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Playa Del Rey Triathlon - International Course - Triathlon
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Comments: Relaxed in the warm up and started on the left and back , there were only a few in our wave , maybe 50 people it was ALL International women relays and Clydesdales , really focused on relaxed pulls and not pushing down in the water , and breathing out , chop was minimal so i was comfortable , sighting after the turns was a game of faith as i knew the buoy should be lined up but i could not see it , decided to do 5 strokes between every look . Started to get ahead of myself on the swim so stayed focus but not thinking about the bike leg until i was in the last straightaway . Looking at my time and the fastest swimmer was 23+ mins i got to think our course was longer than 1200m the side current did not seem the slower than expected time . I would have expected my time to be under 30mins for that distance and good conditions Loved going in wave 2 , you get ready , quick warm up , line up and go ! Much better than waiting around for 60-90 mins for your wave to start like in the big races , What would you do differently?: Swim more since my last triathlon I have really dropped off since getting ready for running events over the winter  Transition 1
Comments: uphill start on the bike so a little tricky to get some initial motion going since i am jumping barefoot on top of bike shoes and there are 2 quick turns with narrow (half a car lane) coned off section What would you do differently?: Set up my transition nearer the bike exit since this was a free for all . So i would save myself one barefoot trek across transition , with Transition set up at the bike exit and re-entry  Bike
Comments: went hard as i could and passed a bunch of people , only got passed by a few on TT bikes , was really hurting on the climb out of the park on imperial but settled down and took a gel and started drinking my water and Heed every 10 mins or so What would you do differently?: Pre-ride the course it was easier on the second loop to figure out where to drink and take a gel because of tail wind or downhill section Transition 2
Comments: ran barefoot from dismount line put on socks then elasticated running shoes grabbed number and water bottle and walked out onto run course What would you do differently?: at this race ,, set up transition near bike entry  Run
Comments: it was overcast from the morning fog which kept my heating up to a very minimum I carried a water bottle but did not use use on my head until after the turnaround i was pretty tired at this point but it was flat so found a pace that was sustainable and clicked off the miles What would you do differently?: keep Loosing weight would help the most Post race
Warm down: walked and grabbed a few bagels , most of the post race food was gone , sucks to do longer distance with a dual race . What limited your ability to perform faster: I could feel a little fatigue during the bike , maybe need to taper better , the run i did thursday night was too long /hard /hilly 60 hrs before race time . Better to do 30 easy ride with last 10 mins at race pace and then run 1 mile MAx Event comments: Nice race , good to do this distance on a closed bike course in LA , great value No hassle race . Cool fall temperature (overcast every year i have done this) so you wont cook on the run leg , Nice way to finish the season . Last updated: 2013-09-06 12:00 AM
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 2013-10-20 9:00 PM |
Master  2055   Santa Clarita |  Subject: Playa Del Rey Triathlon - International Course |
| 2013-10-21 7:46 AM in reply to: #4880934 |
Royal(PITA) 14270  West Chester, Ohio | Subject: RE: Playa Del Rey Triathlon - International Course |
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60F / 16C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 70/122
Age Group = clydesdale
Age Group Rank = 6/9
packed up van early in the afternoon , went to bed early , drank lots o water the days before , showered , set up 3 alarms for 4:15 4:30 4:45 so i would not miss it went to bathroom at the house (i usually need three trip on a race morning) arrived with 75 mins to spare packet pick up and timing chip was easy and fast , set up bike and shoes in transition and hit the port a potties there were 8 and a long line (20mins) this ate into my prep time watched the sun get up in Line
i jogged back to transition and quickly wrapped my set up and put on my wetsuit .I missed zeroing out my bike computer so i could data from the race . I decided to go sockless on the bike with elastic bands to hold up the shoes , and left socks on top of my running shoes as my feet were pretty raw the last time i ran barefoot in them.
quick warm up in the water , water was still pretty warm still in late october
swam maybe 5 mins on and off there was a good deal of fog which made it harder to spot the buoys once in the water , wave 1 left which was cue to come in and get ready for wave 2 Pink Caps ME . Not a mans colour but i must say it was very easy to spot the swimmers in the water