Golden Gate Triathlon - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic


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San Francisco, California
United States
TriFREAKS, Inc.
Total Time = 3h 01m 22s
Overall Rank = 45/64
Age Group = 30-39
Age Group Rank = 21/26
Swim
  • 00m
  • 1637 yards
  • / 100 yards
Comments:

Swim out to the first buoy went great, felt great, nice and relaxed with good sighting. Got the buoy and was suddenly in a large crowd, the current was so strong the people were pretty much stopped. A channel marker was near the buoy, made it to there then pretty much stopped. Tried going more across the current instead of head on, ended up going around the channel marker and was pushed back into the next wave of swimmers as they were going to the buoy.

Fought with the current a bit more. Realized I wasn't going to be able to finish one lap of the swim, much less two. Swam back to shore while being bummed about a DNF. Once on shore, race official told me they were canceling the swim due to the current. So I was able to continue on with the bike and run. I was happy about that, but couldn't help to wonder if I could have made it further in the swim.
Transition 1
  • 00m
Bike
  • 1h 56m 13s
  • 25.91 miles
  • 13.38 mile/hr
Comments:

I was very happy with the bike portion, my training rides do not have any hills to speak of, so I was really glad to 1. Complete the bike 2. Felt as good as I did through out it.

The descents were great, just to short. Topped out at 39.72 mph.
Transition 2
  • 05m 33s
Comments:

hmmm, this was kind of slow. Oh well. I keep saying I should practice transitions then never do, so no real surprise that it wasn't faster.
Run
  • 59m 58s
  • 6.17 miles
  • 09m 43s  min/mile
Comments:

The run was a bit of a struggle. After all the hills on the bike it took a while for the legs to loose up, just as they were hit the stairs to begin climbing once again. Had a bit of cramping in my quads on the bridge till about the mid point where it flattens out and then goes down hill. Walked the aid station/turnaround. After the turn around had more cramping going up the north side of the bridge, kept on running. Legs felt much better once past the mid point, did pretty good coming into the finish
Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster:

Lack of hill training.

Event comments:

The swim was crazy, in the bay you really never no what the currents will be like from day to day, this one was a strong day. I'm not sure if the race organizers could have done anything different, from the shore it didn't look bad. Maybe they noticed something one the boats while setting the course, maybe not.

The bike course was challenging, but overall not to bad.

On fresh legs the run would be great, on tired hilly legs the run was still pretty great.




Last updated: 2012-05-22 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:00:00 | 1637 yards | / 100yards
Age Group: 0/26
Overall: 0/64
Performance:
Suit:
Course: Triangle Course
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 00:00
Performance:
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:56:13 | 25.91 miles | 13.38 mile/hr
Age Group: 18/26
Overall: 0/64
Performance:
Wind:
Course: Course consisted of 6 laps, each lap went up over a hill, down the backside to the turn around to climb up and over again. Lots of climbing, total race had 2919 feet total elevation gain.
Road:   Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 05:33
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:59:58 | 06.17 miles | 09m 43s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/26
Overall: 0/64
Performance:
Course: Leave Chrissy field, climb up the stairs and hill to the Golder Gate Bridge, over the bridge to the turn around and head back to Chrissy field.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3