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Comments: Swam poorly. I hadn't done a race since I freaked out in the donkey pre-season warmup in EL. Therefore, was a little anxious about the swim. I ended up waiting in the back of the group. That meant once I got my swim groove on I was running into all the slower swimmers ahead of me. Sorry about that. I tried to get around them but that led me at on point to being 30 yrds inside the square on the way back. What would you do differently?: Start near the front, remain confident, re-learn how to swim straight.  Transition 1
Comments: I was busy working on a balloon animal and couldn't get the last knot done... Man, I was slow. I found my bike easy here - just couldn't get socks on so I ended up going without them. I didn't hurry but I didn't feel like I took nearly 3 minutes either. What would you do differently?: I gotta think about this - plan better probably. Haven't been worrying about it too much since IM-WI is my real race of the year so T1/T2 are low on my list of things to worry about.  Bike
Comments: I need to get my toeclips fixed - tack on another 30 secs at the start trying to get my feet clipped in. Good times. After that - it was fun. I had to have passed 200+ people. Only was passed by one guy - another guy I caught, he recaught me and then I got him on a downhill. Momentum is the big man's friend on the downhill. I felt good on tired legs. Last year, I did this in 54 minutes so a 10min improvement felt good. What would you do differently?: There were two points where I crested a hill and didn't push. Should have. Also need to lose weight so I'm doing 10mph rather than 8mph up the hill. Transition 2
Comments: I'm an airhead. I come into T2 pretty jazzed about my bike, and can't find my rack. I had picked out a bike of a guy at the front of our row that I thought would be there when I got in. He wasn't. In fact, there were no bikes in my rack nor the one before or after mine. So instead of looking for my number, I run around looking for my transition bag. Finally, I stopped being dumb and figured out where to dump out my bike and such. What would you do differently?: Well, I ended up racking my bike in my wife's spot. She didn't like that, still was reminding me of it a day later. Sorry honey!  Run
Comments: Pre-race, I was debating not doing the run. I tweaked some small muscles deep in my left leg, and my PT told me on Friday I was supposed to avoid doing anything above a jog until we get them back to a happy place. I wasn't sure if I was smart enough to hold back in the heat of a race. Anyway, ended up deciding I'd just shoot for ~8:30 which is an easy jog pace for me, and make sure not to hurt myself at all costs. Mission accomplished. What would you do differently?: Not jump into Ironman training straight from couch potato - prob wouldn't keep having these little dumb leg injuries. Post race
Warm down: Got water, walked over to 50 yrds left and yelled for people to kick it in. Eventually biked it home. What limited your ability to perform faster: Run - injury limited. Bike - I'm happy. Swim - lack of swimming. Transition - ADHD. Event comments: Thought the swim was well handled - lot of lifeguards- crafts out there, and the waves were father apart than I remember from some previous sprints I was in. I think they did a good job limiting the entrants as well - when I heard the rumor 2000 people were allowed in, I was worried for everyone's safety on the bike course. Glad it was just a rumor. Last updated: 2009-04-13 12:00 AM
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75F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 189/1257
Age Group = Clydesdale
Age Group Rank = 13/79
To bring you up to speed....this was the race a year ago where I decided I was going to do IM-WI. My old X-C/Track coach, Terri Labinski lit the fire. How? The initial involuntary look of shock and revulsion on his face at seeing how much I had let myself go over the past 15+ yrs. Anyway, that moment I said enough is enough - let's set a big goal and go for it. It's been a fun year since.
Back to the pre-race routine. Had shelled myself the day before on a R/T ride from Pewaukee to Lake Mills - forgot to pack enough water and paid for it. So tried to get to sleep early after trying to rehydrate. Woke up around 4:45, had some infinit and gummy bears.
Biked from home to course. Warmed up by complaining that I should have broght my wet suit to stay warm before getting in the water :) It wasn't bad really, just chilly before teh sun hit it's stride.