Marlton Lakes Sprint Tri - Report

Total Time = 1h 24m 53s
Overall Rank = 290/363
Age Group = Clydesdale
Age Group Rank = 19/25

Official Results are here (look at the sick time the 53 year old winner put up).

Pre-race routine:

I try to pack as much as possible the night before. So I woke up at 5:30 had water and bagel with peanut butter. Loaded up the car, kissed the wife (semi sleeping) and stopped by to pick up Matt for the race. Got to race and racked the bike and got ready.

Event warmup:

I don't warm up.

Swim ¼ mile 11:23 (313 out of 363)

Comments:

Elected not to wear the wet suit. Point to point, so we walked to the start and I was first wave so off we went. Very shallow, I think you can walk the whole way. As a matter of fact I saw 2 guys in my wave run the whole way. Pissed me off because the race director told everyone that if you have to stop you can stand but "don't" walk or run forward. Oh well who are you really cheating.

What would you do differently?:

Lose weight and train more. My training has been in the toilet.

T1 3:54 (320 out of 363)

Comments:

I have to be the slowest person ever in transition. I have to get better at it, I was 320 out of 363. So I guess there are 43 slower.

What would you do differently?:

I don't know, there are so many things. One tip Kurt from my team gave me was to not worry about putting on gloves for a 11 mile ride. I think that is a good idea.

Bike 11 miles 35:53 (236 out of 363)

Comments:

This was my best sport of the 3. But that is not saying much. Pretty nice ride. Since I was in the first wave of the swim there were plenty of people behind me to pass me. I think I only passed 2 or 3 people.

What would you do differently?:

Lose weight and keep up the bike training. My bike is actually getting better.

T2 1:42 (249 out of 363)

Comments:

A little better transition. I was 249 out of 363.

What would you do differently?:

Still a lot of room for improvement.

Run 3 miles 32:04 (308 out of 363)

Comments:

Felt ok off the bike and thought just maybe I could pull a 28 - 29 minute 3 miler. Well that was not the case. I decided not to wear my Garmin for the bike or run (even though I brought it. So I had no idea of my run times. Got to the turn around and I was going real slow at this point. I didn't walk but man did I want to. About 1/2 mile left I was being passed (again) but this time the lady encouraged me to pick it up and run with her. I did and that was great, thank you BIB # 104. I stayed with her until about 50 yards (guess) I told her to go for it. She sprinted to the line I jogged and sprinted with about 25 yards to go.

What would you do differently?:

Lose weight and run more.

Post race

Warm down:

Wife and kids come for the finish so I saw them and a bunch of other people from Team Triumph. Waited around for a while and then got stuff and headed home.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Really not a good year form me training wise and weight wise. So I need to manage the weight and train.

Event comments:

DQ does a great job with everything but with securing the transition area. Way too many people that should not be in transition before, during, and after the race.

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