Swim
Comments: Actually felt decent on my swim considering I have been in the pool 2 time s in 11 months. I had major surgery back in August and developed 6 blood clots (2 in calf and 4 in lungs) from that surgery. Been a long road to recovery. My swim is also my weakest leg, by FAR so I was actually expecting a slower swim. Happy with the results. No warm up at all. What would you do differently?: Get there earlier and warm up like I had some sense. Transition 1
Comments: Avg transition time for me. Need to work on it. Faster than most, but slower than the top 2 or 3. What would you do differently?: Hurry up. It's a race not a carnival cruise. Bike
Comments: Pushed the bike and passed at least 20 people....did not get passed on bike. Thought avg speed would be better but hills hampered the overall speed. What would you do differently?: Just need more hill training and more time on the bike. Transition 2
Comments: Legs were pretty fried from last hill at end of bike leg. Pushed about best I could. Training has been limited due to health setbacks. Happy to be racing. What would you do differently?: Just need more hill training...bike training in general. Run
Comments: I was expecting a much better run. I have had several good bricks with better runs but legs were just fried and I could not get HR down or legs loose. Went about as fast as I could. What would you do differently?: Just do more brick training. Post race
Warm down: Ate some fruit and cheered on the rest of the competitors all the way to the last competitor...hung out with Coldfire who was 2nd OA - superfast, that guy. What limited your ability to perform faster: Limited training. Health recovery. Event comments: I was diagnosed with Pulmonary Embolism this past Sept. 6 blood clots and spent 4 days in Pulmonary ICU. Spent 7 months on blood thinners with little or no training. Signed up for this race as a way to somewhat celebrate my return to good health. Happy to be racing and training again. Had other good news in the past couple weeks...found out I am a Kona Ironman Lottery winner.....yahoo!!!! Last updated: 2010-05-03 12:00 AM
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United States
Tri2Remember Foundation
70F / 21C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 20/127
Age Group = Clydesdale
Age Group Rank = 4/8
Ate peanut butter banana sandwich. Had large coffee.
None. Was late getting to race. Had about 4 mins to setup transition area. Yikes!