Healthy Ulster Tri
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Healthy Ulster Tri - TriathlonSprint
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Swim
Comments: So I decided to try to go out hard and stay there for a short swim. I took off like a shot for the bouy straight ahead. Wrong direction.... I left the "counter" out of counterclockwise. At first I thought I was just on the wide left. Then realized everyone else had headed to the right. According to Garmin i added 200yds to this swim. And that was the only fast swimming that i did, in the wrong direction. I haven't been swimming so I don't know what made me think I could keep a hard pace. The only good news was I had no contact until I got back on track and got tangled up with a back stoker. At least i was able to surge and break away or my ego would have been totally crushed. Even the extra 200 yards doesn't justify almost 5 min from last year. What would you do differently?: Everything. What a fiasco... Transition 1
What would you do differently?: I don't know what I did to lose time this year, except maybe where I racked. Everything went Smooth enough. Bike
Comments: I worked this pretty hard and passed a good number of folks. Nearing the entrance there was a guy I should have passed before getting to the "no pass" zone. I understand being safe, but we crawled in for the finish. I'm not sure how I lost 3 minutes. It couldn't all have been from the finish. What would you do differently?: Not much, I should have passed that last guy, and I should train more. Also, pay more attention to pre-race prep. I realized I was using my trainer skewer. If I'm not going to give a shit about wasted weight, maybe I should stop spending $50 for a light carbon bottle cage. Transition 2
Run
Comments: Just tried to keep pushing and picking people off. Let it go on the final downhills What would you do differently?: Nothing, maybe push a little harder in the 1st 1.5 Miles. Its a pretty tough 3.5 Mile run, so mostly happy. Post race
Warm down: Walked around. I was hurting at the end of the run. What limited your ability to perform faster: Swimming the wrong way, inconsistent training. Event comments: I like this race, but its on a popular day locally. It was my first tri in 2011, so this makes a threepeat. Comparison to last year: Swim 16:54 vs 12:26 (+4:28) T1 1:20 vs 0:56 (+0:24) Bike 58:42 vs 55:25 (+3:17) T2 0:49 vs 0:50 (-0:01) Run 25:23 vs 26:01 (-0:38) Last updated: 2013-07-14 12:00 AM
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2013-07-14 6:47 PM |
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Sunny
Overall Rank = 12/34
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 3/6
Nothing really. They don't let you in the water past your ankles before the race.