Topeka Tinman Triathlon - Short Course
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Topeka Tinman Triathlon - Short Course - TriathlonShort Course
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Comments: Started on outside and swam to first bouy really well, only 1 or 2 yellow caps ahead of me, mass confusion at turn back, course briefing was wrong, lifeguards on course corrected it, basically there was an extra turn bouy that wasn't needed started pushing pace after turn cause I was so close to front of heat and fell behind on breathing, reduced effort to catch breath but just started pushing pace again, (pace & form discipline!), finally flipped over and swam back crawl last 100, held position but required huge effort, finished with 165bpm heart rate What would you do differently?: more open water swimming (SM Park has been closed from contaminated runoff) pacing: I can maintain breathing during freestyle but can't catch breath if I overexert Transition 1
Comments: very tired coming out of water, wanted to lay down and sleep had jersey and number on under wetsuit threw on socks, 3 velcroe straps per shoe, helmet and start running with bike What would you do differently?: Bike location wasn't ideal but not too bad for T1 I can't get much quicker in T1 without putting feet in shoes on bike but my shoes aren't going to do that very well Bike
Comments: course was crowded with long, du, & team bikes 1 dude passed me up a hill like I was standing still I passed a guy who passed me back, I caught back up by the finish and came out ahead from transition didn't feel like I was climbing well, avg speed was down from Heritage might have been windier than I though strong effort at end of bike kept heart rate up over 160 What would you do differently?: had watered down gatorade in bottle, next time only water, cotton mouth the whole way from sugar in Gatorade Transition 2
Comments: my towel was on top of running shoes, nothing eventfull better location would have been nice here What would you do differently?: might buy some of those speed laces things and save 10 seconds tying knots Run
Comments: legs felt strong coming out of transition but I was winded early course was crowded with all speeds of runners and bikes 1 mile water station was at 8+ minutes, walked a few steps to get a good drink and wash Gatorade starch out of mouth cop car was driving through cones at out and back turnoff, kid ahead of me missed it, I ran in the ditch, cornerworkers were oblivious, I yelled at kid and he got back on course 50 yrds behind me #419 came on strong last half mile but held him off finished strong, too strong What would you do differently?: stop drinking gatorade on bike I think a little more training at race pace would go a long way pace was 36s per mile slower than Heritage, didn't push hard enough during race as demonstrated by sprint at finish Post race
Warm down: walked around and called my lovely wife to let her know I didn't drown What limited your ability to perform faster: Not much, 1st in age group was better than expected (i guess I was technically 3rd, 1 and 2 placed overall so not in age group rankings) I think a better race weight would be under 180 lb, not 190 arrive earlier to secure a coveted good transition spot swim will kick my butt on a longer course unless I can relax and swim freestyle the whole way room for improvement on run Event comments: Not anywhere near as well organized as Heritage Athletes beware, you alone are responsible for knowing routes, saw course issues on swim, bike, and run felt bad for DQ'd long course bikers, turn signs marked long or short or cornerworks where long and short routes divert would have been nice, but how hard is it to look at the map first? Last updated: 2008-06-14 12:00 AM
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United States
Topeka Tinman
70F / 21C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 11/172
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 1/21
Grapenuts and some fruit for breakfast
drove to race
watched the long course tri start, some dude swam 1100 yards in 11 minutes flat, awesome to watch
Ran 1/2 mile and stretched
tried to not be nervous