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Comments: I felt really good going into the swim. I had seeded myself with a time of 5:15, but thought I could do a 5 min swim. I had the tempo trainer set at 1.10 for the swim. I was disappointed to see my time. I did not think I was going that slow. Although, I consider myself an average swimmer and 19/43 puts me right at the average. My seeding was perfect because I never caught the person ahead of me and no one passed me. What would you do differently?: I just need more practice and work on my technique.  Transition 1
Comments: 1/43 WHO'S YOUR DADDY! I was really focused on this transition. I started thinking about it on my last length in the pool. Normally I put on socks but this time I did not because I wanted to save all the time I could. The McKinney Sprint was the first time I did a race without socks and I had trouble getting both my bike and running shoes on. I think it was mom23 who told me about the baby powder in the shoes. The shoes went on much easier this time. Thanks Kelley. My sunglasses did fog up really bad. I could hardly see anything until I got going on the bike. What would you do differently?: Put anti-fog on my sunglasses.(I have already done it)  Bike
Comments: My plan was to keep my HR below 150 and to set my computer to the average speed and shoot for a 21 mph average. The first half of the bike my average would get a little over 21, then fall a little below 21. My HR was above 150, but it was usually below 155(my LT) so I just stayed at the same effort. The second half was much faster. I was able to keep my HR at 150 and my speed slowly climbed above 21 mph. The last part, were you ride along the run path, I upped the cadence to get my legs ready for the run. For the first time, I did not have anyone pass me on the bike. What would you do differently?: Nothing, I was extremely happy with this ride. Transition 2
Comments: 8/43, Again the shoes went on much easier with the baby powder. I had my tempo trainer on my visor. I was not planning on using it unless I felt like I needed the extra push. So when I put my visor on, I knocked the tempo trainer out of its holder and it started to roll across the transition area. I think the volunteers got a kick out of me chasing it because it got up on the edge, like a hockey puck, and it took a few seconds to chase it down. What would you do differently?: Not take the tempo trainer chasing detour.  Run
Comments: The game plan was to keep my HR at 160 until my legs got loose or until I hit the turn-around. After that, I would go as hard as I could. I had projected running at a 7:30 min/mile pace. So after chasing down my tempo trainer, I got mentally into the run. Even though I went harder than normal on the bike, my legs felt about like they normaly do. I was able to keep up the cadence and focus on my technique. I did a good job of looking 6 feet ahead of me rather than people watching. After the turn-around, it is a little uphill and then a gradual downhill for the most part. As I hit the downhill, I started to up the pace. I was able to maintain the increased pace and then sprint the last 500 yards. I do not have a time to prove it, but this is probably the first run were my second half was faster than the first. What would you do differently?: Nothing. I ran faster than what I had projected Post race
Warm down: Walked over to the food tent to replenish. Then hung out with Reagen, Sue, Chris, Karen, and Jeff. Also talked with Joseph, his Dad(Gene?), Derick, and Laurie. When Reagen came back from checking the results, I got a little deflated. He told me that we were both 5th in our AG. Were did all these fast guys come from? I went 2 minutes faster than projected and I am not placing. We were just hoping that they awarded more than 3 deep. At the awards ceremony they started with the younger AGs and when they announced the 5th place finisher, Reagen and I immediately turned to each other with "Hot Damn" looks on our faces. There could have been a "moment" there but I think Reagen controlled himself since Sue was standing next to him. So I got my first official triathlon hardware. What limited your ability to perform faster: I would have liked my swim to be faster, but we are only talking 30 secs. Event comments: Well organized and the food was awesome. Last updated: 2007-04-30 12:00 AM
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 2007-08-28 1:21 PM |
Expert  902   Wylie, TX |  Subject: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon |
| 2007-08-28 1:24 PM in reply to: #944233 |
Champion 8936    | Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon Smoking race, Craig. Nice seeing you out there. |
| 2007-08-28 1:39 PM in reply to: #944233 |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon Look at you going fast in transition! Great job! One of these days I'll pick up that skill. FAST race man! Bike and run were so fast! Congrats on getting some hardware. Very cool! |
| 2007-08-28 1:51 PM in reply to: #944233 |
Expert 927 Longview, TX | Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon Not bad for an old man! Congrats on the hardware! I'm really surprised that this is your first time. Like you were saying, don't get too hung up on the swim. Sprints aren't won in the 300 yards of water. And what's with the moments man. First John, now Raegan. I'm thinking I'll be keeping my distance from you at Longhorn. |
| 2007-08-28 2:03 PM in reply to: #944233 |
Expert 853 Fort Worth, Texas | Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon Dang, you are smokin fast! Great job on your race. You are going to do aweseom at Longhorn. |
| 2007-08-28 4:07 PM in reply to: #944233 |
Veteran 113 Texas | Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon Excellent job, Craig! Way to meet and exceed your goals! I'm a little scared by your "moment" remark, but I'll just try to pretend that I never read it!  Looking forward to Longhorn! |
| 2007-08-28 4:53 PM in reply to: #944233 |
Veteran 209 Austin TX | Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon Great job Craig! I'm glad you and Raegan got your "moment" out there...congrats on the hardware too! Must have been your pre-run tempo trainer chase that got you warmed up for a smokin run pace! Your bike and swim were awesome too! Congratulations!  |
| 2007-08-28 5:27 PM in reply to: #944233 |
| Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon ditto what Sporty said... |
| 2007-08-28 5:51 PM in reply to: #944233 |
Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon
Not a bad race on Sunday my friend. We go head-to-head pretty even in all disciplines (see Allen Run-Bi-Tri above from Feb 07). Huh, maybe I'll just sit out, party-on-down in Austin, knowing that whatever time you turn it, I'm good for it too? Virtual racing! |
| 2007-08-28 10:56 PM in reply to: #944233 |
| , Texas | Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon Amazing race all around, most impressive on the bike. The only thing you can hope for in a pool swim is to not get completly bogged down, so this was a success. Thanks for pulling me on the second half of the run and contrats on the hardware. |
| 2007-08-29 10:37 AM in reply to: #944233 |
Champion 8540 the colony texas | Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon Great race,,, you nailed all your goals, even had a little "moment" action {laugh}. to bad you didn't get to bodycheck someone while playing hockey with your cadence gizmo thingie |
| 2007-08-29 11:01 AM in reply to: #944233 |
Expert 739 Flower Mound, TX | Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon Congrats on the hardware, Craig. Great race all around. |
| 2007-08-30 9:17 AM in reply to: #944233 |
Expert 762 San Antonio, TX | Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon VERY NICE!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't done a sprint since my first Tri. I think I'll do one next year just to play a bit. It would be interesting to see how far I've come. Your workouts ROCK and your going to do awesome at Longhorn! Way to go. K |
| 2007-08-30 10:16 AM in reply to: #944233 |
Champion 6107 Out running or enjoying a fine glass of red... | Subject: RE: 'Tri The Rock' Triathlon Nice job - you know that most folks wouldn't think of hockey pucks when trying to come up with a mental picture...but I like it. Congrats on the hardware. Kristen |
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Overall Rank = 27/431
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 5/43
The 2005 race was the very first triathlon I ever did. I had lowered my time by 10 min in 2006 and I thought that if I dropped another 5 min this year I would finish 3rd, in my AG, based on the last two yrs results. So my goal was to go lower than 1:09. I Got up at 4:00am. Made a almond butter sandwich on rye and finished packing my stuff. I was loaded up and on the road a little after 5:00am
I hit the pool for a 300 yard warm-up