My first time doing a Rev3 race. My 4th half distance triathlon.
Friday before race getting things ready to drive to VA and had to have an emergency bike repair. Bad bottom bracket. Luckily bike shop fit me in and got it fixed.
Swim: 38:39. I am definitely not a fast swimmer. But my fitness has improved a lot this year. I'm faster than I was and come fresher out of the water than in years past. Swim was in a river. very little current. muddy swim exit. During swim warmup I unfortunately cut my foot on the heel on a rock or something walking in. It was bleeding but didn't affect me the rest of the race. It's sore now and there was a good chunk taken out. Overall. My swim is what it is. I've improved some definitely and probably could have pushed a little harder in the swim.
T1: 2:01. No major issues. In and out relatively quickly
Bike: 2:36 I've improved a lot on the bike. I kept close to my target watts goal. First half I was dead on but second half I slowed slightly but was trying to make sure I did not over bike. Bike was mostly rollers. A little twisty at times. Driving the course day before I thought it was going to be really sketchy with all the twists and turns but race day turned out fine. A "nice" bridge climb almost immediately out of T1. I had 3 of my bottles filled with gatorade and 3 scoops of carbo pro. And 3 gu gels. Bike wasn't that hot so I drank maybe 40oz from my bottles so I ended up taking all 3 gels to make up some of the carbs/calories/sodium I would have gotten from drinking. I've always been a light drinker and eater racing and have actually tried to increase it a little. Last 20 miles on the bike was on a slightly busier road and impatient drivers became a problem. I almost got clipped by one. Overall happy with the bike
T2: 1:01 In and out. no major problems
Run: 2:02 Run was where I faltered. I started out the first 5k close to my target pace but my legs felt a little tired. Slowed a little but figured I'd try to keep that pace for the next 5k and go from there. By mile 6-7 my legs were having and my pace continued to slow. I had taken a gel at mile 3 or somehwere around there.. I took gatorade at every aid station. stayed cool by dumping 2 cups of ice water over my head, ice under hat or down back, and grabbing a cold sponge at each aid station. 2nd half of the run was definitely much warmer so that probably affected my pace some but I felt I did all I could to stay cool. Crossed the finished line and was dead for about 15 minutes. Just sat in shade with cold towel and gatorade and ice water.
Overall: 5:20 (PR by more than 15 minutes) 7/30 in my age group. Would have loved to make it into top 3-5 in age group but I fell apart on the 2nd half of the run.
Rev3 put on a good race. well organized. everything was cold at the aid stations which on a warm day made things great. I PR'd so I can't complain too much. Run was disappointing. This was a good practice race leading up to IM Chattanooga which will be my 1st full distance triathlon. Even though I felt my nutrition was good race day I've been planning on switching to Infinit or something less sweet than Gatorade.
Friday before race getting things ready to drive to VA and had to have an emergency bike repair. Bad bottom bracket. Luckily bike shop fit me in and got it fixed.
Swim: 38:39. I am definitely not a fast swimmer. But my fitness has improved a lot this year. I'm faster than I was and come fresher out of the water than in years past. Swim was in a river. very little current. muddy swim exit. During swim warmup I unfortunately cut my foot on the heel on a rock or something walking in. It was bleeding but didn't affect me the rest of the race. It's sore now and there was a good chunk taken out. Overall. My swim is what it is. I've improved some definitely and probably could have pushed a little harder in the swim.
T1: 2:01. No major issues. In and out relatively quickly
Bike: 2:36 I've improved a lot on the bike. I kept close to my target watts goal. First half I was dead on but second half I slowed slightly but was trying to make sure I did not over bike. Bike was mostly rollers. A little twisty at times. Driving the course day before I thought it was going to be really sketchy with all the twists and turns but race day turned out fine. A "nice" bridge climb almost immediately out of T1. I had 3 of my bottles filled with gatorade and 3 scoops of carbo pro. And 3 gu gels. Bike wasn't that hot so I drank maybe 40oz from my bottles so I ended up taking all 3 gels to make up some of the carbs/calories/sodium I would have gotten from drinking. I've always been a light drinker and eater racing and have actually tried to increase it a little. Last 20 miles on the bike was on a slightly busier road and impatient drivers became a problem. I almost got clipped by one. Overall happy with the bike
T2: 1:01 In and out. no major problems
Run: 2:02 Run was where I faltered. I started out the first 5k close to my target pace but my legs felt a little tired. Slowed a little but figured I'd try to keep that pace for the next 5k and go from there. By mile 6-7 my legs were having and my pace continued to slow. I had taken a gel at mile 3 or somehwere around there.. I took gatorade at every aid station. stayed cool by dumping 2 cups of ice water over my head, ice under hat or down back, and grabbing a cold sponge at each aid station. 2nd half of the run was definitely much warmer so that probably affected my pace some but I felt I did all I could to stay cool. Crossed the finished line and was dead for about 15 minutes. Just sat in shade with cold towel and gatorade and ice water.
Overall: 5:20 (PR by more than 15 minutes) 7/30 in my age group. Would have loved to make it into top 3-5 in age group but I fell apart on the 2nd half of the run.
Rev3 put on a good race. well organized. everything was cold at the aid stations which on a warm day made things great. I PR'd so I can't complain too much. Run was disappointing. This was a good practice race leading up to IM Chattanooga which will be my 1st full distance triathlon. Even though I felt my nutrition was good race day I've been planning on switching to Infinit or something less sweet than Gatorade.