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2009 Race Reports May 31 2009 EMTC CLUB RACE 2009 - Overall standings name Age swim T1 bike T2 run finish James H 41 0:08:24 0:00:49 0:58:07 0:00:52 0:23:59 1:22:58 Mike R 54 0:09:03 0:01:52 0:57:30 0:01:20 0:25:40 1:24:30 Craig C 39 0:10:07 0:01:52 1:01:00 0:01:15 0:23:45 1:26:00 Todd T 41 0:10:30 0:01:23 1:01:48 0:00:48 0:25:30 1:28:06 Ryan R 33 0:11:48 0:02:52 1:05:19 0:01:44 0:28:33 1:35:36 Eric S 32 0:11:58 0:01:37 1:01:34 0:01:22 0:33:27 1:36:23 Jennifer T 39 0:10:35 0:01:45 1:17:21 0:00:28 0:33:03 1:50:52 Sal M 36 0:08:51 0:01:54 1:22:36 0:01:37 0:33:44 1:57:57 Kelly W 40 0:10:48 0:01:59 1:37:30* 0:01:20 0:26:05 2:04:55 Natalie W 28 0:09:24 0:03:27 1:21:40 0:05:50 0:38:31 2:06:01 Dawn K 40 0:18:18 0:02:04 1:27:05 0:00:59 0:37:58 2:06:02 Michael W 30 0:10:20 0:06:34 1:25:25 0:06:06 0:35:20 2:06:51 Asher D 27 0:10:35 0:03:10 1:38:30 0:01:33 0:28:03 2:08:06 Joe E 43 0:15:04 0:03:16 1:35:45 0:00:52 0:34:41 2:11:18 Brian M 43 0:15:57 0:06:45 1:42:15 0:01:45 0:29:44 2:13:44 Ken L 41 0:07:49 0:03:36 1:38:30 0:02:20 0:49:36 2:30:26 Jean M 39 0:11:34 0:03:54 1:48:54 0:00:56 0:42:11 2:32:01 Women's time is corrected for start 4 minutes after men. No adjustment for missed turns on bike leg. Reports of long bike rides for some and short rides for others. No penalty for walking in lake. Note some swims are more than 5 feet deep. Do not plan on walking in water leg. Transition times are interesting. April 1 2009 so here she goes... traveled to charlotte, nc this past weekend to participate in my first tri of the season. i was pretty amped and ready to get this thing going. i arrived at the race with plenty of time to get warmed up...went for a 5 minute bike ride...jumped in the pool and swam 350 yards... got out and had to sit for awhile. for some reason, i was a little too amped! i began getting light-headed and queezy. i think this being my first race as a "sponsored" athlete made me a little over anxious. anyways...i took a few deep breaths and relaxed and was ready to go. there were about 12 or so pro's racing (this is a popular race in the area...to get the season started)... so i had the opportunity to sit and watch the pro's get going. the race was a pool start, so time trial start...so i wasn't scheduled to go until 8:27am (race started at 8:00am). i waited outside until about 8:24am and rushed inside to get going...i don't like standing around all those other folks flippin' out/stressin... so i like to wait until the last minute. i went inside, jumped in the "warm up" lane and was ready to go in about a minute. swim- i quickly got into a rhythm and was feeling strong. my breathing was under control and began passing people around the 150 yard mark. every other 50, i could hear friends yelling at me when i pushed off the wall...which was very encouraging. i noticed around 300 yards i was humming at tune to a song...which i tend to do when i get really relaxed. at this point, i just continued to take long smooth strokes (as my dynamo coach always reminds me) and finished strong. i ended up passing about 6 swimmers. t1- was quick and painless...my shoes are already clipped in (lesson learned from florida)..so off to the bike! bike- windy windy windy. it was windy as heck on sunday morning in charlotte, nc. the bike started on a long hill (ascent). i had driven the course the day before to get an idea of the hill length. i knew to go strong, but not all out. the roads were alittle wet and i saw a few bikers on the side of the road either with maintenance problems, or body injury from falling...sucks. the ride is what it is...so i finished feeling like i could have gone harder...but glad i didn't due to the road conditions. my goal for the bike is to not get passed by anyone...which i didn't. t2- quick and easy again. run- now this is where most of my focus was for this race. i had been working through the off-season to run a sub 21 minute 5k. i started out of t2 strong...again...uphill out of t2 for about 4 minutes...sucked! i continued to push strong though knowing that there really is no "down hill" or areas to make up time on a run course. i actually felt like i wasn't running as hard as i should have been. i caught my shadow on the ground and few times and thought that i "LOOKED" like i was moving fine...so i stayed postivie and kept pushing. it seemed like the course was 4miles long! i thought it would never end...guess that meant i was in a fair amount of discomfort...which is good! anyways...good race. won my division by >8minutes (which is odd...a person usually wins by seconds or a minute or two)...so happy with my training. results swim- 500 yards, 7:19seconds t1- 00:53seconds bike- 20k, 33:48seconds t2- 00:48seconds run- 5k, 20:49seconds total- 1:03:35seconds...sponsor was very pleased with my results...as was i. next goal...sub 20 minute 5k! g |
