Swim
Comments: Great swim, arms started to tire What would you do differently?: Little more pool work is needed, I could break 25 min with some more base work Transition 1
Comments: Great T1, I passed a ton of people, made up for my lost time in the water What would you do differently?: Nothing Bike
Comments: Had a great ride breakdown: 0-2KM Lynch hill: 7min, no bad for how steep it was; got out of saddle when needed, but pounding to top without dropping below 10mph 2-20KM Great ride, HR low 150's even through climbs. 42min at turn 20-30KM great climbing, HR got to 170 a couple times on last hard parts of climb, but getting out saddle helped a ton; still ripping past people 30-35, this is when the early push started to take a toll; left IT and hammy started burning hard; tried to stand up to fight through, but nothing was loosening it up 35-38KM, last real climbing, I was dying; felt like everyone I passed earlier had caught me 38-40KM, down lynch just tried to stretch out the hammy as much as possible to hit run (47 min on return ride) Nutrition was planned perfectly though; accel Gel at Park gate and again at hour mark What would you do differently?: Base was not there cost me 5 minutes on return trip. Transition 2
Comments: Guy next to me cost a few seconds on racking, his bike was all over the place What would you do differently?: Hope for better luck with guy next to me Run
Comments: I told myself I was not going to walk and although I wanted to a few times I conquered Wildflower without walking on the run What would you do differently?: Nothing, I gave it everything. Nutrition was perfect, no cramping at all and hydration was topped off. Post race
Warm down: Beer and a burrito and a leg massage (so worth it) What limited your ability to perform faster: Base on the bike and more stretching Event comments: It has taken me three years to get through WF without walking the run. 105 two years ago, poor nutrition last year, and now I have broken the 3 hour mark 2:57:21. I am so happy to walk out of there with what I wanted. I love WF it is what motivated me to do triathlons in the first place, now I am getting some respectable times. I LOVE TRIATHLONS Last updated: 2006-01-19 12:00 AM
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United States
TriCalifornia
85F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 635/2584
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 105/239
Up at 7:00am
Nutrition: Vanilla Crisp Original Powerbar, Banana, Sesame bagel with PB
Normal Morning bathroom
Fluids: Accerade up until 15 min prior to wave start at 9:15am
Cruised down lynch hill
1 mile light job down and stretch towards Beach City
It looked gorgoeous out there, and I knew I had a great race in me