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Philadelphia Triathlon in Fairmount Park - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
Philadelphia Triathlon, LLC
77F / 25C
Sunny

Total Time = 2h 09m 59s
Overall Rank = 1/50
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/

Pre-race routine:

Up again early, 5am. Got to race sight and saw where my biker would be. I got my bearings and then onto a bus to be shipped over to swim start.

Event warmup:

Like yesterday, I swam about 300. Slow build up to race pace.

Swim

26m 24s
1640 yards
01m 37s / 100 yards

Comments:

I was swimmer for the team CHOP relay. My swim wave was with all males 20-30. So needless to say I was pretty intimidated at the start. It ended up not being too bad. I went out hard and took a breath every stroke to make sure I didn't panic. I thought if I can keep enough air in my lungs, I will be ok. It wasn't until about 400 in I was able to get out of enough traffic I could bi-lateral breath. Then I settled in to a nice hard stroke. I ended up cathcing the 2 waves in front of me which SUCKED! I had a hard time getting around the breaststrokers. I sprinted into the finish and ran my little ass off into T1.

What would you do differently?:

Go harder. I left MOST of it in the water, but could have left more.

Transition 1

01m 53s

Comments:

Adam took the anklet/chip off of me and put on Jeff. We lucked out on a good spot in transition.

Bike

1h 00m 34s
24.85 miles
24.62 mile/hr

Transition 2

01m 3s

Comments:

I nabbed the anklet/chip off of Jeff and put on Adam. Pretty smooth transition.

Run

40m 3s
6.21 miles
06m 27s min/mile

Post race

Event comments:

My team rocked! We got first out of ALL the relay teams. I was definetly the weaker link, so I feel like I don't deserve the win. BUT, I have to remind myself that I still did good considering it was still only my 2nd OW race. And even though I swam more distance today, I improved my pace. Next year, we'll totally smoke the other teams.

Last updated: 2007-06-23 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:26:24 \| 1640 yards \| 01m 37s / 100yards
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	19/50
Performance:	Good
Suit:	Quintana Roo sleeveless/short
Course:	Straight shot down with a hard right into transition.
Start type:	Deep Water	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	76F / 24C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Good	Remainder:	Good
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:
Waves:		Navigation:	Good
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	01:53
Performance:
Cap removal:		Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:

Biking
01:00:34 \| 24.85 miles \| 24.62 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	0/50
Performance:
Wind:
Course:
Road:		Cadence:
Turns:		Cornering:
Gear changes:		Hills:
Race pace:		Drinks: