Multisport Canada Parry Sound Sprint Triathlon
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Multisport Canada Parry Sound Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: I was pretty pschyed that the swim course seemed so short but it didn't start well since in the first 30 seconds I took an elbow and then a fist to the face. Oh well, I guess thats triathlon swimming.... It was kinda cool that you could see the bottom for the first little while as the water was only around 10' deep or so. But the swim didn't go well for me. I was putting out the effort but my technique sucked and I wasn't focusing on that and it was really messy with my breathing too. Just a slow crappy swim... What would you do differently?: Be better prepared. I hadn't swam at all in two weeks (since my last tri). Transition 1
Comments: T1 was fine. A bit of a long run up the beach to get there but i think i was pretty decent in my transition. Not real encouraging when there was only my bike and a couple others in the racks near me.. There was a bin of water so i stuck my feet in, dryed them as best i could with my towel and put on my socks & running shoes and was off. What would you do differently?: Nothing really Bike
Comments: A good bike for me. I rode the course a week ago and was able to average only about 27.5km/h but was significantly faster on race day. I was passed by a fair bit of people over the first 5k or so - probably from the wave that started after me. But after that it was me who passed quite a few riders, especially on uphills i was reeling in lots of peeps. What would you do differently?: Just need to get better on the bike. I don't think i suck but a ton of potential for improvement. Transition 2
Comments: Fast T2, ran with bike, already wearing runners so all i had to do was rack the bike and dump my helmet and i ran out of T2. What would you do differently?: Nothing Run
Comments: I had a good run, passed a ton of people. Saw my girls 100m into the run and had some cheering and high 5s exchanged. Looking at my HR maybe i could have went a tiny bit faster but i felt i was giving it all on the course. Very happy with the run - last tri of the year and i definetly ran strong. Didn't drink any water because i didn't want to slow down to drink. I am not able to drink & run so at aid stations i yelled for a face shot and it was cool, the kids would just splash my face with water as I went by. Very refresing! Not too sure of my run split but I think I had a negative split. I was pushing it on the way back right from the turnaround. After the turnaround its a slight downhill and I let myself fly down the hill and just tried to keep up an increased pace on the return leg. The last km or so was good too - i really concentrated on increasing my stride and felt fast right through to the finish where my cheerleaders were doing their thing again! What would you do differently?: Hard to say - always think i could have gone a touch faster but i am not gonna monday morning QB this thing - it was a good run. Post race
Warm down: Lie down then go for a dip in Georgian Bay. What limited your ability to perform faster: Just my sorry ass swim. Event comments: The course was very similar to the first race of the season and my bike & run were definetly better - though the weather may have been a part of that... Last race of the 4 I did this year. Happy with performance and my improvement. A very short season (Last race was 6 weeks after the first race). Looking forward to improvements this offseason and being able to compare my results in the same races year to year. Last updated: 2005-08-29 12:00 AM
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2005-09-03 12:17 PM |
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2005-09-03 11:16 PM in reply to: #240177 |
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Canada
Multisport Canada
25C / 77F
Sunny
Overall Rank = 39/139
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 8/15
Race wasn't until 9am so i got up a little after 7am and didn't eat anything. Normally i do but i read somewhere for a sprint it doesnt really matter if you dont eat, even if you feel a little hungry before the race. If i was gonna eat i wanted to do it at least a couple hours before the race and i did n't feel like getting up that early.
Short swim that didn't go that well - a little bit of chop and it was messing with my breathing.