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St. Anthony's Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

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St. Petersburg, Florida
United States
St. Anthony's Triathlon
85F / 29C
Sunny

Total Time = 2h 23m 21s
Overall Rank = 394/3446
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 51/357

Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 4:30 and drank an Ensure, ate a banana and sipped on Gatorade on the walk down to Transition.

Event warmup:

Swam for about 10 minutes, stroke felt great.

Swim

26m 1s
1640 yards
01m 35s / 100 yards

Comments:

Started at the front as I was ready to burn up the swim. Turned out to be a good and bad thing. Good thing was clear water until we started to catch the wave ahead of us, bad thing was no feet to draft.

What would you do differently?:

Just continue to swim more and get faster. My technique has improved tremendously over the last few months so I need to work on speed.

Transition 1

01m 45s

Comments:

Good Transition, I was right inside the gate from the swim exit so I was in and out in a flash.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing.

Bike

1h 06m 48s
24.85 miles
22.32 mile/hr

Comments:

Where to start...I went out like a scalded cat trying to make up the 3 minutes I was down from the swim. I honestly thought that I could hold 24-25mph for the entire course. At about mile 3 I hit a pothole and ejected my water bottle that had all of my electrolytes in it, not good. Then to add insult to injury my magnet slid down my spoke so I had no speed or distance data, so I just went as hard as I could. Must have worked since I was only passed by 2 people on the bike. With my water bottle gone I didn't take my Hammer Gel as planned. I did get some water from the aid station, but it was to small for my cages so I had to put it in my pocket on the rear of my jersey.

What would you do differently?:

Get more secure water bottle cages, eat and drink as planned.

Transition 2

01m 33s

Comments:

Being right inside the gate was awesome. I didn't have to run very far with my bike.

Run

47m 6s
6.21 miles
07m 35s min/mile

Comments:

I knew that my goal of a 43:00 run probably wasn't going to happen since I hadn't really eaten or drank on the bike. That being said the first two miles were 7:10 min/miles so I still had some hope of breaking 2:20. I hit the 5k mark at 22:30 and was excited about the fact that I could still be under 2:20 despite doing just about everything wrong nutrition wise. Then came mile 4....my legs decided that they were officially cooked, nevermind we still had 2.2 miles to go. Those last 2.2 miles were sheer willpower and guts. They hurt really bad!

What would you do differently?:

Eat and drink on the bike, I feel if I had done so as planned that I would have been around 2:15-2:17 or so. Overall not really that bad of a run considering.

Post race

Warm down:

Walked around and got a water and Gatorade and then went to our club tent to see my wife and kids and cheer on the rest of our team.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The whole nutrition thing, and the fact that we walked around WAYYY to much the two days before the race. My legs were actually sore before the race started. All things considered I think my fitness is spot on for Gulf Coast in two weeks. There I will not mess up my nutrition.

Event comments:

Great race! I will do it again in a few years.

Last updated: 2007-04-04 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:26:01 \| 1640 yards \| 01m 35s / 100yards
Age Group:	0/357
Overall:	0/3446
Performance:	Good
Suit:	Iroman Stealth Sleeveless
Course:	Triangular course with 500m for each leg.
Start type:	Run	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	77F / 25C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Good	Remainder:	Good
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:	Good
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	01:45
Performance:	Good
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:	Yes
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:	Good

Biking
01:06:48 \| 24.85 miles \| 22.32 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/357
Overall:	0/3446
Performance:	Average
Wind:	Little
Course:	Technical course around St Pete. Flat as a pancake though!
Road:	Rough	Cadence:
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:
Race pace:	Hard	Drinks:	Not enough

T2
Time:	01:33
Overall:	Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal		Good

Running
00:47:06 \| 06.21 miles \| 07m 35s min/mile
Age Group:	0/357
Overall:	0/3446
Performance:	Average
Course:	Out and back through a residential area. Flat except for a bridge over the water. Nice course.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Not enough

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

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