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Westfield Wave Triathlon - Super Sprint Course - TriathlonMini Sprint

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Westfield, Massachusetts
United States
Westfield YMCA
72F / 22C
Sunny

Total Time = 37m 8s
Overall Rank = 4/61
Age Group = 55-59
Age Group Rank = 1/1

Pre-race routine:

Got up at 4:30, ate regular breakfast meal, packed water, banana and yogurt and departed at 5:30 for the 1:45 ride from RI. I registered the morning of the race.

Event warmup:

No warm up.

Swim

06m 17s
300 yards
02m 05s / 100 yards

Comments:

Fast out and back. Lots of bumbing throughout the race. I just went fairly hard and steady and drafted on the second half.

What would you do differently?:

nothing I can think of.

Transition 1

01m 20s

Comments:

Was able to cut time off my T1 from last year.

What would you do differently?:

Try to get even faster on T1

Bike

20m 21s
6.3 miles
18.57 mile/hr

Comments:

A fast paced race due to the short distance. Was able to shave off 30 seconds off time from last year.

What would you do differently?:

nothing

Transition 2

00m 49s

Comments:

Cut time off from previous year.

What would you do differently?:

Improve even more with practice.

Run

08m 22s
1 miles
08m 22s min/mile

Comments:

Went as hard as I could. This was a good test on my left ankle as I was coming off achilles tendon debridement surgery last November. I bonked about 2/3 though and walked for about 20 seconds, then finished strong. I have only been running for 6 weeks and training at only 1.25 mile twice a week to gradually increase intensity amd distance coming back from achilles tendon surgery.

What would you do differently?:

Keep training to be able to enter full sprint distance triathlons later in the year.

Post race

Warm down:

Walked around and hydrated

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Coming back from achilles surgery limited my run training but I came out with no pain and beat last years time by 3 minutes overall.

Event comments:

A fun race and perfect to start the season.

Last updated: 2012-06-11 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:06:17 \| 300 yards \| 02m 05s / 100yards
Age Group:	1/1
Overall:	13/61
Performance:	Good
Suit:	full wet suit
Course:	Out and back
Start type:	Wade	Plus:
Water temp:	0F / 0C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Good	Remainder:	Good
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:	Average
Waves:		Navigation:	Good
Rounding:	Average

T1
Time:	01:20
Performance:	Good
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:	Yes
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:	Average

Biking
00:20:21 \| 06.3 miles \| 18.57 mile/hr
Age Group:	1/1
Overall:	4/61
Performance:	Good
Hit 92% of heart rate at times and held the rest of the race at 85%
Wind:	Little
Course:	Some rolling hills. A good course. Only 1 hill that had me out of the saddle.
Road:	Rough Dry	Cadence:	95
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:	Good
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	00:49
Overall:	Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes		Below average
Jumping off bike		Average
Running with bike		Average
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal		Average

Running
00:08:22 \| 01 miles \| 08m 22s min/mile
Age Group:	1/1
Overall:	24/61
Performance:	Good
Did not record heart rate on the run bit I was going as hard as I could.
Course:	out and back, a combination of pavement, gravel and grass at the end.
Keeping cool	Below average	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?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	4