Old Hickory Lake Triathlon
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Old Hickory Lake Triathlon - Triathlon
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What would you do differently?: Nothing Transition 1
Comments: Not really sure how to put this in here, but there were three transitions. The race order was swim 400 yds, run 1 mile, bike, then run 2 miles. The first transition was running out of the water, finding my shoes, putting them on (no socks), and taking off for first run. My time for T1 was :41. Then after the run we enntered T2, which was the run to bike transition, which consisted of taking off the running shoes, putting on my cycling shoes, putting on my helmet, and then running with the bike to the mount line. T2 time was :48. What would you do differently?: Nothing. These were unusual transitions, and I think I handled them pretty well. Bike
Comments: I tried getting into fake aero position on some of the longer flat sections. (I put my elbows on the bars to get more aero, without having aero bars.) It felt faster, and I was pretty comfortable with it, so it's probably time to put bars on my bike. Also, I forgot to bring my water bottle to the race. I tried putting a regular plastic water bottle in the cage, but it fell out in the first 200 feet of the race, so I didn't have any water at all. Oops. Probably didn't affect my bike performance, but I felt it on the run. What would you do differently?: Need to work on my hills. Transition 2
Comments: This was just a regular transition. I'm definitely getting better, but I can still improve some. What would you do differently?: Just a bit more general efficiency. Nothing specific. Run
Comments: This was my combined time for both runs. The first run I did in 7:23, which was good. The second run was 16:54 (8:27 pace), not so good. Had to walk in the second run, even though I know I should've been able to run the whole thing. I can blame it on not having water on my bike leg, but I still should be able to maintain a better pace for just 2 miles. Oh, well... more practice I guess. What would you do differently?: Not walk. Post race
Event comments: This was a fun race. Last updated: 2013-05-31 12:00 AM
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2013-06-24 11:04 AM |
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Overall Rank = 56/298
Age Group = 25-29 Male
Age Group Rank = 8/20
We had to walk almost a mile from transition to the swim start. I figured that was warmup enough.