Triangle Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 2)

Nice work Louiskie!

Race went pretty well.  I met two of my primary goals.  Top half of my age group 23/49 and overall men 163/402.  I'll post a full race report later. 

I Have got to say, the swim course had to be long.  I swam it straight, no siting issues...My swim split was 17:38 2:21/100. 

My T pace is 1:36.  I can swim a 2 minute pace all day long. I was cranking it pretty good on this swim...Don't know how I could have been at a 2:21/100 pace.

I will concede that I started off way too hard, which could have contributed to a slower swim time...But I don't thing I went out hard enough to slow my time to a 2:21.  But, add in minor weave yardage, too.  eh..who knows.  Not sure how to gauge that. 

Full synopsis to come in my race report.

Was about where I planned on the rest....I'm training through to IMFL A-priority.

Great job, ppl! Sorry I couldn't make it out to put a hurtin' on japarker and louiskie!

Sounds like y'all had a great race! 

This is what the Triangle Multisport Team posted on their facebook page: Hot times at Triangle Tri today (hey wasn't that swim long everybody??!). Those guys know their stuff so for the elites to feel the same as us mortals is comforting :-)

I can swim 1:30/100 pace all day and managed 1:51/100 at this race. I checked a few times from past races for other people and the guy who won my AG swam 9 mins at White Lake sprint and 12 at this one (supposedly same distance). When you are as fast and fit as he is, your times don't vary that much. I swam 13 here 3 years ago, 15+ now on roughly the same training. I also felt like I swam pretty well today so I think this was prob more like 900-1000m than 750. Still, was a good race.

Thanks!  The run was the highlight, though I enjoyed the whole day.  Next up: UNC Wellness!

It was a fun day. 

FYI, in case anyone is interested in calculating there pacing info. a little more accurately, I just downloaded gps data from my Timex:

Here is the swim yardage I recorded.  Of course, heart rate isn't right:

 I swam a pretty straight shot, so 1188 (1084.5Meters) is probably right at the actual distance (Let's here it for ADRENALINE!). 

My Garmin 910 had the swim at 934 meters and I thought I swam it pretty straight.

ETA:  That would put my pace at 1:50/100 yd, which is reasonable.

I'm (relatively) new to this, but I thought this was a great race! The DOT should consider repaving some areas, but for the most part I liked the bike. I too, find that running off road is harder but was pleased with my overall performance.

My Garmin 910 had the swim at 912 meters but I swam to the left of the sight bouys.