General Smallwood - TriathlonOlympic


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Indian Head, Maryland
United States
Set-up inc
72F / 22C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 2h 42m 48s
Overall Rank = 16/77
Age Group = F35-39
Age Group Rank = 4/23
Pre-race routine:

Flew home night before from Indiana. Ate late dinner ~9:30, and in bed by 11pm.
Event warmup:

not much; little ride to check out race wheels, and that's about it.
Swim
  • 29m 30s
  • 1640 yards
  • 01m 48s / 100 yards
Comments:

The weather was NASTY HOT; 80 degrees as we drove by Dupont circle thermometer at 5:30am. Raining all the way down to the race, it was just horribly humid and muggy.

Long-ass run back to transition again this year. Used my flip-flops, that was good.
What would you do differently?:

Did great until the return, and confused the orange buoys, went to the wrong one, but good news noone was smashing me!
Transition 1
  • 03m 46s
Comments:

5th place T1
HR AVG 174
Bike
  • 1h 15m 40s
  • 24 miles
  • 19.03 mile/hr
Comments:

Bike was fantastic, but never passed anyone in my age group, so the 2 girls ahead of me were way ahead of me! Love this bike course!

My bike split was only second to the second overall race winner (and #11 ranked USAT racer)
Transition 2
  • 00m 56s
Comments:

2nd fastest T2
Run
  • 52m 58s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 08m 32s  min/mile
Comments:

Lost the race right here. I knew that there were two girls ranked 11th and 14th overall for USAT Mid-Atlantic. I'm ranked 62nd, so knew they'd be tough to catch. Turns out I was ahead of #14 until the last 400m and she caught me, said "let's go, almost there" and she took off. Her number was washed off her calf, and she looked much older than me, so I let her go. Bad mistake. Really sucks to lose a race by 5 seconds. The girl who passed me had the fastest run (46:41).
What would you do differently?:

NOT F#$%ING QUIT THE LAST 400 METERS!!!! ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS race to the finish line, even if you're racing a 900 year old man.
Post race
Warm down:

Lots of ice down the pants, shirt, etc. Ice cold freezing shower to cool off.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

My attitude.

Event comments:

Love the race, love staring at David G-"Lover" and will be back next year to reclaim my victory!




Last updated: 2007-07-05 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:29:30 | 1640 yards | 01m 48s / 100yards
Age Group: 9/23
Overall: 18/77
Performance: Average
AVG 161
Suit: Full
Course: Filled with swamp grass. Very muddy, no different than last year though.
Start type: Deep Water Plus: Waves
Water temp: 72F / 22C Current: Low
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Average
Breathing: Good Drafting: Average
Waves: Navigation: Average
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 03:46
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off: 		Yes
Wetsuit stuck? Yes Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
01:15:40 | 24 miles | 19.03 mile/hr
Age Group: 2/23
Overall: 7/77
Performance: Good
AVG 167
Wind: None
Course:
Road: Rough Wet Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:56
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:52:58 | 06.21 miles | 08m 32s  min/mile
Age Group: 3/23
Overall: 17/77
Performance: Bad
AVG 173 Mx 190 CAL 2424 overall Z 1:23 overall
Course: They changed the run this year; you went out climbing 3 hills (3 uphill, 3 downhill), then turnaround and on the way back we cut off into the woods for a trail run. That threw me off not knowing distance to the finish line.
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Bad
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? No
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5