Taupo Half Race Plan

Not going to get too serious about this race but will jot down stuff that I want to use and do here...

Gear

• Goggles TYR technoflex jr clear ,
• Will wear my 2Xu shorts and 2xu black top, familar and comfortable,
• Xterra wetsuit will be good,
• On the bike will use my aero LAS helmet and ZIPP 404/808 combo with Open Pro CX tyres and new wheel cover for the 808 to make it not entirely unlike a disk,
• Use the Orbea Ora TT bike!
  
• On the run will don a cap and glasses and my Nike flats,will take the time to put on a pair of socks.
• Areo bottle on the bars so allow lots of drinking easily...
• Spare Tub and CO2 and tyre leavers taped in cage behind saddle.
• Arm coolers/warmers available
• Polypro available

Food

• For the ride food I will use 4 GU gels.
• For drink I will use Cytomax one scoop per bottle. Two bottles.
• For the Run will take 3 GUs and have one every 20mins with water then,
• coke/water after that.
• Might have a couple of salt tablets first and second lap too.
  

Race Plan

Days Before

• Change pedals. Use ones on the Time,
• Change Saddle. Use on from the Time.
• Check wheels OK,
• Tape up the container to hold spares.

Night before

• Rack bike and cover it so does not get too wet.

Pre race

• Get bike together, tyres pumped up, shoes on right pedals, Put fluid into front bottle and,
• Other drink on.
• Put helmet on top of bars,
• put food in helmet,
  
• Put spares and repar kit on bike properly so they do not come out. TAPE IT.
• Layout shoes with socks in each shoe half inside out,
• put cap above shoes with glasses and with three GU's, salt tablets.

Pre swim

• Put on sun tan lotion,
• quick run warm up 10 mins
• put wetsuit on and body glide,
• zip up and get in water for a 5-10m swim warm-up leave no more than 5mins before race.
  

Swim

• Not sure make it up at the time, look for best spot and start there,
• Find feet to swim on.
• Go hard no hanging about!

T1

• As coming out water take off top part of wetsuit, unzip and pull off arms,
• take off googles and cap and carry,
• hit lap button at T1 entry,
• At bike, drop goggles etc,
• Pull off wetsuit,
• food in top,
• Put helmet on,
• unrack bike and head for exit.
  

Bike

• hit lap button, 
• jump on bike with left pedal forward, stand on left shoe push forward and get right foot onto right shoe,
• get up to speed and then put left foot in first, then get some more speed on,
• then do right shoe, now go!
• settle in and have a drink...
  

Bike Tactics

• Start strong... put in a bit of effort until 30Km,
• steady on the hill but do not kill yourself,
  
• wind it up on the flat/down hill/tail wind parts,
• do not over do it into the wind,
• At turn around evaluate where you are - how far back,
• maybe another steady - hard session.
• do not go too fast on hill on the way back.
  

T2

• hit lap button,
• Rack bike
• take helmet off,
• put sock/shoes one one foot at a time,
  
• get glasses/cap/gus/pills and run to exit putting glasses and cap on,
• put GUs and tablets into pockets,
• hit the exit hard at full speed.
• press lap button.
  

Run

• settle into a good fast pace perhaps faster than ususal sub 4m/km,
• take a GU at first drink station,
• first lap drink carbo drink and water, take salt tablets, at each aid station,
• 2nd lap take coke if available.
  

Run Tactics

• 2 lap course out and back want to average about 20mins per half lap,
• check splits at each end,
• take splits against anyone in front, try to catch earlier i.e. lap 1 or 2
  
• Hang on for last lap!
  

Finish

• Have a drink!
• Party, party, party...