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Comments: Got stuck behind slower swimmers until the first of three turns. Had guys stacked up beside me and another switching between breast and freestyle directly in front of me. Once I rounded the first turn I was able to go inside of the congestion and get open water. Felt much better after that. What would you do differently?: Get near the front for the start.  Transition 1
Comments: Transition went really well. I took an extra breath and sip of water while there. Felt my heart was racing after swim and needed the breath to slow it down. What would you do differently?: Nothing  Bike
Comments: Ride went really well other than the chain incident. I felt rather winded at the crest of the hill, but spun it out and felt good after about 100 yds. Still seemed to lose some time carrying my weight up the hills, but really strong on flats and downhills. Bike computer said I averaged 20.2mph and hit 39.9mph max. Will have to check it for accuracy as the figures are better than the actual race data. What would you do differently?: I had my bike checked out the day before as I wanted the rear shifting gone through and tweaked. Since I bought the bike I have never had a problem with the front derailer until race day. Also need to work on sustaining speed on the bike. Goal is to stay above 20mph consistantly. Transition 2
Comments: Had to rerack the bike three times. the first time my quick release was against the upright and tilted the whole rack (thankfully no other bikes fell). The second time I missed the rack with one brake lever. The third time I got it right. I took a couple extra breaths and long swig of water. What would you do differently?: Smoother racking of the bike.  Run
Comments: Still my nemesis. I started to struggle a bit by mile two. I then started the Jedi mind tricks and kept telling myself that all my struggles were merely mental and physically I had no reason to walk. I walked for 1 minute at the first drink station, 30seconds at the second and just a couple at the third. I had a great finish, out sprinting two individuals in the last 200 yds, passing one at the finish line. What would you do differently?: I need to learn how to sustain speed for distance, not that I have much speed for a short distance. Speed on the run is my downfall, and need to improve that in order to be competitive. Losing more weight and more focus on run training will bring about improvements. Post race
Warm down: Gasp for air for a few minutes then had a couple orange slices, banana, Powerade, and lots of water. What limited your ability to perform faster: Run Run Run Run I did cut 11 minutes off of last year's time. An 8% improvement. Event comments: Not too bad of race. They were a little overwhelmed by the numbers that showed up. Not enough racks for all the bikes Last updated: 2007-02-06 12:00 AM
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 2007-06-24 9:43 PM |
Veteran  180   Kalispell MT |  Subject: North Mankato Triathlon |
| 2007-06-25 8:08 AM in reply to: #857987 |
Regular 114 Central Minnesota | Subject: RE: North Mankato Triathlon Good Job! Great recovery from the dropped chain! My bike computer had the bike at 13.7 miles, so I think the official results will be off a bit. |
| 2007-06-25 3:20 PM in reply to: #857987 |
Veteran 180 Kalispell MT | Subject: RE: North Mankato Triathlon Thanks for that update. I checked my computer and it was right around 13.75 miles also, I m not sure of the exact as I did a very short ride when getting home last night. Nathane and I were also questioning the accuracy of the swim. Both our swim times seemed pretty slow relative to our averages. Could have something to do with them putting the bouys in with a guy on the shore with a phone telling them where to put it by, "little more to the right, ok, right about there." Looked as though they simply eyeballed the swim course. Obviously they weren't using GPS or anything like that. Oh well. We're all out there to have fun a compete against ourselves and I did both, having a great time, getting to watch "freckleface" run by me, and cut 11 minutes off of last year's time. Great day. |
| 2007-06-25 3:20 PM in reply to: #857987 |
Veteran 180 Kalispell MT | Subject: RE: North Mankato Triathlon |
| 2007-06-25 6:19 PM in reply to: #857987 |
Elite 3687   | Subject: RE: North Mankato Triathlon I didn't want to wine about distances again, I did that a few weeks ago. But I completely agree with you guys. My bike computer had the ride at 13.7 miles also. In addition I thought I had a pretty good swim and my times seemed pretty slow. We may have talked b.t.w. I was standing pretty close to the guy on the radio telling the guy the buoy was in the right place and made a comment about it to someone standing next to me. |
| 2007-06-26 1:29 PM in reply to: #857987 |
Expert 743 Minnesota | Subject: RE: North Mankato Triathlon Nice bike speed! Nice to see your name at the top of the 35-39 AG in the series. |
| 2007-06-26 2:36 PM in reply to: #857987 |
| Veteran 201 North Dakota | Subject: RE: North Mankato Triathlon Great job on your race this weekend!! Thanks also for letting me stay with you and your family in Owatonna. With your chain falling off, you still did awesome!! Keep working hard on your run and I know you'll get faster soon. |
| 2007-06-26 11:21 PM in reply to: #857987 |
Extreme Veteran 607 Rochester, MN | Subject: RE: North Mankato Triathlon Nice race! Good recovery from the chain problem. Huge improvement from last year is impressive. Keep working on the run and the times will continue to drop. After reading these race reports I find both the swim distance and the bike distance were long. Should make us all feel better about our times. |
| 2007-06-27 9:53 AM in reply to: #857987 |
Master 1506 Minnesota | Subject: RE: North Mankato Triathlon Way to recover! Sounds like you had a good rest of the race  |
| 2007-06-27 10:21 AM in reply to: #857987 |
Expert 743 Minnesota | Subject: RE: North Mankato Triathlon I try to never make changes to my bike setup inside of a week from race day. I think the worst thing one could do is have the mechanic at the race site make tweeks the morning of the race. Get the bike tuned a week and a half to two weeks prior to race day so that any bugs will be found before race day. |
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Overall Rank = 105/242
Age Group = 36-44
Age Group Rank = 32/53
Up at 5am, quick shower and bathroom duties. Left for race at 5:45 after having 1 can Slimfast and had 1 egg "mcmuffin" with for the road. Arrived at race site at 6:30 and set-up. Had one hammer gel and sipped water until start.
Got there early and got a good spot on the end of the rack, which was good as the racks were filled early and some people had to go without racking their bikes. Nathan and I did a 10 minute warm-up on the bike.