Midwest Meltdown - TriathlonSprint


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Paola, Kansas
United States
KLM Triathlons
Total Time = 1h 02m 18s
Overall Rank = 4/147
Age Group = M3539
Age Group Rank = 1/21
Pre-race routine:

Breakfast: cereal and some fruit
Arrived at 5:30, all decent rack ends were taken, got in the middle of a good rack.
Event warmup:

Swam a few hundred
Swim
  • 13m 25s
  • 820 yards
  • 01m 38s / 100 yards
Comments:

Water temp was "78" but I left my wetsuit at home and wouldn't have worn it anyway, it's too hot when the water is in the 80's. Was still in the corral waiting to cross the timing mat when they announced 1 minute until start, maybe keep the pre-race briefing a bit shorter. Got into the water and out into the deep end to get on the inside line before teh gun. At the start everybody went in to a dead sprint, it was insane, I couldn't go further inside because there were already a few guys out there pushing me into the main pack, there were some hitting my feet and I was going stroke for stroke with the guy to my right. I figured I'd just go with the pace and it would clear out as people fatigued and started dropping back but that didn't happen until after the first turn bouy. This was definately a swim that favored the fish, they just swam off the front and let the rest of us dopes beat each other up and fall further behind. Got straightened out on the back stretch and went into recovery mode for a few minutes then got back on pace.
What would you do differently?:

Not go into full sprint mode at the start, I'd have been 99% as fast with relaxed smooth strokes rather than the insane sprint effort that the group started with and would not have paid the fatigue price for the rest of the swim (and race).
Transition 1
  • 00m 59s
Comments:

put bike shoes on in transition because of gravel at T1 exit
Bike
  • 26m 52s
  • 10.41 miles
  • 23.25 mile/hr
Comments:

244W avg. Good bike leg, matched last years effort. There were 2 fast long course bikes that passed me pretty handily.
Transition 2
  • 00m 41s
Comments:

Pulled feet from shoes, dismounted on the run and hurdled the ditch. Picked up a sand burr in my fore foot on the way to the rack. Saw someone head out of T2 as I was racking my bike, thought he might be the current leader. Popped the burr out of my foot as I was putting on shoes and socks then took off.
What would you do differently?:

Don't step on sharp objects when barefoot.
Run
  • 20m 23s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 06m 33s  min/mile
Comments:

Got out of T2 about had a bit of trouble settling into a comfortable pace, the guy out of T2 just ahead of me was clearly running away, didn't know if he was the leader or not but it became apparent I wasn't going to chase him down. At the turnaround saw I was currently in 3rd (1st overall started in the heat 5 minutes back, a very fast old man who schooled us youngsters). Started getting a bad cramp in my right calf toward the end, road camber is a suspect there. Found more sandburr parts in my foot after the race, adrenaline is nice, I didn't feel a thing while I was running.
Post race
Warm down:

sat in the lake for a few minutes

What limited your ability to perform faster:

bad start to the swim

Event comments:

This is a fun race, real small last year, pretty good turn out this year.

Checked my time from last year when i got home, 1:02:18, same as this year to the second. Good split consistency too:
2009 2010
Swim 13:18 13:25 (wore wetsuit in 2009)
T1 :50 :59 (put on bike shoes in T1 in 2010)
Bike 26:51 26:52
T2 :42 :41
Run 20:39 20:23
calm windy

This has given me some motivation to train smarter for the 2011 season.




Last updated: 2010-08-02 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:13:25 | 820 yards | 01m 38s / 100yards
Age Group: 2/21
Overall: 19/147
Performance: Below average
Suit:
Course: Trapezoid, turn 1 was almost 180 deg, turn 3 was just a kink.
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 00:59
Performance:
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:26:52 | 10.41 miles | 23.25 mile/hr
Age Group: 2/21
Overall: 3/147
Performance:
Wind:
Course: 2 laps, mostly flat, some rough roads
Road:   Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 00:41
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:20:23 | 03.11 miles | 06m 33s  min/mile
Age Group: 1/21
Overall: 3/147
Performance: Good
Course: out and back, mostly flat, bad road camber in sections
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]