The swim portion was in the "brakish" James river which had a slight current headed downstream with the falling tide. The Clydesdales were lumped in with the 40+ men. This made our swim start group a little smaller than earlier groups which were populated by college aged kids and other go-getters. My least favorite portion of the tri is the begining of the swim where everyone is climbing over each other to begin swimming, so I positioned myself near the front and sprinted at the begining of the race. I think I sprinted a 50m-75m distance before I got exhausted and had to slow down significantly to catch my breath. At this distance I was still able to see other participants wading energetically in waters around me. By one third of the way in, I felt like I was in a grove and was able to keep that up for the rest of the distance. I thought the markers were a little small and sometimes I struggled to see them when I popped me head up for a look. Other than that I thought I did a pretty good job of aiming for the halfway buoy and ending marker ashore.
As I got out of the water I felt very heavy. There was a long jog through the transition area to the bike racks. I thought my transition was pretty quick, no real wasted effort. I did struggle a little with my socks, but I don't think it ended up being a great big time suck.
The bike was out and back on the same path. I did not have my Garmin with me to give me an idea of how fast I was riding. I would like to have one of those bicycle mounted gizmos to give me an alert when I fall below 20mph, or 19mph, or whatever seems to be my cruising speed for the day. The course had a few gradual hills that are more significant than what I experience in Norfolk and Pungo, but nothing that threw off my time.
Transitioning from bike to run I also thought I went pretty quickly, though my times indicate I did not. I had a gel pack of energy-goo that I fumbled with as I ran out of the transition area and grabbed a water from the volunteers. I suspect this was where my extra time came from.
The entire portion of the run I felt as if I was lifting 200 pound logs with my legs. My worst performing event. I saw a brief glimmer of hope prior to the race because I had increased the amount of running I was doing in training but not in an organized or structured manner.
In the Clydesdale category I was 4th out of 8. Had I participated in my age group, 30-34 I would have been 9th out of 16. Overall among men I was 183rd out of 314, bottom half. Though this performance is similar to my results and output in the Breezy point triathlon, I think my relative placing in the Overall category was so low because of all the college aged kids participating in this event.
My overall swim rank was 120, not bad, but I'm usually a lot higher ranked. I think this was due to all the college aged kids participating. The first transition I was 154, top half, but I thought I would be higher because I made an effort to run quickly to the transition area. The bike portion I was also 154, top half, and this is normally where I fall out, somewhere in the middle. The second transition I was 215 which is the most puzzling. I thought I was pretty quick through the transition area, but trying to eat some energy and waiting for water may have been my downfall. The run portion ranked me out at 244, which isn't suprising but still disapointing.
http://www.setupevents.com/files/PatriotsSprint_Clydes_2012.html
| Place | Bib | Age | Sex | Code | NAME | CITY/STATE | College | Rank | SWIM | Rank | T1 | Rank | BIKE | Rank | T2 | Rank | RUN | PENALTY | TIME | DQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 463 | 35 | M | C | John Dragseth | Washington DC | 1 | 19:30 | 2 | 2:56 | 1 | 34:45 | 2 | 0:54 | 2 | 23:58 | 1:22:01 | |||
| 2. | 467 | 38 | M | C | James Dillon | Chesterfield VA | 5 | 22:12 | 1 | 2:40 | 2 | 35:53 | 3 | 1:07 | 1 | 22:28 | 1:24:18 | |||
| 3. | 465 | 35 | M | C | Benjamin Harrison | Manassas VA | 3 | 20:05 | 4 | 3:46 | 5 | 42:17 | 7 | 1:48 | 3 | 24:44 | 1:32:37 | |||
| 4. | 462 | 34 | M | C | Jacob Braun | Norfolk VA | 2 | 19:58 | 3 | 3:18 | 3 | 39:54 | 6 | 1:31 | 4 | 28:42 | 1:33:22 | |||
| 5. | 461 | 32 | M | C | Adam Heming | Sterling VA | 4 | 22:02 | 6 | 4:27 | 4 | 41:17 | 5 | 1:28 | 6 | 30:19 | 1:39:32 | |||
| 6. | 464 | 35 | M | C | Brad Poore | Centreville VA | 6 | 22:52 | 5 | 3:53 | 6 | 43:20 | 1 | 0:51 | 7 | 30:25 | 1:41:18 | |||
| 7. | 466 | 35 | M | C | Leon Simms | Arlington VA | 7 | 26:24 | 8 | 5:13 | 7 | 45:35 | 8 | 2:56 | 8 | 32:29 | 1:52:37 | |||
| 8. | 460 | 31 | M | C | Jas Carter | Williamsburg VA | 8 | 28:59 | 7 | 4:52 | 8 | 50:23 | 4 | 1:28 | 5 | 30:18 | 1:55:58 |
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