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Wildflower - TriathlonOlympic

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Lake San Antonio, Monterey County, California
United States
Tricalifornia Events, Inc.
Sunny

Total Time = 2h 57m 52s
Overall Rank = 649/
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 123/

Pre-race routine:

Oatmeal, banana, peanut butter on a slice of bread, bottle of Gatorade. Half a gel about 30 minutes before start time.

Event warmup:

About two minutes of swimming.

Swim

28m 56s
1640 yards
01m 46s / 100 yards

Comments:

Felt relatively calm the whole time. Very pleased with my spotting and consistent swimming. Switched to breast stroke or side stroke three or four times for 30 seconds or so each.

Transition 1

02m 47s

Comments:

Very pleased.

What would you do differently?:

Have another towel. I layered my gear in one towel--bottom layer for run, top for bike. Should have had another towel for wiping off my feet.

Bike

1h 25m 37s
24.85 miles
17.41 mile/hr

Comments:

Not too bad for a rented bike with no aero bars! Totally dug the responsiveness of the TCR Zero compared to my older bike.

Transition 2

01m 59s

Run

58m 33s
6.21 miles
09m 26s min/mile

Comments:

Tired... Didn't eat any gels as I had an upset stomach at this point. Definately very tired.

What would you do differently?:

Force myself to eat during the first half of the run.

Post race

Warm down:

Walk. Apple slices. Water. Egg roll. Gatorade.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Mental. I could have pushed myself physically on the run, but I didn't overcome the feeling of being super-tired. Need to work on digging deep in competition.

Event comments:

Beat my goal of 3 hours. HR was in the low to mid 170's the whole race, very pleased with that. Overall, very happy with my performance on a tough course. Can't believe I finished top half of my age group!

Last updated: 2006-04-19 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:28:56 \| 1640 yards \| 01m 46s / 100yards
Age Group:	604/
Overall:	9039/
Performance:	Good
Suit:	Orca full length
Course:
Start type:	Wade	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	0F / 0C	Current:
200M Perf.	Average	Remainder:	Good
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:	Below average
Waves:	Bad	Navigation:	Average
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	02:47
Performance:	Good
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	Yes
Getting up to speed:	Good

Biking
01:25:37 \| 24.85 miles \| 17.41 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	533/
Performance:
Wind:	Little
Course:	HILLS, HILLS, and MORE HILLS!
Road:	Rough Dry	Cadence:	?
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:	Good
Race pace:	Comfortable	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	01:59
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes		Bad
Jumping off bike		Average
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal		Good

Running
00:58:33 \| 06.21 miles \| 09m 26s min/mile
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	1289/
Performance:	Bad
Course:	Hills. Hills. More hills.
Keeping cool	Average	Drinking	Not enough

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

Evaluation
Course challenge	Too hard
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	5