Triathlon results
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figmentI was going to edit the earlier post to include this, but decided the tone of it deserved to be segregated into its own post. Results are up and... frankly, I suck. I mean, I finished, but I'm really disappointed in myself. All of my times (other than the overall; note bike was 5 miles shorter) got worse since the Philly triathlon.
Overall: Place: 134 (all places are out of 150 women) Time: 02:02:15
Swim: Place: 114 Time: 00:22:28 (Philly time: 21:07)
Transition 1: Place: 119 Time: 00:04:01 (Philly time: 4:55)
Bike: Place: 144 Time: 00:57:57 Pace (est): 12.24 mph (Philly pace: 14.5)
Transition 2: Place: 30 Time: 00:01:13 (Philly time: 3:08)
Run: Place: 129 Time: 00:36:39 Pace (est): 11:48 min. mile (Philly pace: 11:10 min. mile)
The swim could have been worse. Given that I was dealing with really cold water and a wetsuit that changed what strokes were effective (crawl and backstroke work but the sidestroke and breaststroke really require your legs to be further under the water than the bouyancy of the wetsuit allow), I am not terribly disappointed in losing about a minute. I'm still disappointed, mind you. But it could be worse.
Transition 1, swim-to-bike: I think the wetsuit cost me that extra 54 seconds. I'll have to learn to be better.
The bike was just as bad as I thought. Maybe worse. 144 out of 150, that is awful. I think there's a possibility that the bike I was riding had a slightly flat front tire, but I don't know if there are any excuses out there for how badly I did. I knew during the race that it was bad - I didn't pass anyone but was passed by many, and the whole thing was grueling and seemed way more difficult than it should have been. Look how much my pace changed from the race I did in Philly a year ago! Gah. That is NOT the direction things were supposed to go.
Transition 2, bike-to-run: The only thing that got better! Makes me wonder what I was doing for that extra minute and a half in Philadelphia.
The run... ugh. Even that sucked. At least at the end of the run I felt good and was able to go pretty fast. But that means that I should have spent more of my energy out there on the run - I told myself I could walk the uphills and I maybe should not have.
I feel like my only excuses right now are being way too busy and recovering from an injury, and neither of those seem sufficient right now. At least it's over.
Overall: Place: 134 (all places are out of 150 women) Time: 02:02:15
Swim: Place: 114 Time: 00:22:28 (Philly time: 21:07)
Transition 1: Place: 119 Time: 00:04:01 (Philly time: 4:55)
Bike: Place: 144 Time: 00:57:57 Pace (est): 12.24 mph (Philly pace: 14.5)
Transition 2: Place: 30 Time: 00:01:13 (Philly time: 3:08)
Run: Place: 129 Time: 00:36:39 Pace (est): 11:48 min. mile (Philly pace: 11:10 min. mile)
The swim could have been worse. Given that I was dealing with really cold water and a wetsuit that changed what strokes were effective (crawl and backstroke work but the sidestroke and breaststroke really require your legs to be further under the water than the bouyancy of the wetsuit allow), I am not terribly disappointed in losing about a minute. I'm still disappointed, mind you. But it could be worse.
Transition 1, swim-to-bike: I think the wetsuit cost me that extra 54 seconds. I'll have to learn to be better.
The bike was just as bad as I thought. Maybe worse. 144 out of 150, that is awful. I think there's a possibility that the bike I was riding had a slightly flat front tire, but I don't know if there are any excuses out there for how badly I did. I knew during the race that it was bad - I didn't pass anyone but was passed by many, and the whole thing was grueling and seemed way more difficult than it should have been. Look how much my pace changed from the race I did in Philly a year ago! Gah. That is NOT the direction things were supposed to go.
Transition 2, bike-to-run: The only thing that got better! Makes me wonder what I was doing for that extra minute and a half in Philadelphia.
The run... ugh. Even that sucked. At least at the end of the run I felt good and was able to go pretty fast. But that means that I should have spent more of my energy out there on the run - I told myself I could walk the uphills and I maybe should not have.
I feel like my only excuses right now are being way too busy and recovering from an injury, and neither of those seem sufficient right now. At least it's over.
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