South Beach Triathlon - Olympic Course
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Swim
Comments: I felt more tired than I should have for the swim and I'm not sure why. It was disappointing. I thought my sighting was pretty good and I should have had a faster swim. What would you do differently?: Two weeks ago I missed an entire week of swimming. I had been feeling pretty good before that and last week I don't feel like I was back up to form. Transition 1
Comments: Not too fast. I hate the big chips that make it more difficult to take off my wetsuit. As i put on my wetsuit, I noticed about 4 more small tears that I had missed. After 5.5 seasons it seems like I have more Aquaseal than wetsuit. What would you do differently?: Practice transitions the night before. Bike
Comments: This was my PR by over 5 minutes. At the start my hamstrings were tight and didn't really loosen up as I would have liked the whole race. I tried to keep an even pace and not burn myself out early and this worked out well. Several people that passed my the first half of the race I passed back on the second half. What would you do differently?: Don't crash in November and break my shoulder blade and screw up my training. Don't crash again in March and break my collar bone and crack two ribs. All things considered, I can't complain at all. Transition 2
Comments: At the end of the bike my hamstrings were VERY tight, especially the left. It was a struggle to stand up after changing shoes. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to run at all. Fortunately, things loosened up and I was able to continue. What would you do differently?: Stretch my hamstrings during the last mile of the bike to try and loowen up before the run. Run
Comments: I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to run at all, but I took it easy at first and things loosened up enough to keep going. My left calf injury from the last week in May didn't get bad until about mile 5. At that point it really tightened up and I was afraid I it was going to give out on me. I had to slow way down. Last week I ran about 6 miles total and the 2 weeks before that a total of less than 5. Up to the 5 mile point I was better than 8 minute pace, but slowed down considerably after that. What would you do differently?: I need to ease back into running. Before the injury, I think I could have maintained 7:40 pace or better without trouble. I think under the circumstances, I did the best I could. Post race
Warm down: Walked around to loosen up. What limited your ability to perform faster: Too many injuries since November and not enough time to recover. Event comments: This was a well run race and was very fast. Even with my slow run and average swim, having a PR by over 4 minutes was great. this gives me an incentive for the next race. Last updated: 2012-02-22 12:00 AM
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2012-06-24 1:38 PM |
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United States
3 Disciplines Racing
Sunny
Overall Rank = 55/188
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 4/20
I got up at 4:00 to have breakfast of cereal, juice and coffee. I then did some light yoga stretching. The race was only 20 minutes from where I was staying, which was nice. I organized my gear and found that while I planned to transfer my tools and spare tire from a behind the seat bag to a small bag on my top tube, I had made a mistake. My tool bag that I had been using for a long time did not have tire levers. This would have been a problem out on the bike. My son and I left for the race a little before 6 and got a decent parking space close to the start. Once there I got set up in transition. I was thinking of using my Garmin for this race, but decided not to.
Light stretching for the most part. The weather was perfect with no wind and no waves in the lake.I did swim a bit before the start.