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Terre Haute, Indiana
United States
60F / 16C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 54m 42s
Overall Rank = 40/284
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 10/29

Pre-race routine:

Up at 5am. Banana, clif bar, and Red Bull.

Packed up car, checked out of hotel.

Drove to the site really really early to do packet pickup. Needn't have bothered, as they were late with the packets. Oh well, it was open racking so I snagged a primo spot and setup transition.

Event warmup:

15' run ( mostly zone1 plus a few strides )
15' bike ( this was COLD!!! )
10' swim ( mostly just standing in the water )

Swim

11m 22s
800 meters
01m 25s / 100 meters

Comments:

Big pack the whole way. I was stuck in the middle. I lined up just behind my coach, but should have lined up next to him. As soon as we started I was slammed on all sides with feet, arms, bodies, everything. Coulnd't break free so I just battled it out until the first turn. I pulled off a corkscrew turn so break out a bit, and managed to find some open water. Followed some feet until the next turn, when I lost them as someone torpedoed me from the side. No feet to follow on the home stretch so just dug in, focused on form and breathing and brought it in hard.

What would you do differently?:

Better start position. If I'd been able to get in front of the big pack, I could have gone faster.

Transition 1

02m 30s

Comments:

This wasn't a chip timed race, so T1 time is counted in the bike time. I'm guessing it was about 2:30. I got hung up taking off wetsuit, and then we had to run a short little distance to get back to transition. I had to find my sandals and put them on as it was across some sharp asphalt.

What would you do differently?:

Get wetsuit off faster. Sit down, rather than try to do it standing up.

Bike

1h 05m 29s
24.85 miles
22.77 mile/hr

Comments:

I just cut loose. I wanted to see how much I could push the bike, so I hammered everything. On the downhills I didn't coast. On the uphills I was climbing out of the saddle. On the flatter sections I pushed as hard as I could.

Took two gels on the bike. Probably the hardest nutrition I've taken. I was pushing so hard, they didn't sit well at first. Almost thought they were going to come back up.

I negative split the bike. I was a couple minutes faster on the return. I pushed harder, and I had a tailwind.

The zipps and aero helmet were great. I like 'em.

I wasn't sure how I was going to run, and I wasn't "saving" anything for the run. I figured I'd find out how well ( or not ) I could run after pushing the bike really hard.

What would you do differently?:

Push even harder. :)

Transition 2

Comments:

Good T2. Let's call it about a minute, though I think it was faster. I flew through this one.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing.

Run

34m 21s
4.97 miles
06m 55s min/mile

Comments:

Okay run. It was fast. But again, not sure what's going on with that HR. My LT should be around 170. But I ran almost 10 beats under that. But I was faster than my LT pace? How does that work?

Good news is that I was able to run very well off the bike. I think I could have pushed the run harder though. I had enough gas left for a good sprint to the finish to keep from getting passed.

What would you do differently?:

Push harder on the run. Not knowing the course, didn't quite know what to expect around each turn.

Post race

Warm down:

Got a gatorade, and walked back 1/8 mile from the finish to cheer in the rest of the Tri Club! Stretched and talked while cheering everyone in.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Hmmm, not much. This was several PR's for me.

Event comments:

Small race, so things were a little delayed, but not by much. It was a good race. Lots of fun.

Sitting at the picnic table after the race, I didn't realize at first but the guy sitting next to me was Dave freakin' Scott!!!!! He raced ( 7th overall ) and was just hanging out talking tris and comparing post-race notes with the other racers. I realized who he was after someone came up and asked for a picture. That was cool.

Only thing I'd change was a better water station on the run. There was only one ( passed twice as it was an out and back ) and they didn't have enough volunteers, so my second trip through, I didn't get anything as they had nothing ready.

Last updated: 2006-05-02 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:11:22 \| 800 meters \| 01m 25s / 100meters
Age Group:	0/29
Overall:	43/284
Performance:	Average
AHR 155 MHR 170
Suit:	Full Suit
Course:	Rectangle course, clockwise.
Start type:	Wade	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	62F / 17C	Current:
200M Perf.	Average	Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:	Average
Waves:		Navigation:	Good
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	02:30
Performance:	Below average
Cap removal:	Below average	Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?	Yes	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	Yes
Getting up to speed:

Biking
01:05:29 \| 24.85 miles \| 22.77 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/29
Overall:	38/284
Performance:
AHR 156 MHR 167 Avg Watts: 220 Avg Cdc: 96
Wind:	Some
Course:	Out and back. Mostly straight, couple sections of rollers. Slight headwind on way out, tailwind on way back.
Road:	Smooth	Cadence:
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:	Good
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	01:00
Overall:	Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes		Good
Jumping off bike		Good
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal		Good

Running
00:34:21 \| 04.97 miles \| 06m 55s min/mile
Age Group:	0/29
Overall:	66/284
Performance:	Good
Mile 1: 6:57 AHR 157 Mile 2: 6:45 AHR 160 Mile 3: 6:23 AHR 163 Mile 4.5: 10:55 AHR 162 Mil3 5: 3:38 AHR 164
Course:	Out and back run with a loop around the lake.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

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

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	No
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	No
Post race activities:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	4

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