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Mooseman Triathlon Festival - Half Iron Distance - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

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Bristol, New Hampshire
United States
Endorfun Sports
60F / 16C
Precipitation

Total Time = 5h 07m 23s
Overall Rank = 166/512
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 32/67

Swim

35m 23s
2112 yards
01m 41s / 100 yards

Comments:

Pretty good swim - glad to see that I was faster this year, after doing more intense swim training with Masters this spring. On the leg coming back my navigation sucked - ended up way to the right and had to make my way back. Didn't push hard, just tried to keep it smooth and glide.

Transition 1

02m 31s

Comments:

T1 time rank was 224th out of 512 finishers.

Bike

2h 53m 2s
56 miles
19.42 mile/hr

Comments:

Not very happy with this ride - 6 or 7 minutes slower on the second loop than on the first. A lot of the time I felt like I just had nothing in my legs, and my motivation started to drop at several points. Fortunately I decided to not try to push it, keep spinning when I could, and try to save myself for the run. I think if I had tried to make up some more time or push harder the run would not have been great.

What would you do differently?:

Ride more - nowhere near enough bike training this spring.

Transition 2

01m 22s

Comments:

T2 time rank 73rd of 512

What would you do differently?:

Pretty happy with this transition, especially considering the size of the transition area.

Run

1h 35m 7s
13.1 miles
07m 16s min/mile

Comments:

Definitely happy with this run. I wanted to see how close to 7 minute miles I could keep my pace. Hit the first mile in 6:30, then kept the next 5 miles right at or under 7 minutes. Started having some trouble after turning for the second loop - legs started feeling crampy, then started feeling pain where I had bruised my knee yesterday, and I hit some miles closer to 8 minutes each. Rebounded around mile 10 or 11, and ran closer to 7's for the last few miles.

Post race

Warm down:

Grabbed some food, talked with Jeff and Mike about their amazing performances.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The bike. Strangely enough, I had a really good run and swim, and those are the areas where I've done the most training this winter and spring.

Event comments:

Even though I didn't go sub-5, and the bike sucked, the rest of the race was great, and I beat last years time by 16 minutes (most of it on the run).

My three half IM races so far:
Mooseman 2007 s35:23 T1 2:31 b2:53:02 T2 1:22 r1:35:07
Mooseman 2006 s37:49 T1 3:00 b2:53:58 T2 2:14 r1:46:18
Timberman 2005 s45:39 T1 4:00 b3:02:22 T2 2:17 r2:04:25

Great to see so many BTers this weekend - HUGE congratulations to Jeff (Jackemy) and Mike (MikeJ) on just destroying their first ever halfs, both of them in just over 5 hours.

Last updated: 2007-01-02 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:35:23 \| 2112 yards \| 01m 41s / 100yards
Age Group:	0/67
Overall:	278/512
Performance:	Good
Suit:	Orca Speedsuit (full)
Course:
Start type:	Wade	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	62F / 17C	Current:	Medium
200M Perf.	Good	Remainder:	Good
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:	Good
Waves:		Navigation:	Average
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	02:31
Performance:	Good
Cap removal:	Good	Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?	No	Run with bike:	Yes
Jump on bike:	No
Getting up to speed:

Biking
02:53:02 \| 56 miles \| 19.42 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/67
Overall:	244/512
Performance:	Below average
Wind:	Some
Course:	2 loops, some short steep hills and some other areas with less steep but long climbing.
Road:		Cadence:
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Average	Hills:	Average
Race pace:	Comfortable	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	01:22
Overall:	Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike		Good
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal		Good

Running
01:35:07 \| 13.1 miles \| 07m 16s min/mile
Age Group:	0/67
Overall:	90/512
Performance:	Good
Course:	2 loops, out and back. Some good hills at the far end of the loops.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

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

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Maine Rob

2007-06-03 7:34 PM

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