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Katy, Texas
United States
Houston Racing Triathlon Club
81F / 27C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 16m 24s
Overall Rank = 117/207
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 12/17
Pre-race routine:

Got up at 3:45. Ate Bagel, drank water, got dressed and left house at 4:30. Arrived at 5am at race side. Front row parking. Transition opened at 5:30. Racked my stuff and chilled in the car for a little bit.
Event warmup:

Due to pool swim not much opportunity to warm up
Swim
  • 07m 31s
  • 300 meters
  • 02m 31s / 100 meters
Comments:

Caught a few swimmers that were slower and had to basically stand up and walk for a bit and then pass them at the wall. That probably cost me about 30 seconds overall.
What would you do differently?:

Swim seeding is always a mess on this one so some of it is luck on who's in front of you.
Transition 1
  • 01m 33s
Comments:

This went very well. No issues. Could have run a little faster with the bike maybe. This has been the Tri with my best transitions by far. 6th out of 17 in my age group on the first transition
Bike
  • 35m 2s
  • 11 miles
  • 18.84 mile/hr
Comments:

Realized 3 to 4 miles into the bike that my front brake was rubbing a bit. Fixed that without having to stop and probably picked up 1 mile average speed after that. Funny that the guy that placed one ahead of me had to the tenth of a second the exact same bike time as me
What would you do differently?:

Check the brakes before race.
Transition 2
  • 01m 13s
Comments:

Went very smooth. Took an extra sip of water before heading out. So could cut this down even more.
5th out of 17 on T2
Run
  • 31m 2s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 10m 01s  min/mile
Comments:

As always my worst, but improved by 2 minutes over last year. It was super hot out there. Sun fully out and only about half of the course was covered in shade. Still having issues with body self regulating body temp during really hot weather. Seems to over adjust sometimes. Not uncommon according to my Neurologist though, so I just need to keep with it.
What would you do differently?:

Keep working on my run speed. Maybe one of these days I'll get back to my pre illness speed.
Post race
Warm down:

Trying to stay cool

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Heat

Event comments:

There's room for improvement on the swim seeding. Marking people with swim times on their calves would help during formation before the start as apparently the race numbers don't mean anything as about 50% of the people submit wrong swim times. One more water station on the run might not be bad either, especially when it's this hot.




Last updated: 2016-06-26 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:07:31 | 300 meters | 02m 31s / 100meters
Age Group: 14/17
Overall: 0/207
Performance: Average
Suit:
Course:
Start type: Inside Pool Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Good Drafting: Average
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 01:33
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Yes
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
00:35:02 | 11 miles | 18.84 mile/hr
Age Group: 11/17
Overall: 0/207
Performance:
Wind: Little
Course: Loop
Road: Rough Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 01:13
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:31:02 | 03.1 miles | 10m 01s  min/mile
Age Group: 15/17
Overall: 0/207
Performance: Average
Course: Out and back
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %1
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2016-06-27 9:59 AM
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Subject: RE: Jeff & Brede’s Houston Racing Triathlon

Nice work out there, Marcus!!  Sounds like you nailed the transitions, the bike and the run!  The swim, well, you don't have much control over the people around you as you said.  Keep up the good work and congratulations on a good race!

2016-07-01 8:55 AM
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Congratulations on a great race! Your run time improvement is impressive.  I've never done a pool swim tri, but imagine I would hate it with worry that I was holding people up or frustration that others were holding me up!

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