firecracker sprint triathlon race report, or i gotta learn to swim faster
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dduerde posted 20 weeks ago.
i dont understand ur paces lol 21:20 for 3 miles is not a 6:06 avg...
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kaolelo posted 20 weeks ago.
sorry about that. i think that there was a discrepancy between the posted mileage (3.1 miles), and the actual mileage. as i said, i wasn't using my garmin today, so i depended on the posted results.
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gfd posted 20 weeks ago.
That is some serious hauling on the bike. Good for you. If you were running 6:06 miles and not 7:06 miles you should have some serious motivation to improve your swim, because you will be biking and running with your AG leaders if you get out of the water quicker.
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SueR posted 20 weeks ago.
Nice job! On the plus side, swimming is easy to improve with technical work and practicing your sighting. Way to go!
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jtrimom posted 20 weeks ago.
wow you really hauled on the bike and run! get that swim technique down and you'll be set
great job!
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prendergi posted 20 weeks ago.
That was great! I really miss Hawaii - I wish I would have been into doing tris when I lived there. How are the ocean swims? If your swim time is that in the ocean, I wonder how fast it must be in a calm lake!
"The pain of discipline is far less than the pain of regret" - Sarah Bombell
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kaolelo posted 20 weeks ago.
thanks for all the advice. i do really need to work on my swimming, and that's what i'll do when i get some more time. it is frustrating when i see that i'm not that far back, but am lagging so much on the swim.
today was a sprint out at kalaeloa, the old barber's point naval air station. i am riding my new disc and front 50 mm tubular wheels (not new, just for me), plus using trisuit for the first time, and i got there at an insane time, about 415 for a 6 race. not too busy at that time, so i just tried to nap a bit until the bike corral opened.
swim: we've had a bit of a south swell, and there were definitely waves on the course. i started a bit back in the men's wave, and it seemed to be going ok, but i got off course a few times. overall, though, it didn't feel too bad. 13:15 for 500 meters, t1 1:05.
i got out on the bike and was riding with my feet on top of the shoes for a while, and knew that i was a while back because of the mountain bikes that i was passing. oh, i was trying my new (for me) aero helmet with the homemade visor modification, which worked pretty well. i didn't use my garmin on this race, so i just sort of went with feel. 34:44 for 11 miles, 22.5 avg mph. t2 1:06
i realized that i didn't have any pockets on the trisuit, so i didn't have any gels until the run. i usually do ok on the run, and only got passed twice, i think. 21:20 for 3 miles, 6:06 avg. overall 34th, 7th in division.
so the moral for me is that i need to work on my swim a lot, and that a disc really makes a difference.