Frankfurt city - sprint
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Frankfurt city - sprint - TriathlonMini Sprint
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Comments: very short swim, never got into a rhythm I felt like there was a larger group in fron of me, I must have either passed them or was simply wrong, I exited about position 7 to 10 of my wave Used 2 stroke breathing more than 50% of the time, was pretty stressful, I slowed down a bit towards the end, had started a bit too aggressive THere must have been one guy drafting me, he swam over my legs several times, that sucked What would you do differently?: not too much, maybe start a bit slower, but then I would have been in a bigger bunch Transition 1
Comments: included a long run from swim exit to bikes, my bike was nearly at the exit of the bike corral Decided to place the shoes at the bike so I ran barefoot, but did NOT put the shoes on the bike because I did not feel comfortable without training What would you do differently?: use towel to clean feet before putting on shoes Bike
Comments: that was the worst part of the race I got passed by a lot of people, I passed a few but mostly slower Oly guys I went around 30-33 most of the time and was frustrated that I was not able to push more, given the short distance What would you do differently?: definitely the weak spot, will have to step up my bike training, potentially spinning Transition 2
Comments: went well, picked up my bag from the rack, helmet off shoes went on not so well because feet were wet, should have used powder What would you do differently?: powder for shoes Run
Comments: This was a very positive surprise, was not sure what would happen, would not have been surprised if I had blown up here Was able to run around 5min pace both knees were holding up:-) Of course good to know that it would be over soon:-) What would you do differently?: just a bit more focus on running, biking is more important... Post race
Warm down: met some of the Funball friends, got some water, cake then walked back the course to cheer on Andrea. She came several minutes earlier than I expected, she managed 1:08, which is awesome! I ran a bit alongside her, then finally met her in the finishing chute we tried to get our gear bags but there was huge confusion, so we went home to take shower. Picked up bikes and bags much later What limited your ability to perform faster: definitely the bike performance! Was very positively surprised by the run, the swim was also good Event comments: It was good to re-register for the mini sprint, would have folded on the oly distance it was real fun and Andrea caught the bug as well, we are already planning the next sprint race Last updated: 2012-08-05 12:00 AM
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2012-08-06 2:12 PM |
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Germany
75F / 24C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 84/326
Age Group = M40
Age Group Rank = 14/58
We had checked in bikes on Saturday even though we could have checked them Sunday morning
Took the shuttle from FRA downtown around 7:15, which brought us to Langener Waldsee around 7:40
Had enough time to set up the bikes with shoes and helmets, then we spent lots of time at the beach watching the Olympic waves... my wave was 9:50, Andreas wave was 10:05
This was the first time I was wearing my new club suit, awesome:-)
Took a dip in the lake, water was nice
I lined up on the front inner side, hoping that I had not lost my swim mojo:-)