Submitting your race recap (athlete)

What a recap is

After a race, file a short post-race reflection. It captures the parts of the race that timing data alone cannot: how it felt, what worked, what did not, and what to do next time.

URL: /my-races/<race_id>/recap/. Also reachable from your past races list on /my-races/. The link appears on the race detail page after the race date.

What to fill in

• Overall feel (pick one): Great, Good, Mixed, Rough, Disaster.
• Overall rating, 1 to 10.
• What went right (free text).
• What went wrong (free text).
• Lessons (free text, one or two sentences ideally).
• Gear notes (free text): bike setup, shoes, wetsuit, kit.
• Fueling notes (free text): pre-race meal, in-race calories and fluids, GI issues if any.
• Weather notes (short): only if conditions materially affected the race.

For the field-by-field reference see Filing a race recap.

Time required

Five to ten minutes for an A race; two to three minutes for B and C races. Less is fine if you are time crunched, but more is better because details fade fast.

What your coach sees

The recap is visible to your coach immediately. Combined with your imported timing and your activity FIT, your coach can compare:

• The plan (the calculator outputs and pacing targets that were saved on the race).
• The execution (the data shows what actually happened).
• The experience (the recap shows how it felt).

This three-way picture is the input for the next planning cycle.

When to file

Within 48 to 72 hours of the race. If you have not filed within a week, you will still remember the broad strokes but lose the small details that matter most.

Editing later

You can edit the recap any time. Most athletes refine it once about a week later when they have read their coach's debrief note.