I have corrected some of the times because the course was a different length than I expected in some places - the swim was ~720m compared to 750, and the cycle was about 16.3 km rather than 20 km. On the other hand the run was 5.6 km rather than 5 km (cycle and run lengths according to my gps watch).
The results of the race are published on the Hartlepool Council web site.
Phase | My Budget | My Optimistic View | Actual | Corrected |
---|---|---|---|---|
Swim | 30 min | 20 min | 16:06 | 16:46 |
Cycle | 60 min | 50 min | 43:41 | 53:36 |
Run | 30 min | 20 min | 27:21 | 24:25 |
Total | 120 min | 90 min | 1:31:52 | 95+5 (transition) =100 min |
So once I have corrected the times for the slightly different race distances, the cycle and run were both mid way between my budget and 'optimistic view' (so maybe I couldn't have done the cycle much quicker after all - I guess the tandem and Benjamin is a lot heavier than the bikes most people were using, and I don't like to go too fast in case it goes unstable...). The surprising one was the swim being faster than my optimistic view. I think that is down to Laura helping pace me up and down the pool so much.
Our finishing position was 142 out of 158 starters which is what I would have expected when we set out. I was surprised it was not higher after the run because we were overtaking quite a lot of people, but I think we were un-lapping ourselves rather than really overtaking them. So I am quite pleased that our timing was in line with our earlier 'Expectations Management'!.
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