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Comments: Positioned myself on the upstream side of the start (inside). Thinking that the current would put me a the bouy. I walked and let the faster swimmers get some distance on me before I started to swim. I over swam upstream but made an adjustment with sighting. Really winded thru the first 2/3rd then I realized I wasn't exhaling in the water. The upstream swim was hard but my sighting improved as I went with less breast stroke and more life guard stroke What would you do differently?: This was only my second open water swim. So I am pretty happy with it. The first was in a wetsuit. Obviously breathing could have been better  Transition 1
Comments: Overall a little faster than my other two tris. Had a little trouble with pulling on my tri top. Sucked done a gu while fastening my shoes. Put my glasses on while biking. 8/8 for Age group 35/42 for gender 53/63 overall What would you do differently?: Would like to try having my shoes on the clips. Overall an improvement in T1, and I am pretty happy. Have actually not worried about transitions as I have not seen myself as being in a position to medal my age group  Bike
Comments: Really happy with the bike. First half I went faster than I planned. I had planned to keep the speed under 18mph but it felt so easy to go 20. I passed 8-10 on the bike and was passed by 2. Cut it back on the back half to save something for the run. But stayed over 18. Drank well on the bike due to the profile design water bottle Was able to send most of the time in areo What would you do differently?: More time on the bike before the race would be good. But wouldn't change anything Transition 2
Comments: Turned down the wrong rack aisle. Shoes and belt on, and on the road  Run
Comments: quick lace in T2 helped but came lose, and had to tighten. Started quick but slowly faded. Hamstringe cramped up in the last .5 miles. Passed a few right off the bat but got caught by several Split was actually faster than I felt I was running What would you do differently?: More bricks. Think that I could drop 1:30 from run Post race
Warm down: Walked around with family What limited your ability to perform faster: I didn't taper for this race. Just trained straight thrud Event comments: enjoyed the race and will plan to do it again next year Last updated: 2014-06-22 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 27/63
Age Group = 35=39
Age Group Rank = 4/8
No taper. Actual did a run and a bike the day before. I bike because I just bought a new bike and wanted to get a ride in before the race
I woke up at 5 am. Ate some peanut butter toast and some apple sauce (kids finished off the bananas) drank juice and water. Quick shower. Sunscreen. Then got in my tri short and a long sleeve shirt
Wife decided to come last minute. We left the house around 630, and drove the 30 minutes there. Spent the next 30 minutes setting up the transition area. Reapplied sunscreen
TA closed 45 minutes before my race started. Drank some water. Some slow jogging and light stretching. In the water at 8:20 for 8:30 start