transition times have been pretty slow this year, at least T1. Definitely going to have to work on that for next year.

Bike

1h 05m 27s
24.85 miles
22.78 mile/hr

Comments:

Overall I had a strong bike. I have been putting in some nice miles and efforts in IM training, and it paid off today. I saw after the turnaround that I had about a 4 minute lead over the next closest of the four guys that I train with and that are doing Beach2Battleship with me in October, so I just tried to hold on.
Also knew I was sitting in around 4-6 place for the second half of the bike.

Transition 2

00m 34s

Run

43m 36s
6.21 miles
07m 01s min/mile

Comments:

Again, saw that I was somewhere in the top six (after the eventual second place overall went flying past me at mile one) and that I had a nice lead on my training partners.
Felt really good on this run. Stride felt quick and strong, breathing was deep and full and mentally I was locked into the race and pace, and not how much further I had to go.

Post race

Warm down:

Waited for my training partners to cross, hung out, ate pizza.

Last updated: 2011-08-15 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:26:12 \| 1640 yards \| 01m 36s / 100yards
Age Group:	1/11
Overall:	9/78
Performance:	Average
Suit:	none
Course:	Large rectangle
Start type:	Deep Water	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	80F / 27C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Average	Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Average	Drafting:	Bad
Waves:	Average	Navigation:	Average
Rounding:	Average

T1
Time:	01:29
Performance:	Average
Cap removal:	Average	Helmet on/ Suit off:	No
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	Yes
Getting up to speed:	Average

Biking
01:05:27 \| 24.85 miles \| 22.78 mile/hr
Age Group:	1/11
Overall:	5/78
Performance:	Good
Wind:	Headwind
Course:	Pretty flat out and back. Headwind/ crosswind on return for the second half.
Road:	Smooth Wet	Cadence:	95
Turns:	Average	Cornering:	Average
Gear changes:	Average	Hills:	Average
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	00:34
Overall:	Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes		Good
Jumping off bike		Good
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike		Average
Shoe and helmet removal		Average

Running
00:43:36 \| 06.21 miles \| 07m 01s min/mile
Age Group:	5/11
Overall:	11/78
Performance:	Good
Course:	Out and back. First mile is through a woodsy park area, then through a grass field, then onto the road to the turnaround.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Not enough

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