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Nissan Xterra West Championship - TriathlonLong Course

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TEMECULA, California
United States
Xterra
95F / 35C
Sunny

Total Time = 4h 20m 49s
Overall Rank = 285/321
Age Group = 45-50
Age Group Rank = 12/12

Pre-race routine:

Rode down to Temecula with Jeff. Good time. Got there early

Event warmup:

rode bike down to lake.. swam in lake a bit

Swim

34m 1s
1500 meters
02m 16s / 100 meters

Comments:

Hard swim, more waves/chop then previously encountered

What would you do differently?:

Train harder at swimming

Transition 1

02m 20s

Comments:

felt OK coming out of water..always a relief to finish the swim

Bike

2h 19m 56s
18.64 miles
7.99 mile/hr

Transition 2

01m 35s

Run

1h 26m 52s
6.21 miles
13m 59s min/mile

Comments:

Almost DNF.. run was 6 miles with 70% in Sandy river bottom. Very demoralizing. Actually sat down once and felt like crying. Just kept going. It was not pretty but I finished.

Post race

Warm down:

Met Jeff, he DNF just before run. Walked around. Drove home

Event comments:

Hard race, almost DNF..run was 75% in sandy river bottom. My friend DNF'

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Last updated: 2005-08-21 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:34:01 \| 1500 meters \| 02m 16s / 100meters
Age Group:	0/12
Overall:	0/321
Performance:	Average
Suit:	Xterra-Long John
Course:	Vail Lake, Choppy. 10 am start. Starting to get windy, DIFFICULT swells and chop. Hard swim
Start type:	Wade	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	70F / 21C	Current:	Medium
200M Perf.	Average	Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:	Average
Waves:		Navigation:	Good
Rounding:

T1
Time:	02:20
Performance:
Cap removal:		Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:

Biking
02:19:56 \| 18.64 miles \| 7.99 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/12
Overall:	0/321
Performance:
Wind:
Course:	Insane uphill immediately after starting bike. 70% racers walked? Technical at times. Met Jeff about 15 minutes into race walking his bike. He looked rough! Said: "I'm done...go ahead..I'm finished. I said: "no way..I'll wait for you..we can do it..He insisted I go on
Road:	Rough	Cadence:
Turns:		Cornering:
Gear changes:		Hills:
Race pace:		Drinks:	Not enough

T2
Time:	01:35
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal

Running
01:26:52 \| 06.21 miles \| 13m 59s min/mile
Age Group:	0/12
Overall:	0/321
Performance:
Course:	Ran up very steep hill at begining of run. Had to do this twice! HOT>>>HOT
Keeping cool	Bad	Drinking	Not enough