This past Sunday(June 6 2010) I completed my 2nd sprint triathlon. The event was the Belleplain Triathlon hosted by D&Q Events. I had compteted in the Duathlon two years ago and my wife had had also competed in it two years before that. It is very well run and the course is great. Very flat and shaded. Overall, I was pretty happy with my outcome but I wanted to document both the pros and cons of my result. One of the major things since my last triathlon was losing ~35 lbs. This alone has made a huge impact mostly in the fit of my wetsuit. Another was my change in running form. Adopting a fore/mid-foot strike(Born to Run and Chirunning ) has made a huge impact on my run speed and endurance.
While writing this, I was listening to “Mary Jane’s Last Breakdown” by Keller Williams & The Keels
Positives
- Transitions were majorly improved thanks to practicing. T1 went from > 2min to 1:21.
- Bike Avg Speed was fastest yet @ 22.1 mph and placed in top 8.
- I particularly enjoy passing the guys on the $3000+ bikes and aero helmets like they are standing still. 🙂
- Run felt good. Enjoyed the off-road trail and went faster than I realized. 6:38 pace???
Things to improve upon…
- Pre-Race
- Eat less. Had a PowerBar harvest and a ClifBar 2 hours prior to race. Felt very full during swim. Could cut back to one bar or small bowl of cereal.
- Swim
- Need to stay the back and outside of wave. Starting in the front middle of the pack of my wave was not a good idea. Running into guys in front of me and guys behind me running into me messed me up a bit.
- More Open Water Swimming. It is just a whole different world especially when vis is poor. Hopefully open-water clinic and time in Finger Lakes will help.
- Swim to Shore. Should keep swimming until I cannot swim anymore.
- Endurance! In order to complete the Olympic distance I am going to have to really work on the swimming.
- T1
- Ditch the socks. Need to try this in practice to make sure I don’t get blisters. This will get T1 under a minute I think.
- Bike
- Keep Improving. Would like to get up over 23MPH avg.
- T2
- Keep it up.
- Run
- More speed work. Up the pace.
While writing this, I was listening to “Switch and the Spur” by Keller Williams
Belleplain 2010 Sprint Tri Results
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Place Name City, State plc|grp age s Bib SwPl Swim Pace T1Pl T1 BkPL Bike MPH T2PL T2 RnPl Run Pace Finish
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35 BRIAN SCHWIND ALBURTIS PA 6/19 41 M 115 90 9:49 2:19 49 1:59 21 41:38 21.9 49 0:57 47 20:31 6:38 1:14:52
Place Name City, State Age s cat Bib SwPl Swim Pace T1Pl T1 BkPL Bike MPH T2PL T2 RnPl Run Pace Finish ===== =================== ============== === = === === ==== ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ======= ==== ==== ==== ==== ======= ===== =======
62 BRIAN SCHWIND ALBURTIS PA 40 M 173 149 8:10 1:56 50 2:23 23 28:56 20.7 128 1:54 91 25:48 8:20 1:07:10
Belleplain 2008 Duathlon Results
Place Name City, State Age s cat Bib R1Pl Run1 Pace T1Pl T1 BkPL Bike MPH T2PL T2 Rn2Pl Run2 Pace Finish ===== =================== ============== === = === === ==== ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ======= ==== ==== ==== ===== ====== ===== =======
16 BRIAN SCHWIND ALBURTIS PA 39 M 330 20 13:49 6:55 38 1:21 8 41:21 22.1 35 1:15 31 25:00 8:04 1:22:45
