Island Lake Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic


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Brighton, Michigan
United States
Element Events
70F / 21C
Overcast
Total Time = 2h 20m 52s
Overall Rank = 5/99
Age Group = M20-24
Age Group Rank = 1/8
Pre-race routine:

I woke up at 3:45. I ate a bowl of frosted flakes, bagel, and a banana. I then packed up the car and was ready to go by 4:45am
Event warmup:

I actually did a warm up for once. I swam 200 yards before the start and before my normal stretching. I think it made it a little easier to get in a nice swimming groove.
Swim
  • 23m 25s
  • 1584 yards
  • 01m 29s / 100 yards
Comments:

This was one of better swim performances for an olympic. It felt great. The only thing that got in my way were people who were doing the sprint triathlon. I did get a small rip in my wetsuit that I will need to repair but other than that it was fine.
What would you do differently?:

Make sure I warm up with a short swim before I start my race.
Transition 1
  • 01m 33s
Comments:

This was an awesome transition. My wetsuit did get a little stuck on my timing chip and around my heels but I still managed to get it off quickly. I think this is where I got the tear.
What would you do differently?:

Practice wetsuit removal more.
Bike
  • 1h 09m 56s
  • 24.8 miles
  • 21.28 mile/hr
Comments:

Well I knew I needed to push it on this bike to have an awesome race, so I did. I thought I had adjusted my re-derailleur correctly but it was giving me a few problems but nothing I couldn't deal with. There was a couple people that were riding really far to the left of the lane and when I would pass them, they would still be shifting over and I would cut it pretty close to them. They did say sorry though.
What would you do differently?:

I need more hill training!!!
Transition 2
  • 00m 46s
Comments:

This was by far my best ever T2. I moved through this transition like it was nothing. I even had to put on my race belt and nathan fuel belt which I did as I was running which even impressed me!!!
What would you do differently?:

Keep practicing it.
Run
  • 45m 14s
  • 6.2 miles
  • 07m 18s  min/mile
Comments:

Well there was a pretty good size hill right out of transistion. That was the worst part of the run. There weren't that many aid stations. 3/4 mile, 2 3/4 mile, 3.85 mile, and 5.5 mile. So that was why i decided to use the nathan fuel belt because of the uneven spacing of the aid stations.
What would you do differently?:

I need to get some more hill training in.
Post race
Warm down:

I drank some water and got a quick stretch from the local free person there. I had about an hour before the awards ceremony so I got my stuff from transistion, changed and put everything in my car. I actually had a flat tire when I went to get my bike. I told my self how lucky I was with that because it didn't happen on the course. When I changed the tube and inspected the tire, I noticed a nice size thorn that was sticking in to the tire.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Hill training.

Event comments:

I think this race has the potential to improve but some things need to be done. 2 volunteers at an aid station are not enough. When your volunteers are suppose to be making sure traffic isn't coming from a different rode, make sure you don't choose two high school age kids who like to throw pine cones at each other. There were not enough volunteers helping with the packet distribution the morning of the race. I think there was like one or two people also doing body marking. I understand it is hard to get volunteers sometimes, but advertise it more to get some more in there. If they would of had more volunteers checking people in then the race would of probably started on time too.

The food was pretty much non-existent. By the time I finished, there was a empty cooler and a cooler half filled with water bottles with no ice on it. The selection consisted of what looked like warm meat sandwich wraps, a container of twizzlers, a box of fruit snacks, two medium size boxes of bananas, about 10 peanut butter crackers left, and a whole bunch of empty boxes already eaten that did not amount to much. The athlete guide said and I quote this directly from there:

"Welcome to the Island Lake Triathlon We want to offer the best from the Zorrel Tees to the quality finish line food."

There was no quality finish line food. But the t-shirts were nice. Instead of the normal 100% polyester mix, it was a 70/30 split with cotton. So it was nice having a different material shirt.

The nicest part was the awards for the age groups. 1-3 got a bottle of wine for all age groups except for the under 21 crowd.My wine was a white zinfendal and the label on it said 1st place too. So that was better than the normal plaque or small metal. The raffle was actually decent too. Instead of calling numbers, they just threw things out in to the crowd or said the first person to run up here gets it. There was containers of heed, water bottles, and a few gift certificates.





Last updated: 2010-06-07 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:23:25 | 1584 yards | 01m 29s / 100yards
Age Group: 1/8
Overall: 6/99
Performance: Good
Suit: Sleeveless Xterra Vortex 3
Course: 2 Loop triangle course
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 75F / 24C Current: Low
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Average
Waves: Good Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 01:33
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Average Helmet on/
Suit off:
Yes
Wetsuit stuck? Yes Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:09:56 | 24.8 miles | 21.28 mile/hr
Age Group: 1/8
Overall: 11/99
Performance: Good
Wind: Some
Course: A 2 loop s shaped course.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Below average Hills: Average
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:46
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:45:14 | 06.2 miles | 07m 18s  min/mile
Age Group: 3/8
Overall: 12/99
Performance: Good
Course: It was a 2 loop figure 8 course.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3