HITS National Championship: Palm Springs - Half Iron Course
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HITS National Championship: Palm Springs - Half Iron Course - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: Terrible swim, my own fault for lack of OWS training in the past month. Course was a bit odd, swim was two laps so you had to exit the water after lap one and cross the timing strip to get counted. Water temp was cold so it took a while to get acclimated. Very crowded start made it slow going and lots of kicking and clawing to get through the crowd. What would you do differently?: Swim was 7 minutes off my average need to be more consistent in my OWS training. Transition 1
Comments: Long run up from the beach to transition but it was nice running through the grass, easier on the feet. Had the bike in proper gear for the hill out of transition, good ride out. Bike
Comments: Overall a good ride, took in plenty of fluids and nutrition since the weather was really hot. What would you do differently?: Nothing, overall a good ride Transition 2
Comments: Good transition, smooth off the bike and into running gear. What would you do differently?: Nothing Run
Comments: Hot race and I cramped immediately coming off the bike so it was a struggle. My typical Half marathon pace is about 1:45 so this was almost a full hour too long and really frustrating. I felt like my nutrition and fluids on the bike were good so I am not sure why the cramps. Heading in for a bike fitting to see if that may help. What would you do differently?: Not sure yet but this is the second event where I cramped badly so I need to figure it out. Post race
Warm down: Sat in the 58 degree lake for about 30 minutes, then stretched while eating and had a massage. What limited your ability to perform faster: Cramping Event comments: Except for the screw up with the run course length they were well organized and really had this planning down. The transition was the best I have seen up to this point. Last updated: 2012-05-09 12:00 AM
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HITS Triathlon Series
83F / 28C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 140/
Age Group = 44-49
Age Group Rank = 0/
Set up transition and relaxed.
Stretched and got acclimated to the water, really cold, swam a little to stretch then waited for the start.