Mark's Rev3 Quassy Race Report
This was my first EN race, and it was great to meet everyone.
Swim: The water was 65 deg. and perfect once you got in. I started the swim conservative planning to build, but had a slight wardrobe malfunction about a 150 yds. in that I had to fix. This put me at the back of my wave, so I just put my head down and got my rythm and ended up with a 45:15. A little off my race rehearsal time, neverless, ok.
T1: 5:48 I'm just not good at getting out of the wetsuit. Not enough practice.
Bike: I knew my bike would be slow. I've never ridden in this type of terrain. After about 45', I checked my NP and it was about 30 watts higher than it should, and I could feel it, so I tried to ride like I was suppose to. My bike and riding with power are both works in progress, but I did manage to get my VI down to 1.08 TSS 237. Nutrician wise, I drank sbout 30oz. Gatorade, had a powerbar gel, and half a powerbar per hr. The timings were a little off, but I got it all down, and had 2 pee stops. Tough course, slow time (3:58), but I enjoyed it.
T2: 3:35 Still a little slow, but I was deliberate with no oopses.
Run: This is the part that I wanted to do well at. My previous halves didn't end very pretty, so I was focused on not shelling myself on the bike. I actually felt pretty good on the run start. I did walk up the big hill at mile 3.5, and a few of the larger ones, but I ran most of the way. Time:2:30. This was a PR for me by about 15mins. on a tough course.
Total Time: 7:23 A little disappointed here,alot of room for improvement.The lesson on this race was executing everything to lead to a PR run!
Comments
Congrats on your race! You should consider displaying current power and normalized power on the same screen, and/or hitting the interval button every 20-30' so that you know what your NP is within a 20-30' window, at all times.
Finding out after 45' that your NP is 30w higher than you wanted or planned = the damage has likely already been done.