2009 Kinser Triathlon Full Results

I like this one…finally an age group win!

4th Annual Kinser Triathlon
Overall Finish List
August 16, 2009

5k run + 15k bike + 400m swim

Road Bike
1 Joseph Galvin 37 M 0:50:11.2
2 Shingo Toume 31 M 0:54:15.2
3 Ura Takeshi 26 M 0:54:15.9
4 Koji Tokumine 39 M 0:55:58.0
5 Scott McGlynn 40 M 0:56:05.6
6 Jason Self 34 M 0:56:26.1
7 Shuhei Odoriba 27 M 0:56:35.2
8 Trevor Teeselink 37 M 0:57:20.8
9 Hirokazu Shimoji 28 M 0:57:29.5
10 David Wright 26 M 0:57:51.0
11 Kevin Inca 24 M 0:58:00.0
12 Seth Lewis 30 M 0:58:06.5
13 Rico Quispe 40 M 0:58:11.4
14 Kazuki Nakamine 20 M 0:58:35.5
15 Rui Moriya 21 M 0:59:10.5
16 Paul Wilkinson 43 M 0:59:26.8
17 Kevin Avila 37 M 0:59:31.5
18 Hatsue Yokoya 31 F 0:59:34.5
19 Mat Luebbers 49 M 1:00:10.1
20 Michael McKenzie 31 M 1:00:36.4
21 William Schrader 39 M 1:00:58.7
22 John Labanc 54 M 1:01:16.5
23 Nozom Miyagi 35 M 1:01:17.2
24 Yuto Oshiro 29 M 1:01:34.9
25 Yuichiro Tamaki 39 M 1:01:35.6
26 Derek Gillette 39 M 1:01:40.9
27 Jon Wolfe 47 M 1:01:52.8
28 Rachel Anderson 29 F 1:02:04.8
29 Sakura Kawabata 23 F 1:02:05.3
30 Takashi Yoneyama 32 M 1:02:07.6
31 Goji Toyohira 38 M 1:02:10.2
32 Adam Leggio 33 M 1:02:14.7
33 Yoshinao Koshida 35 M 1:02:21.7
34 Tadashi Kiyokawa 28 M 1:02:28.4
35 Eric Williams 28 M 1:02:37.3
36 Yuuki Funakoshi 38 M 1:02:37.9
37 Kyoko Toyota 34 F 1:02:43.3
38 Tomori Tadashi 36 M 1:02:43.7
39 Toshiaki Fukishima 46 M 1:02:50.2
40 Ermond Dila 28 M 1:03:07.6
41 Skyler Altenburg 14 M 1:03:27.8
42 Sasaki Nobuhiko 34 M 1:03:43.9
43 Hiroki Iha 21 M 1:03:51.7
44 Hiroshi Sato 51 M 1:03:54.5
45 Nakazato Hayato 29 M 1:04:26.0
46 Shunsuke Okamura 24 M 1:04:29.5
47 Forrest Poole 38 M 1:04:35.6
48 Naoki Yamada 26 M 1:04:39.4
49 April Noke 33 F 1:05:04.4
50 Ryan Lathrop 42 M 1:05:41.8
51 Akira Mezashi 42 M 1:05:42.2
52 Aya Enatsu 29 F 1:05:43.1
53 Michael Kerschbaum 27 M 1:05:44.7
54 Mike Conover 39 M 1:05:48.8
55 Osamu Ogimi 30 M 1:05:51.1
56 Brian Vanhoose 31 M 1:05:53.6
57 Tadashi Shingaki 36 M 1:06:08.5
58 Tatsuji Wakita 33 M 1:06:12.2
59 Kiyotaka Hayashi 38 M 1:06:20.8
60 Hidato Nakandakari 33 M 1:06:29.7
61 George Crowley 32 M 1:06:37.9
62 Sophie Knight 34 F 1:06:41.1
63 Takahiro Namizato 37 M 1:07:10.4
64 Jessica Powell 14 F 1:07:27.8
65 Junichi Kinjo 38 M 1:07:31.7
66 Yukiko Delatte 45 F 1:07:59.6
67 Yoshiyasu Toyama 44 M 1:08:25.0
68 Nagayuki Saino 37 M 1:08:41.8
69 Greg Cummings 23 M 1:08:45.5
70 Anthony Owens 37 M 1:08:52.2
71 Manabu Saito 35 M 1:09:03.7
72 Moritaka Nakata 31 M 1:09:14.0
73 Rick Yamashita 53 M 1:09:17.9
74 James Baker 25 M 1:09:31.2
75 Takumi Sato 13 M 1:09:34.7
76 Kazutomo Nakama 42 M 1:09:46.7
77 Jennifer Tucker 25 F 1:09:54.5
78 Jeffrey Norris 19 M 1:10:32.3
79 Chinatsu Uezuka 34 F 1:10:50.3
80 Kevin Craig 36 M 1:10:51.5
81 Mike Wimmer 28 M 1:11:03.2
82 Kiyotomo Toyama 35 M 1:11:04.4
83 Kimberly Julka 23 F 1:11:09.0
84 Brandon Bert 26 M 1:11:10.1
85 Nakao Yoshinori 25 M 1:11:20.4
86 Jed Soberal 19 M 1:11:43.1
87 Dai Yamashiro 20 M 1:11:46.0
88 Haruki Kakazu 19 M 1:12:02.8
89 Yasunori Tokuda 37 M 1:12:11.7
90 Nobuyuki Kawagishi 29 M 1:12:33.1
91 Sean McPherson 40 M 1:12:43.7
92 Jusen Garcia 27 M 1:12:55.8
93 Brian Kline 23 M 1:13:20.7
94 Shinji Kinjo 46 M 1:13:29.1
95 Brandon Lauret 26 M 1:13:36.9
96 George Crosson 25 M 1:13:42.0
97 Yasunori Kobori 34 M 1:13:52.0
98 Mike Short 37 M 1:14:00.9
99 Gabriel Powell 12 M 1:14:08.8
100 Yutaka Higa 44 M 1:14:14.7
101 Douglas Peterson 42 M 1:14:19.7
102 Kentaro Yokota 18 M 1:14:26.7
103 Sadao Nakamura 59 M 1:14:56.0
104 Michihito Yamauchi 33 M 1:15:06.0
105 Tetsuo Oyama 37 M 1:15:09.5
106 Iha Motomaru 34 M 1:15:24.8
107 Yuko Yamada 37 F 1:15:34.7
108 Tetsu Oshiro 43 M 1:15:57.0
109 Shannon Kimminau 31 F 1:15:58.1
110 John Fugate 39 M 1:16:01.5
111 Makoto Yamanishi 32 M 1:16:10.1
112 Okamura Emi 36 F 1:16:14.8
113 Lorri Phipps 43 F 1:17:06.9
114 Jenny Sokol 37 F 1:17:07.4
115 Ikuko Oishi 37 F 1:17:16.3
116 Carrie McKenzie 28 F 1:17:22.8
117 Meagan Quispe 10 F 1:17:38.4
118 Yukino Nagai 15 F 1:17:56.8
119 Mitchell Krauss 46 M 1:18:08.8
120 Kory Aschenbrenner 38 M 1:18:16.3
121 Tsukasa Kinjo 31 M 1:18:19.9
122 Kimberly McDonough 36 F 1:18:43.3
123 Eizo Hanashiro 48 M 1:19:13.9
124 Tomonari Shibata 18 M 1:19:34.6
125 Quetzolcont Jimenez 52 M 1:19:38.6
126 Mark Bonicillo 28 M 1:19:43.7
127 Robert Pellosma 42 M 1:19:47.6
128 Hitoshi Kume 54 M 1:19:59.4
129 Ana Aschenbrenner 36 F 1:20:09.2
130 Yoshimasa Kikuyama 44 M 1:20:14.4
131 Shimabukuro Hiroshi 35 M 1:20:28.6
132 Christine Sheehey 19 F 1:20:44.7
133 Masahiro Shimabukuro 39 M 1:21:04.5
134 Kalo Tovar 23 M 1:21:26.0
135 Christina Butler 26 F 1:21:30.3
136 Michael Butler 25 M 1:21:47.4
137 Tetsuya Kurane 54 M 1:21:57.6
138 Satoshi Shimoji 41 M 1:22:22.3
139 Tomoe Gima 24 F 1:22:40.5
140 Andrew Otero 39 M 1:22:42.7
141 Oshiro Minoru 42 M 1:22:57.8
142 Kenko Yagi 41 M 1:23:06.4
143 Tammy Dockins 47 F 1:23:29.9
144 Tsuyoshi Yomada 34 M 1:23:37.7
145 Henry Dockins 45 M 1:25:22.8
146 Kenji Ishikawa 28 M 1:26:20.9
147 Kerri Quispe 39 F 1:26:25.6
148 Kazuhisa Date 34 M 1:27:01.3
149 Donald Delatte 41 M 1:27:06.0
150 Chosho Teruya 58 M 1:27:33.6
151 Jonathan Delle 40 M 1:28:26.9
152 Yoshisuke Kumasawa 32 M 1:28:35.2
153 Yuichi Tamayama 34 M 1:28:37.6
154 Masayoshi Kikugawa 34 M 1:28:44.1
155 Makoto Higa 37 M 1:29:31.1
156 Misako Shimoji 47 F 1:31:13.5
157 Kazuyuki Nakaema 58 M 1:31:13.8
158 Kazumune Namizato 43 M 1:31:46.8
159 Akihito Kuninaka 29 M 1:33:24.3
160 Justin Hauffe 25 M 1:37:51.5
161 Sofya Galich 24 F 1:40:37.8
162 Tomohira Sugama 34 M 1:43:42.2
163 Christopher Marsh 24 M 1:45:12.7
164 Ryoji Nakazato 29 M 1:59:31.2

Mountain Bike
1 Yoshi Awa 35 M 0:57:56.1
2 Mouze Terazawa 39 M 1:00:45.1
3 Ashley Yaggi 23 F 1:02:56.6
4 Masaru Nakajima 32 M 1:04:47.8
5 Kaname Arakaki 29 M 1:06:26.3
6 Jesse Burkleo 22 M 1:09:36.0
7 Hideki Saito 34 M 1:10:13.2
8 James Calbough 37 M 1:11:37.9
9 Masahige Yamauchi 54 M 1:11:47.0
10 Dillon Garretson 22 M 1:11:51.7
11 George Baker 51 M 1:12:08.1
12 Satoru Tamaki 55 M 1:13:01.9
13 Stuart Mountcastle 27 M 1:13:10.4
14 Andrew Barrow 25 M 1:13:44.7
15 Masafumi Mukayama 49 M 1:14:32.4
16 Michael Skarzynske 20 M 1:15:03.4
17 Mathew Burns 28 M 1:15:20.8
18 Brian Phipps 32 M 1:15:29.0
19 Noriaki Tsubota 50 M 1:15:52.6
20 Yoshihiro Sata 37 M 1:16:03.8
21 Edsel Whitesinger 33 M 1:17:44.9
22 Derek Shea 19 M 1:19:10.5
23 Keita Sunakawa 28 M 1:19:27.4
24 Ian Brady 33 M 1:20:12.2
25 Alex Otero 11 M 1:20:14.0
26 Tomoya Nohara 31 M 1:21:13.0
27 Mathew Pitcher 26 M 1:23:23.8
28 Peter Hutson 39 M 1:23:25.9
29 Jose Mendez 29 M 1:23:46.4
30 Kazunori Komine 54 M 1:23:58.5
31 Amanda Brady 32 F 1:24:29.1
32 Masato Yonaha 38 M 1:28:04.8
33 Miki Arakaki 17 F 1:29:14.8
34 Yasushi Kaneshiro 30 M 1:30:22.3
35 Mamoru Unten 44 M 1:31:50.5
36 Rachael Hensen 15 F 1:32:36.3
37 Tsutomu MacHida 38 M 1:32:47.9
38 Yoshitaka Nakama 50 M 1:33:15.1
39 Katsunori Taira 39 M 1:34:18.8
40 Hiroshi Ueno 40 M 1:34:27.8
41 Isao Higa 40 M 1:38:31.3
42 Rachel Giacobozzi 23 F 2:12:39.5

Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

How to WIN a triathlon.

Those of you who follow my blog regularly know that I had post from June this year called “How NOT to win a triathlon”. This post will be a fitting counterpoint and end to the summer as it appears that I’ve got my health issues under control and finally put together a quality race effort. Of course the title gives away the drama of the post, but the details might still be interesting for you to read.

Yesterday was fourth annual Camp Kinser Reverse Triathlon. Many of the Marine Corps bases here on Okinawa host these ‘reverse’ triathlons. They all start with the run, then the bike, and finish in the swimming pool. The pool is the reason for the reverse aspect of the race because starting 200 athletes all at once in a single lane of a pool would be quite chaotic. By reversing the order, the racers are usually spread out quite a bit by the time they hit the pool and that alleviates the potential for crowding.

The race was a 5.2 k run, followed by a 15.5k bike, then 8 laps in a 50m pool (400m total). Kinser is a long skinny base with a section down on the ocean and a section up above on a higher level. The run and bike both climbed a short hill straight away, then the rest of the course was long straight stretches of road among warehouses with the occasional turn to another long straight stretch. The roads were open to traffic but most of the intersections had crossing guards. The run was one lap and the bike was two laps. The transition zone was ideal for the race. It was a long narrow parking lot that paralleled the race course so you entered and one end and exited out the other. The racks were clearly marked and there was plenty of room for gear between the bikes. Overall, this was the best organized MCCS Triathlon I had done.

The race started at 8:00 AM with dead calm air. Normally that would be a good thing, but when that air is 85 degrees and 80% humidity, a little breeze goes a long way for some comfort when running or spectating. That’s a heat index of 97% if you are wondering. Very uncomfortable, but typical August weather here. There were just over 200 racers this year, up quite a bit from previous years. Only the first 100 got tee shirts (I was 106).

My goal was to run as hard as possible, then do whatever I could on the bike. I had done a stand alone 5k two weeks ago at 19:45 without maxing out, but the conditions were less brutal when I ran it at 5:30 AM. At the race, my goal pace was 4:00 minutes per kilometer to end with a 20 minute 5k. My new Garmin 310xt allowed me to see my current pace at any time, and it recorded my pace for each kilometer as I ran. I strived for a negative split so I tried to take it easy at the start. My heart rate for 5k at race intensity is usually maxed out at 175. I was above that before 200m had gone by, but I felt fine so I kept going. My first split was 4:06 with the hill so I was pleased with that. The next three splits were all around 4:12, a little slow but my heart rate was at 178 so I knew that was all I should put in at that point. The people I had been pacing with started falling away after 3k. I was well behind a group of about 20 that pulled away from everyone early on, but I ended up running the last k at 4:05, so I accelerated to the end instead of fading. That was good. I usually fade hard on runs. My heart rate for the final k was 182 and I felt great. Normally 182 is above the redline for me. I finished at 21:22

I tried leaving my bike shoes clipped on to my pedals for the first time in this race. I did practice several mounts and dismounts last week and felt very comfortable doing it. During the race, it worked great. I didn’t have to run in my bike shoes and it was a snap to get my feet into the shoes after getting some speed on the bike. My total transition time was only 60 seconds. That’s a huge bonus in a short race like this to get through that quickly. I’ve since figured out a couple of ways to shave another 10 – 15 seconds off that time.

The bike went well. In the race simulations I had done leading up to the event, I found out that my cycling legs took a while to come around. My first 4 or 5 k typically felt awful, but after that I regained some strength as my legs adjusted. During the race I didn’t notice being heavy at the start of the ride though. I was able to power up the hill and catch up to some of the leaders pretty quickly on the first lap. I didn’t see anyone in front of me on the second lap so I knew that rest of the guys up there were keeping clear of me. I averaged a heart rate of 172 on the bike, which is great for after the run. I typically can’t get that high of a rate on the bike after a swim or run. The race director setup several water stations for the bike leg, but they were all in the middle of straight flat sections. I wasn’t interested in slowing down from 28 mph for a cup of water. They figured out throwing the water on you worked too. However, I found out that a cup of water in the face hurts like hell if you keep your eyes open. After that first one, I closed my eyes for each one after. I’m not sure what my split was because a software bug in the Garmin locked it up during this part of the race and corrupted the data file. Hopefully a firmware update will fix the problem. I know that I had good speed and I didn’t fade either. At the end, I took my feet out of the shoes about 500m before T2 and had a smooth jump off the bike and run back to the rack. I grabbed my goggles and ran to the pool to discover three guys all getting in the water right in front of me.  So much for being spread out at the pool.

In the pre race brief, they did tell us to stay to the left side of the lane and pass on the right in the pool. We had to swim 8 laps by going down in one lane, then moving over and coming back in the next. You end up zig zagging through the entire pool this way. The swim has historically been my weakest leg. It’s also the one that is easiest for me to redline on and get freaked out. When you can’t breath and you then can only breath when the stroke lets you, panic can set in quickly. I also have found that my steady, smooth, strong pull technique will often times be faster than when I try to sprint. Today, all my practice time in the pool paid off because I found that immediately I was faster than the three guys in front of me. That’s great, but passing in the pool is tricky; especially when two or three or four of you arrive at the wall together. I was able to rest a bit behind them after the first turn and sprinted around two of them before the second turn. I chased down and passed the next guy after the fourth turn. At the next turn, I looked around the pool to see that the next closest guy was two lanes away so I just settled into a steady rhythm to the finish. I couldn’t believe that I actually passed guys in the pool. I’ve never been faster than someone else in the water. That was exciting.

After finishing, I looked around and didn’t see very many guys in the finish area and it finally occurred to me that I might have had a high finish. Gina confirmed that she thought I was fifth and after looking at the pictures she took, I agreed. This morning I found out from the organizers that I was fifth overall, and first in my division. Regardless of my finish, I was pleased with the race because I finally got everything right. I maxed out my heart rate without blowing up and didn’t fade on any section of the race.

Oh yeah….and I didn’t feel like I was having a stroke during any section of the race. That’s always a bonus

Posted in Military Culture, Triathlon | 4 Comments »

Snorkeling at Okuma

Gina and I were invited for a weekend at Okuma with a friends of ours. Steve and I rode the 50 miles up to the Okuma Resort (run by the Air Force for DoD personel) while his wife and Gina drove up. Steve and I rode long rides of 40 – 60 miles every morning and Gina and I explored some snorkeling just off of one of the two beautiful beaches there.

Posted in Okinawa, Photography, Sports | No Comments »