Grand Haven Triathlon - Sprint Course
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Grand Haven Triathlon - Sprint Course - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: I would actually guess that I placed much higher both in my age group and overall in the actual swim portion, but GH doesn't monitor your time exiting the water. They record your time as you enter T1, which is over .5 miles away with a run. I got passed by numerous people as I huffed my way up to the transition area. Had to walk about 15 yards on the beach as the deep sand seemed to lock up my legs. What would you do differently?: Maybe start in the middle of the pack instead of the far outside. I was ahead of nearly everyone going out, but put on so much extra distance it didn't really help me. Also, get goggles dialed in better. Transition 1
Comments: Not counting the run into T1 from water's edge, this was a great transition. I had one of the better T1 times of anyone, and I even stopped for a few seconds to put my race number belt on since I didn't wear it underneath my wetsuit this time. What would you do differently?: Nothing, *maybe* wear race number belt inside wetsuit. Bike
Comments: Pretty good ride for me. A little better than previously on getting feet into shoes, but not a great job getting them out before T2. Lost too much speed there. What would you do differently?: Need to practice getting in/out of bike shoes on bike more. Transition 2
Comments: Pretty good T2. Again, one of the fastest in the whole race. Not many people were under 1:00 here. What would you do differently?: Work on getting out of bike shoes better. Run
Comments: Just need more improvement at the run overall and I would be a pretty good triathlete. I did negative split each of the three minutes though, which is how it should be. However, this is the first of 3 tries at this course where I didn't walk any portion of the run. What would you do differently?: Work harder at running. I can't lose 5 minutes to competitors and expect to compete. Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster: Poor running. Event comments: Packet pickup was extremely cumbersome and seems to get less organized by the year. Takes a lot longer than any other race to complete this simple process. Volunteers seem ill informed for this part. However, volunteers on the course are great. Could have used a volunteer directing people down the finisher's chute, as multiple people cost themselves precious seconds finding the chute to run down, and instead almost ran back into the transition area through the "run out" gate. Last updated: 2012-06-05 12:00 AM
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2012-07-11 8:11 AM in reply to: #4301994 |
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United States
Grand Haven Triathlon, LLC.
80F / 27C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 37/182
Age Group = M 35-39
Age Group Rank = 5/12
Slept on my boat on the Grand Haven seawall as is my tradition before the GH race. Seeing as how I don't often sleep well the night before a race anyway, the idea doesn't bother me. Actually slept fairly well and didn't have to worry about driving down to the course or finding parking.
Went out for about a 2 mile ride to get the shoes on the pedals. Walked to the beach, and then swam a few hundred yards to loosen up and adjust to the wetsuit.