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Swim
Comments: I was in the first wave of the race and it took forever for them to get the start worked out. While waiting I swam around a little to warm up. Once it started it was an uneventful swim. I was concerned about my ability to do flip turns with the back problem, but after my first flip turn I felt no pain so I had good turns throughout the swim. They didn't seed the waves by swim time and I lapped most people, some several times, over the course of the 400 meters. I was first out of the water and ran into T1. Watch said it was a 5:30 swim, which I was very happy with figuring that since the Bay swim in June I've been in the water only 3-4 times for workouts. Transition 1
Comments: My time is an estimate since the race does not do splits, but my T1 was fast for me. No wetsuit to deal with, I skipped putting on socks, and everything else went smoothly. Bike
Comments: Being out of the water first, I was the first cyclist on the course, and I held this position through the entire bike. Being out in front is a little nerve racking, as you have to really pay attention to the turns on the course, but they were well marked and the pre-race meeting did a good job of pointing out potential problems on the course. I've only been on my bike a handful of times this season, and since I hurt my back I've only been on it once for a 12 mile brick last week, so my expectations were quite low. I decided to hammer on the flats and try to make up time I knew I'd lose on the climbs and found myself feeling really good. I had a good cadence going and held my aero position at all times except for steeper climbs. The only significant climb is mile 9 which winds it's way up for a full mile, and I was nearly passed by one rider behind me, but at the top I pulled ahead of him and came into T2 as the first biker. What would you do differently?: I've biked a total of about 40 miles in all of 2009. It's pretty obvious what I need to do. But I can't help being happy to hold a 17mph average with a complete lack of training. Makes me want to get out and ride and get ready for spring '10 season! Transition 2
Comments: I was first into T2, but got passed by the rider behind me who rode the bike in his running shoes thus had a 20 second T2. I switched shoes, racked the bike, and was off on the run about 50 yards behind him. Run
Comments: At first I tried to catch the one runner ahead of me, but after the first mile I couldn't gain on him, so I settled into my own pace and ran my race. Mile 2 is a nice long downhill so I settled my heart rate and breathing and worked on establishing a good cadence. I used my Timex watch countdown timer, set to beep every 1 minute, to establish a cadence of 90 strides/min on the downhill and then for Mile 3 I forced myself to hold the cadence on the uphill. I came into the finish line as the second finisher and checked my split on my watch and was thrilled that I was under an 8 min/mile pace, especially considering that the running I've been doing has hovered around 9:20 - 10:00 min/mile pace. What would you do differently?: Nothing, beside running more in training. Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster: Training volume and intensity. Event comments: I categorize this race as a 'fitness' triathlon, which is not a negative description at all, but implies that the field is mostly local people looking to do a tri for the sake of fun and fitness. I enjoy the size and atmosphere of these smaller hometown events and this is a good one without a lot of frills. The race premium (a nice heavy zippered sweatshirt PLUS a standard race T-shirt) is very nice for the $45 race fee. MD State Police support was very good and the organizers and volunteers did a good job with the event. I'd recommend this for anybody looking for a good, local fitness triathlon next fall. Last updated: 2009-09-21 12:00 AM
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2009-09-21 9:15 AM |
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United States
Health Unlimited
50F / 10C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 19/110
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 4/11
This race was almost the first DNS for me as I have been dealing with a lower back injury since early August, and to top it off my 12 year old's sleepover birthday party was the night before (so I didn't get to sleep until 2am). Saturday night I had pretty much decided it was a no-go for me. But when my alarm went off at 5am I was up and out the door, ready to ride. Had my banana and yogurt (favorite pre-race meal), got to the race and registered and found out I'd been moved (a per my request) to the 1st wave of the start. Set up in the transition area and chatted with my neighbor Chris and his wife Patti, both who did the race (Chris beat me by 2 seconds! Doh!).
Light stretching and nothing more.