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Comments: I could tell the last month of being out of the water had effected me. First I could not swim a straight line, kept vering off to the left. Second had to swim most of this in the breast stroke. I was pretty frustrated with myself for that. What would you do differently?: Not take the last month off from the pool.  Transition 1
Comments: Well they made you run up the hill to start the bike. I did not put my shoes on the bike, just ran in them. It took a little time to get my shirt on, other than that everything went very smoothly. What would you do differently?: Not much, I am getting a Tri-Jersey, but who KNOWS when it will be in. The Tri-club ordered them MONTHS ago, then the guy designing it desided to change the design.  Bike
Comments: I felt pretty good about the ride, I stayed within my plan. I was hoping to complete it within 45 minutes and beat that time. I was rather pleased with that. What would you do differently?: Try to push a little harder on the last 20 minutes of the course. Transition 2
Comments: The transition was down a hill, so you could not run down the hill. I am not sure how long the transition took. I forgot to hit my lap button.  Run
Comments: The course was pretty hilly, 6 climbs. Several again in the 10% or higher grade. Most of my training has been level ground, so I was not really ready for a hilly course. I ended up walkin a lot more of this than I wanted to. I was just not ready for the hills. What would you do differently?: Do more hill workouts Post race
Warm down: Walked around a bit, got some thing to drink. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of proper training for the race. Not enough hill workouts on the bike and running. Lack of time in the pool. Event comments: This is the first year back for this race. They did a pretty good job, it was not chip timed, so there is no way to check to see how I did in each area. I was rather disappointed by that. The after race stuff was pretty good, although the sister-in-law of the race director got the prize for traveling the farthest for the race (I think that was pretty cheesy). I am hoping they continue the race, and next year chip time it. Profile Album Last updated: 2006-06-05 12:00 AM
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USAT MidEast Region
Sunny
Overall Rank = 58/96
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 6/8
Woke up about 6:30 AM, got a shower shaved and got my gear pulled together as well as got dressed for the race.
Had several glasses of OJ, coffee, and english muffin with egg and sausage. I was not really that hungry. Drove over to the packet pick-up and got my packet, as well as got marked.
I had driven the bike course the night before, so I knew it was a little hilly. Got my gear set up in the transition area. Since nothing was marked it was more or less a free for all.
They had a pre-race meeting to talk about the swim course as well as the bike course. I took the boat over to the start area, only to realize 1/2 there that I had left my goggles back in the transition area... DOH! I was able to go back and get them, got the last boat back to the start area.
At the pre-race meeting the organizers insisted on playing "the chicken dance" errr well "The duck dance" that is. Then they told us about the swim course and bike course.
Walked some, but not much more than that. Did a quick 100 yard swim once we were in the lake.