Bangs Lake MultiSport Festival
-
No new posts
Bangs Lake MultiSport Festival - TriathlonOlympic
View Member's Race Log View other race reports
Swim
Comments: I swam my usual pace. The fact that the course was extremely long led to my time. With the sun, no bouys to sight off of, horrible water and a long course, I guess I did ok. Transition 1
Comments: Usual transition What would you do differently?: Get my wetsuit off quicker. It got stuck on my left foot. Bike
Comments: I had stomach issues around mile 6 that made me pull off to the side and throw up. Not sure if it was from the swim, my cold of what. That doomed the rest of my race. With the heat and wind it turned into survival. What would you do differently?: Not get sick. Transition 2
Comments: Typical transition. Run
Comments: I was able to run the first mile at a decent pace and then the wheels fell off. At mile 1 it turned into a walk\run fest for the rest of the race. I was struggling from my issues on the bike and lack of fuel. In addition they were serving HEED as a sports drink and with it being as warm as it was it must have been 90 degree HEED\Water mix. It was the most disgusting thing I have ever tasted. What would you do differently?: Not get sick on the bike. I also kind of gave up mentally at this point. Post race
Warm down: Got water and bags of ice and stood under the misters to cool off. Then ate some pancakes and french toast. What limited your ability to perform faster: Being sick and the heat and humidity. Was just a bad day for me. Event comments: I don't think I'll be doing this race again. The only reason I didn't give it a 1 was the post race food spread was good and they at least passed out bags of ice at the end. From the disorganization at the beginning in transition, to the race starting 10 minutes late, to the long swim, to the warm HEED on the run course. It was not a very well run race. The two people I ran the race with, both felt the same way. In fact we have all emailed the race director to let her know how disappointed we are. ETA: I got an email back from the RD saying the swim was accurate and everbody's time was slow due to the wind. Her last line was that I learn how to breath on both sides while swimming. I guess a due east swim start at daybreak has nothing to do with not being able to see the single bouy they had out there. Her last line put me over the edge. No more RAM races for me or buying a single item at their store. Last updated: 2009-07-29 12:00 AM
|
|
{postbutton}
2009-08-10 8:41 AM |
|
2009-08-10 8:50 AM in reply to: #2338119 |
2009-08-10 10:50 AM in reply to: #2338119 |
2009-08-10 11:45 AM in reply to: #2338119 |
2009-08-11 11:55 AM in reply to: #2338119 |
General Discussion-> Race Reports! |
{postbutton}
United States
RAM
90F / 32C
Sunny
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Stayed at my sisters house with some friends. We headed over there around 5:15 as it was only a ten minute drive
None. It was so disorganized in transition. By the time I got my bike racked and picked up my timing chip, they made us get chips the morning of. I didn't even have a chance to use the bathroom as we had to get a shuttle to the start. They didn't have enough shuttle buses. I waited in line for 15 minutes and ended up having to cut in front of everybody to get in the bus to make my wave start.