The 5th Annual Southwest Valley Regional YMCA Olympic & Sprint Triathlon/Duathlon

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The 5th Annual Southwest Valley Regional YMCA Olympic & Sprint Triathlon/Duathlon - TriathlonOlympic


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Goodyear, Arizona
United States
TriFamily Racing
79F / 26C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 2h 37m 5s
Overall Rank = 38/61
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 8/9
Pre-race routine:

Ate some brown rice farina...got out of the house early. Nothing too exciting.
Event warmup:

Not any warmup, just hung out talking to Jason and the family waiting for the race too start.
Swim
  • 36m 1s
  • 1750 yards
  • 02m 04s / 100 yards
Comments:

This wasn't as good as I had planned, but I thought this swim was 100 yds shorter. Forgot it was 1600 meters. Kept thinking it was 1500....Was 3:56 faster than '10.
What would you do differently?:

Not much, was an ok swim. Would like to get my swims under the 2min pace mark, but getting out and running back to the start 4x's, probably was the difference....
Transition 1
  • 00m
Comments:

All transition time was in the bike. Had a good transition...
Bike
  • 1h 12m 51s
  • 24 miles
  • 19.77 mile/hr
Comments:

Had a good bike, really pushed hard and didn't feel like I could have done much better with where I'm at with my fitness. My appr. bike time was 1:10:05, according to my cyclometer. Would have made my trasition times, on avg, about 1:20 and my bike pace closer to about 20.6 mph. Was 5:05 faster than '10.
Transition 2
  • 00m
Comments:

put my right sock on upside down.....
Run
  • 48m 13s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 07m 46s  min/mile
Comments:

Really felt good coming off the bike. Felt like I pushed hard the whole run and constantly evaluating my effort and I was hard on myself about pushing the pace. Was 4:22 faster than '10.
Post race
Event comments:

Was 13:23 faster than '10 race time total. Felt like I did as well as I could. I pushed hard and felt a lot closer to dialing in the Olympic distance and felt some mental tools I've picked up running a marathon and doing 2 1/2 ironmans, has really helped with effort levels, both physically and mentally. Was very humbled by my placing as there was some very tough competition at this race. 3:05 seperated 5th thru 8th place in my age group.




Last updated: 2012-01-15 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:36:01 | 1750 yards | 02m 04s / 100yards
Age Group: 9/9
Overall: 44/61
Performance: Average
Kept my hr around 145 to 150 most of the swim. This was 4 trips throuht the pool.
Suit:
Course: Sepentine through the pool. Each round was 400 meters and did this 4x's.
Start type: Inside Pool Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Good Drafting:
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding:
T1
Time: 00:00
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:12:51 | 24 miles | 19.77 mile/hr
Age Group: 7/9
Overall: 35/61
Performance: Good
Kept hr around 160, 165. Really stayed focused the last 2 laps at keeping it at 165.
Wind: Little
Course: 6 4 mile loops. Very fast, flat course.
Road: Smooth  Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills:
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:00
Overall: Below average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:48:13 | 06.21 miles | 07m 46s  min/mile
Age Group: 4/9
Overall: 36/61
Performance: Good
1st loop 165, 2nd loop pushed hard at keeping it up to 168,170 down the final stretch of the last 1.5 miles or so. Really diggin' deep at this point.
Course: 2 loop course. Someone said the course is actually 5.8 miles, which would have put my pace around 8:18
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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Subject: The 5th Annual Southwest Valley Regional YMCA Olympic & Sprint Triathlon/Duathlon

2012-03-13 10:41 AM
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Subject: RE: The 5th Annual Southwest Valley Regional YMCA Olympic & Sprint Triathlon/Duathlon
Seemed like for such a small race there was some pretty fast competition there.  Its always fun hanging with you before the races.  Your approach is so different from mine that it always changes my outlook.  I guess at some point I will have to do my race report!
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