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Kure Beach, North Carolina
United States
Set Up Events
80F / 27C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 14m 37s
Overall Rank = 30/407
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 4/34
Pre-race routine:

woke up at 4:30am to walk the dogs. Drank some coffee, packed and headed out to pick up Louiskie. Got to race site at 6am for the 7am start.
Event warmup:

literall 10 stroke in the water
Swim
  • 00m
  • 820 yards
  • / 100 yards
Comments:

This was a double sprint so it was swim, run, bike, run, swim. BT does not let me enter all of that (I think)_
I think I had a good 1st swim. I most probably could have gone a bit harder, but I was happy with swim #1
What would you do differently?:

SWIM
I have swum 5 times in about 18 months, so I have to be happy with 5 of 34 in my AG, althoughit was more like 60th OA.
Transition 1
  • 00m
Comments:

No idea about T1 time they were added into run. Had to run about 150yds through soft beach sand to get to my shoes.
What would you do differently?:

nuttin
Bike
  • 33m 12s
  • 12.43 miles
  • 22.46 mile/hr
Comments:

got to T2 after a decent 1st run.
My front tire had lost about 20% of its pressure. I decided to try and ride the course and hope I could get around. Obv the tire got more and more flat as I went. At the end it was pretty much deflated. The 3 180deg turnarounds were a little iffy with no tire pressure.
Obv this caused me to have a pretty slow bike. Regardless of actual time it was a pretty bad effort on the bike from a wattage point of view. Just like my swim I have only ridden about 6 or 7 times this year, so I really shouldn't expect much. The feeling that it was a bad ride was the fact that I only avaerged ~211w for this, but on a 40mi ride about a week ago I was able to avg 200w??????
Flat tire and flat legs out there today.
What would you do differently?:

Ride
Transition 2
  • 00m
Run
  • 00m
  • 3 miles
  •  min/mile
Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster:

I did this race as a fun way to kick start a return to triathlon. it has been 22 months since I completed a triathlon and I have decided to make a return. I am in no shape to be racing, but this was a local race and I got to meet up with an old buddy (Louiskie) by doing the race.
The big take away I get from today is that I have all sorts of work to do in order to be able to compete at Beach 2 Battleship in October. I think my goal for the HIM is attainable, but I am a long long way away from being in the type of shape I will need to be in if I am to reach my goal.
Hey gotta start somwhere.




Last updated: 2012-05-30 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:00:00 | 820 yards | / 100yards
Age Group: 5/34
Overall: 0/407
Performance:
Suit:
Course: rectangle in atlantic ocean
Start type: Run Plus: Waves
Water temp: 80F / 27C Current: Low
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Average Drafting: Below average
Waves: Bad Navigation: Good
Rounding: Average
T1
Time: 00:00
Performance:
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:33:12 | 12.43 miles | 22.46 mile/hr
Age Group: 17/34
Overall: 0/407
Performance:
Wind: Little
Course: out and back x2
Road: Smooth  Cadence:
Turns: Bad Cornering: Bad
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Hard Drinks:
T2
Time: 00:00
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:00:00 | 03 miles |  min/mile
Age Group: 0/34
Overall: 0/407
Performance:
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]

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2012-06-02 8:09 PM

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Subject: Kure Beach Double Sprint Triathlon

2012-06-03 4:08 PM
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Subject: RE: Kure Beach Double Sprint Triathlon
My big takeaway from all this is that you need a team supporting you...make sure your bike gets in proper working order before your domination at B2B! :-) Seriously though, nice race dealing with some significant issues. You are an amazing runner and it was very cool to see you in "race mode", even though it meant you went wizzing right by me! Happy return to triathlon! See you at B2B.

Edited by louiskie 2012-06-03 4:09 PM
2012-06-03 4:40 PM
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Subject: RE: Kure Beach Double Sprint Triathlon

Looks like you dominated, bro! Nice return to triathlon with a performance like that, especially since your bike was not in proper working order! 

Way to go, bro! You're a fastie!

2012-06-06 9:18 AM
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Subject: RE: Kure Beach Double Sprint Triathlon

I'm finally getting around to reading race reports. 

Well done out there, as always!  You bike better on a flat tire than most people do on two good tires!

Was great to finally meet you in person, albeit briefly.  Glad you are getting back into triathlon and I'm looking forward to seeing you again at B2B!!!

2012-06-08 6:02 AM
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Subject: RE: Kure Beach Double Sprint Triathlon

Imagine how fast you'd go if you actually had time to train for these things.

Congrats!

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