Swim
Comments: Felt good overall Had one rest to remove weeds from goggles Cut down swim time by over 2 minutes form last year What would you do differently?: try to find some feet to draft Transition 1
Comments: T1 + run up was~ 3.30 Had no issue getting vertical again What would you do differently?: Practice better organization at T1 Bike
Comments: What a ride I beat my time from last year by ~ 90 seconds from last year with road bike Wind were strong on way out and varied on way back passed everyone - no one passed me Off the bike in 4th in age group 18th overall What would you do differently?: keep up working on sustaining pace / cadence throughout all rides in training Transition 2
Comments: I do not know what I was thinking when I got in Started walking and took my time What would you do differently?: Keep focused Run
Comments: Got passed early on by 3 guys; one later at ~5k One guy was a real xxxxxxx after I made a comment to myself due to no-water at first aid station; kept him in site for the rest of thr run but coudl not catch him Another one thought running in a pack meant roller derby Kept my cool and forged ahead Walked twice as I was getting cramps in (R) calf - hence the need for water at the first station to help swallowing the eload down a llittle better What would you do differently?: Not get discouraged Overall did better than Milton - did not get upset with myself when I got passed by same age group Heat got to me a little I have to remember that I am self-employed with 5 mouths to feed and working 60+ hours /week and training 6-10 hours / week; one day I will get stronger on the run and I am not making a living out of this sport; the 45-49 AG are 'human machine" with lots of time and money; I don't... Post race
Warm down: Walked a bit Located some team members Got some food and stretched What limited your ability to perform faster: Heat again on the run Event comments: Aside for one water station being a disaster (1st one before first turn around) all was great Last updated: 2013-04-29 12:00 AM
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Canada
Multisport Canada
37F / 3C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 45/279
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 9/27
Slept better the night before - what a surprise
got up at 5 am - ate oatmeal; drank lots of water - had a coffee to go; ate PB sandwich once I got the race site by 6:50 am
Left Burlington (menacing sky) at 5:40
Did some stretching before lining up for time trial start
Saw a few members from the TCoB
Located a friend from the gym to give him my wedding band - I always forget to take it off for OWS - luckily he was still there when I came out of the water - was just like a bottle exchange - made teh signal and 'voila' back on my finger