Capital View Tri – 2010

Today was my first triathlon of the 2010 season, the Capital View Triathlon held in Madison, WI. This is my second year competing in this event (you can read last years race report), and the events 3rd year overall. Coming into this race, my goal was pretty much race execution and gear shake down. I had a full week of training, including a 20.5 mile run on Wednesday, and a full 112 miles on Friday, and my legs were pretty cooked. This was to be expected, and was how my training plan was setup. Next weeks 1/2 Ironman, HiCliff, held in Appleton will be my first true test.

Even with the full training week, I still improved (and was hoping to show improvement) over last year, finishing almost 10 minutes faster. I had a much better T1 and run times. My swim was a little better, and my bike was marginally better. Even though I knew my legs were pretty shot from the week of training, I was still disappointed in my bike time. What time improvement I had was probably due to all the aero gear I was sporting. I only managed to put out 224 watts (average without zeros), but I’ve put out 260 over one hour 3 weeks ago during my last down week. I’m hoping to be able to do 221 watts next week for the 56 mile bike and still be able to put in a solid run.

My age group (M30-34) was a little more competitive then last year, seeing as I shaved 10 minutes off my time, but only managed 5th in my age group (compared to last years 4th). However my overall Age Group ranking was much higher at 11th, and my overall place (accounting for elite and collegiate) 22nd, compared to 25th and 40th last year.

Results

• Official results available from Its Race Time (there website is flaky today)
• Total Olympic Distance Participants: 15 elite + 28 collegiate + 303 Age Group = 346
• My Age Group Ranking (M30-34): 5
• Overall Age Group: 11
• Overall: 22

Graph from Its Race Time, showing the relation between segment/event placement and race placement.