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Comments: Overal for me it was a good swim. I was most nervous about the swim and it was probably the easiest part of my day. What would you do differently?: Push a little harder. I swam a very conservative pace.  Transition 1
Comments: I took my time in T1, as you can tell by my 16 minute transition time. I wanted to make sure I didn't forget anything and also it's a long day. I was racing to finish not to win my Age Group. What would you do differently?: Speed up just a tad. 16 minutes is a little too long.  Bike
Comments: My bike went good. Since I was so far back in the swim line when I left T1 there were hardly any bikes left. I was able to settle in to a good rhythm early on. I think my pace starting off was a little too fast. I felt some cramps coming on in my quads so I slowed the pace for a bit. I also put Ice down my bike shorts at each aid station. That helped out tremendously. What would you do differently?: Not go out as quickly so my overall pace could've been a little faster. Transition 2
Comments: Well if there is one thing I can say about my transition times is that they were consistent...consistently slow!! What would you do differently?: Pick up the pace a little bit...these are painfully slow transitions.  Run
Comments: This was my first marathon. My goal going in was to walk all aid stations. That worked well for a while but I did end up walking when I needed. Overall though I ran (slow jog) a good portion of the marathon. What would you do differently?: Do more long ride to run bricks. Post race
Warm down: Once I crossed the finish line I was greeted by a catched and awarded my medal, finisher shirt, and hat. Then took my finisher picture. She asked if I was ok and at the time I was. I met my family and gave them all a big hug and took some pictures. All I wanted to do was sit down. We started walking back to the hotel and only made it a block before I started to get naseuas. Luckily we were right by medical so I went in to get checked out. Vitals were fine and I actually felt better once I sat down. They decided to give me and IV and some naseua medicine just to be on the safe side. I was glad they did. In about 15minutes I felt much better. We walked back down to the finish line and watched the final 30 minutes. That's something I'm glad I was able to do. It was truely incredible!! What limited your ability to perform faster: More run training. Event comments: This race is amazing!! The volunteers are awesome, and the finish line is truely incredible!! The only problem I had is that they ran out of post race food which was dissapointing after such a long day. Profile Album Last updated: 2011-03-31 12:00 AM
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United States
World Triathlon Corporation
85F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 1755/2500
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 258/366
I woke up at 4:30 and ate a bagel with cinamon sugar, a banana, and accelerade to drink. Took a quick shower and meet my family to begin the walk down to Transition. Pumped my tires up in the morning to prevent any mishaps over night. I took my time getting to the swim lineup and wasn't too concerenced about where I would be at in the swim line. Turns out I was almost at the very end of the line. I was probably one of the last 100 athletes in the water.
Walk to transition and the swim start. I did some light stretching while waiting in line.