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Redlands Triathlon - TriathlonMini Sprint

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Redlands, California
United States
Holistic Healing for Youth
65F / 18C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 02m 13s
Overall Rank = 137/367
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 11/27

Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 4:30am had a couple of nutri grain bars and some powerade endurance..... loaded up the car with my bike and gear and headed out for my 1hr 45min drive..... arrived around 7am unloaded car and headed over to the transition area to rack my bike...

Event warmup:

Did a little stretching...... took a little jog about 5 mins..... took a 2 mile ride on the bike....

Swim

02m 5s
100 yards
02m 05s / 100 yards

What would you do differently?:

Nothing...

Transition 1

01m 47s

Comments:

Good T1

What would you do differently?:

Nothing

Bike

33m 23s
10 miles
17.97 mile/hr

What would you do differently?:

Nothing...

Transition 2

01m 31s

Comments:

Great T2 for me biked with no socks took feet out of shoes while riding the last few hundred yards the only thing that slowed me down was the run through the crowd to get to the pool not very organized bumped in to 2 spectators while trying to get to the pool

Run

23m 37s
3.11 miles
07m 35s min/mile

Comments:

Felt great....

What would you do differently?:

Nothing..... come on a set a PR...

Post race

Warm down:

Took a short walk ate a banana..... Waited for Rudy Garcia Tolson to come in....

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Just that damn chain....

Event comments:

The highlight of my day was meeting up with Rudy.... I spent a few minutes before the race talking to him about Ironman.... I was very impressed with him a very nice kid..... I hung out with him and Bob Babbit from competior magazine for about 20 mins after the race had the pleasure of meeting his mom..... just great people....

Last updated: 2006-02-11 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:02:05 \| 100 yards \| 02m 05s / 100yards
Age Group:	0/27
Overall:	0/367
Performance:	Average
Suit:
Course:	short in the pool swim but water was way to hot....
Start type:	Inside Pool	Plus:
Water temp:	85F / 29C	Current:
200M Perf.		Remainder:
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:
Rounding:

T1
Time:	01:47
Performance:	Good
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:

Biking
00:33:23 \| 10 miles \| 17.97 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/27
Overall:	0/367
Performance:	Good
If I didn't have my chain come off my sprocket I would have gone closer to 31 mins on the bike..... I felt really good on my bike today.....
Wind:	Some
Course:	Good little hill for the 1st 1.5 miles which is always a little tough following a run.... it just feels different going from run to bike instead of bike to run...
Road:	Rough	Cadence:
Turns:	Average	Cornering:	Average
Gear changes:	Below average	Hills:	Average
Race pace:	Comfortable	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	01:31
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes		Good
Jumping off bike		Average
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal		Good

Running
00:23:37 \| 03.11 miles \| 07m 35s min/mile
Age Group:	0/27
Overall:	0/367
Performance:	Good
PR for me in a 5k .......
Course:	Fairly flat....
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	3
Physical exertion [1-5]	4
Good race?	Ok

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	No
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	No
Plenty of drinks?	No
Post race activities:	Below average
Race evaluation [1-5]	3