I completed my first triathlon today, coming in second place. It wasn't a very strong field and looking at past results my score would have been closer to 4th or 5th in the typical middle-aged heavey field. However, it was great to get through my first race. I wasn't nervous until the race started, and was then nervous underwater 50 or so yards.
The race is a bit odd in that the bike wasn't tracked, but rather a spinning type class. Overall the race was 60 minutes with 15 minutes of total transition time (15 swim, 25 bike, 20 run).
Swim
I completed 16 laps in 15 minutes, which equates to a 1:52.5 per 100 yard pace. I worked really hard during the Thursday night swim class, and I was defintely fatigued from the new body weight routine from the previous night. Extrapolated to a 1,900 yards for the half ironman in August, I'd be looking at ~ 36 minutes. As a new swimmer I'm thrilled with this.
Bike
Again, I have no idea what the distance or speed was. We did a a couple of simulated hills and some intervals. My average heart rate was 145bpm and maxed at 159bpm, so I was definitely working and my legs were feeling the sting on the hills.
Run
I covered 2.3 miles in 20 minutes during the run, which equates to 8:42 miles. I was hoping for closer to 8 minutes, but that was a loft goal. My quickest mile to day is 7:38. If you add a portion of the 33 second equalizer for a 5k, say 22 seconds, we at 8 minutes miles, which was my thinking. But if you include the swim and bike exertion, perhaps +:40 on top of the run-only equalizer would be more appropriate. My average heart rate was 171bpm with a max of 178bpm. Again, I worked really hard. 20 minutes of red-linning isn't a bad effort.
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