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Soma Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

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Tempe, Arizona
United States
The Red Rock Company
Sunny

Total Time = 5h 30m 3s
Overall Rank = 156/
Age Group = 34-35
Age Group Rank = 23/

Pre-race routine:

Woke up about 4:15, ate a bagel and chilled for a bit to awake up. After that I grabbed the gear and headed down to TTL.

Event warmup:

Setting up transition, getting body marked and finding my friends.

Swim

38m 16s
1931 meters
01m 59s / 100 meters

Comments:

Decent swim, felt pretty good the whole way. Did a good job sighting and swam straight at the buoys.

What would you do differently?:

Could have dug in and swam a little quicker.

Transition 1

02m 34s

Comments:

All good.

Bike

2h 44m 35s
56 miles
20.42 mile/hr

Comments:

Overall I rode pretty well, if I repeat this effort for IMAZ I'll be pretty happy. I felt like I was setting a good solid pace while still keeping my heart rate in check. I got a flat 2 miles into the bike, fortunately all it took was a quick hit with the C02 to fix, just took a minute or so! As I passed Mill Ave on my 3rd lap I hit the bump in the road pretty hard and snapped off my right areobar armpad. I tried to kind of hop over the bump, apparently I didn't do a very good job. Not being able to get into aero messed with me a bit, but didn't really slow me down too much.

What would you do differently?:

Not break things...

Transition 2

02m 15s

Comments:

Took me a second to find my rack spot, but no big deal. Got the shoes on and headed out...

Run

2h 01m 57s
13.1 miles
09m 19s min/mile

Comments:

I was hoping to get in under 2 hours. I was setting an OK pace but just couldn't get it going faster. I was worried about staying cool so I think I drank too much water from the aid stations. By the end of the run I was feeling pretty sloshy! I at least felt that I mentally kept fighting and easily ran the whole time.

What would you do differently?:

Drink a little less water.

Post race

Warm down:

Grab a water and some oranges, find the wife and wait for my friends to finish.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Most importantly this race was a tuned up for IMAZ, I didn't really rest up, just taking Saturday off before the race, so I've still been feeling a little tired from the past few weeks. I was happy overall with this effort, if I can recreate this next month it gives me an hour to play with to get in under my 12 hour goal.

Event comments:

Red Rock always puts on great events and SOMA is the flagship race!

Last updated: 2012-04-24 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:38:16 \| 1931 meters \| 01m 59s / 100meters
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	0/
Performance:	Average
Suit:	Yes
Course:	Big rectangle in TTL
Start type:	Deep Water	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	0F / 0C	Current:
200M Perf.		Remainder:
Breathing:		Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:
Rounding:

T1
Time:	02:34
Performance:	Good
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	Yes
Getting up to speed:	Average

Biking
02:44:35 \| 56 miles \| 20.42 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	0/
Performance:	Average
Wind:	Some
Course:	The Tempe U-turnfest
Road:		Cadence:
Turns:		Cornering:
Gear changes:		Hills:
Race pace:	Comfortable	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	02:15
Overall:	Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike		Average
Running with bike		Average
Racking bike		Below average
Shoe and helmet removal

Running
02:01:57 \| 13.1 miles \| 09m 19s min/mile
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	0/
Performance:	Average
Course:	2 Laps around TTL
Keeping cool	Average	Drinking	Too much

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	4
Physical exertion [1-5]	3
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:	Average
Race evaluation [1-5]	4