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Republic of Texas Triathlon - Sprint Course - TriathlonSprint

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Corpus Christi, Texas
United States
High Five Events
85F / 29C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 39m 17s
Overall Rank = 61/176
Age Group = 55-59
Age Group Rank = 6/7

Pre-race routine:

Nothing special. Bagel with peanut butter at 5:30 AM. Took sportlegs and ate a clif bar an hour before race start. A sports gel 15 minutes before race start. My wave started at 9:04 AM

Event warmup:

Just some light stretching. Mostly from putting on the wetsuit.

Swim

00m
437 yards
/ 100 yards

Comments:

I have a separated shoulder and the wetsuit didn't help with that. Had some difficulty with my stroke mechanics, but heck I survived it.

What would you do differently?:

Going to get some larger goggles for OWS for sighting.

Transition 1

Comments:

Again, no time but this was a 2 transition area race, so we had to stuff our wetsuit, goggles and swim caps into a marked bag that was picked up by volunteers and transported to T2. I thought T1 went well.

What would you do differently?:

Nada

Bike

58m 20s
18 miles
18.51 mile/hr

Comments:

Got lucky with light winds. The day before they were out of the SE at 20 - 30 mph.

Transition 2

01m 35s

Comments:

I quickly found my bag in T2, racked the bike, put on shoes, belt and cap. 1:35 not too bad.

Run

26m 17s
3.1 miles
08m 29s min/mile

Post race

Warm down:

Beer garden

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Separated my shoulder about 10 days earlier, so that limited my training over the last few days leading up to the tri. Not getting injured would be good!!!

Event comments:

Jack and Adams (High Five Events) have been putting on events for years and have it down pat. My hat is off to them. I'll definitely be back to support a local race org.

Last updated: 2013-04-11 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:00:00 \| 437 yards \| / 100yards
Age Group:	0/7
Overall:	0/176
Performance:	Below average
no time as I got too close to one of the mats. My swim time plus TI time was 13 minutes.
Suit:	Xterra Vortex 4
Course:	Rectangular, clockwise
Start type:	Wade	Plus:
Water temp:	71F / 22C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Below average	Remainder:	Bad
Breathing:	Below average	Drafting:	Bad
Waves:	Good	Navigation:	Average
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	00:00
Performance:	Good
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:	No
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:	Good

Biking
00:58:20 \| 18 miles \| 18.51 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/7
Overall:	62/176
Performance:	Average
Wind:	Little
Course:	9 miles out and 9 miles back.
Road:	Smooth Dry	Cadence:	94
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:	Good
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	01:35
Overall:	Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes		Good
Jumping off bike		Good
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal		Good

Running
00:26:17 \| 03.1 miles \| 08m 29s min/mile
Age Group:	0/7
Overall:	53/176
Performance:	Average
Course:	another out and back.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Average
Mental exertion [1-5]	3
Physical exertion [1-5]	3
Good race?	Ok

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	5