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The Baltimore Triathlon - Sprint Relay - Triathlon


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Chase, Maryland
United States
60F / 16C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 23m 37s
Overall Rank = 3/16
Age Group = Co-Ed Relay
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

This is my first relay...my daughter and I convinced my wife's best friend to do this with us, and here we are. My tri season was cut short due to an ankle injury, but it's mostly fine now so I pushed the bike training the last month or so (around getting sick, so not the greatest lead-up). Had a few good sessions the past two weeks so though I'm pretty undertrained on the bike this year I was looking to having a blast hammering a sprint TT.
Event warmup:

Not much...drove down, got ourselves set up. I jogged from the swim start to transition after the gun went off and Kell went into the water. I told her if she didn't come in top 5 in the swim she's disowned. :-) She was lined up to an NBAC swimmer (Michael Phelps' old team here in Baltimore) who was maybe 12, and Kell knew she was going to get smoked by The Kid.
Swim
  • 12m 15s
  • 750 meters
  • 01m 38s / 100 meters
Comments:

I didn't watch it, but she came out of the water like 8th about two minutes behind The Kid. Decent swim for her and only like 5 women beat her either in the relay or the women's race so I guess we'll keep her.
What would you do differently?:

She said she should have warmed up a bit. I'm not going to say I told her to, but....
Transition 1
  • 01m 25s
Comments:

She run up the hill a little slow, but we nailed the chip transition. This is kinda fun standing around waiting for someone to put your chip on and you can take as long as you like getting ready for the bike. I was a little slower than I would have liked getting rolling on the bike, but fine.
Bike
  • 41m 15s
  • 13.8 miles
  • 20.07 mile/hr
Comments:

"Ride Like You Stole It"

Was eager to see what I could do all-out on a bike...haven't raced a TT in almost ten years. The Plan was to hold 220 watts on the flats in aero, hammer the one hill, then kick hard the last two miles after the turnaround.

Went out with a quick cadence to get warmed up..it's still a little chilly out so I know it's going to take a couple of miles. About mile 2 we roll through a neighborhood and a kid holds up the same sign as last year "You Just Peed in Your Swim Course". I giggled again, then was distracted I made a wrong turn despite a volunteer kinda sorta waving me forward. Dammit - idiot. There's always something in a race for me. Probably cost me 20 seconds or so turning around and getting back up to speed, and probably wasted a couple of matches accelerating. Oh, well.

Next five or so miles is pretty flat and I do a nice job of staying in aero in more or less on gear. Pass the five mile mark at 15:04 - good show considering my idiocy. Now we're approaching The Hill, which starts with a sharp climb over a railroad. I stand and push up here, holding high 300s, get to the top, spin up to speed and recover, then start pushing up the next half mile or so of the hill in the high 200s. I'm sucking wind now when I hit the top, but now we get two miles of more or less downhill in aero to recover.

I get in aero, and there's no wind, so I'm holding like 200 watts and 26 mph-ish. Perfectly executed as my HR slowly dropped back down into zone 3. More more climb over the railroad, pushed hard, recovered on descent. Now we get to the technical part of the course, sort of rolling with a bunch of turns and a turnaround. I'm starting to feel it now but pushing as hard as I can. Got a quick break at the turnaround, which I butchered handling-wise but at least I didn't fall.

I'm pushing hard now, and after a turn someone passes me and doesn't overtake properly and damn near clips my front wheel. Idiot. Now I'm mad, which is OK with only a mile or so to go. I pass him back and now it's a mess of cyclists all kinda together so trying not to draft I just keep passing people. I'm in the Pain Cave now with a couple of hundred yards left and I basically sprint to the turn-in, coast up to the dismount line, stop, unclip, then the same dude that almost ran me off the road runs into me with his flying dismount. Glancing blow so nothing bad, but jeez dude. This ain't Nationals...chill.

Jogged into transition where Steph was ready to run, and thankfully got the chip off my ankle as I tried not to fall over or puke.

I biked that HARD.

3/16 in the relay, would have been about 20/158 in men's. Shaved about a minute off last year's time, and it took 20 more average watts plus i added race wheels this year. Those incremental gains in sprints sure take a lot.

avg power = 226, NP = 239, IF = 0.9, VI = 1.06
as we know, I"m delusional of my current FTP settings so I'd say that NP is probably pretty close to my current real FTP
What would you do differently?:

not lose 20 seconds going off course while laughing at a kid's sign. It's always something.
Transition 2
  • 00m 25s
Comments:

Once again, it's great having someone take off your timing chip.
Run
  • 26m 15s
  • 5 kms
  • 05m 15s  min/km
Comments:

Steph killed it - she's not a 5K racer but beat her expected time by probably a minute. She was SO happy.
9/16 in the relay, would have been about 35th out of 138 women. Good show, Steph!!
Post race
Warm down:

I jogged around a little and stretched while we watched Steph run.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

My off-course jaunt, but we were like 7 minutes behind second place so we weren't sniffing that. Dude ran a 15:09 5K FFS.

3rd out of 22 total relay teams - we beat all the men's ones too!!

Event comments:

Well, unfortunately they never recorded our chip times, so it's all based on Strava and when we crossed the line. Still trying to get that sorted out with REV3. We also picked up our race packets the day before, but still had to check in again on race morning to get a bike sticker and our chip. Just seemed disorganized. I know REV3 can do better...they've been at this for a gajillion years.

Kinda disappointed in the race...there weren't many volunteers on the bike course, and the post-race food didn't show up until most racers had finished and were starting to roll out. They didn't even have water that we could find.




Last updated: 2024-10-07 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:12:15 | 750 meters | 01m 38s / 100meters
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/16
Performance: Average
Suit: Speedo Kneeskin Race Suit
Course:
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 70F / 21C Current: Low
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 01:25
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:41:15 | 13.8 miles | 20.07 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 3/16
Performance: Good
Wind: None
Course:
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Average Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 00:25
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:26:15 | 05 kms | 05m 15s  min/km
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 9/16
Performance: Good
Course: Steph killed it - she's not a 5K racer but beat her expected time by probably a minute. She was SO happy.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities: Bad
Race evaluation [1-5] 3

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Subject: RE: The Baltimore Triathlon - Sprint Relay
12h and 15m for 750m?!?! I think you gotta disown that kid. :D

Nice job on the bike--even with the wrong turn. Could have been worse!

Flying dismount dude--we all know that guy and have had the "joy" of racing with him. Glad his antics didn't cause you any issues or injury.
2024-10-07 1:07 PM
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Originally posted by drfoodlove 12h and 15m for 750m?!?! I think you gotta disown that kid. :D Nice job on the bike--even with the wrong turn. Could have been worse! Flying dismount dude--we all know that guy and have had the "joy" of racing with him. Glad his antics didn't cause you any issues or injury.

No that time is more like what I'd do. 

It's fixed now above.

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