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Comments: The swim was a wave start. All prereg males went in the first wave. I would say around 125 men went out. I seeded myself toward the right middle of the pack. Yeah, not fun. From the shore until the first turn I was battling with other swimmers, getting kicked, hit and just could not get into any rhythm. After I made it past the first buoy, I swam out a little and found some open water to swim in. But that didn't last long. I guess a few others decided to do the same and I was still avoiding people's feet. The last buoy seem to take forever to get to. Then it was a short swim to shore after the turn. It was kinda of funny. I found myself swimming next to this one guy and we were both taking breaths at the same time...lol. So every stroke I was seeing this guy for almost the rest of the way in. It was funny. I got to where I could stand and I went to pull the leash on my wetsuit, but this guy came up and said.."Hey let me help you out" so he grabbed my leash and pulled it down. I said thanks and started to try and pull the wetsuit off. Well i couldn't. The zipper got caught in some of the wetsuit so I couldn't pull it down the rest of the way. So I struggled with that all the way to my bike. Swim time was 18:45. My goal was for 15, but my zig zagging and avoiding other, plus I think the swim course was a bit long were factors. What would you do differently?: Do a few more OWS. Practice sighting. And don't let anyone pull my leash for me!!!lol  Transition 1
Comments: I struggled for a bit with my suit while at the bike. When I finally got it off I tried to get the little pebbles and sand off of my feet so I can put my socks on. Then shoes, helmet, race belt, sunglasses and I was off. What would you do differently?: Might have a bucket of water at Transition next time.  Bike
Comments: Here we go. For the first mile I was testing my knee to see how it will hold up for the ride. After mile 2 everything felt ok so I just kept going at a nice pace. The hills killed my speed. I didn't want to put to much pressure on my left leg, so on the hills my right leg did most of the work. It was a very nice course. Said hi to the cows. At the turn off of a main road at the point where we started to head back to the Y a lady had a flat and was asking for a pump. So I stopped and lent her my pump. Got her tire pumped up and stayed with her to make sure everything was good. I figured I would help her out since I wasn't really racing for time. After a mile her tire was flat again, so we stopped and pumped it up again. This would happen one more time. Then when we spotted some race officials I handed her the pump and said those guys might be able to help you out. She thanked me and I took off. I felt bad for her, but at the same time, if your in a race, you should at least carry a pump and/or a spare tire, no matter what the distance. Going back to the Y was great. The course seemed really fast and I was back to transition in no time. AS I was coming into transition I saw my sister with my son and her husband! They cheered for me and I gave a little wave. That was cool! What would you do differently?: My next races are all for time, so I will probably just throw the person my pump and keep going. I need to train on some hills. Those really slowed my bike time down. Well I guess I can blame my knee on some of this, but I don't want to Transition 2
Comments: Since I don't have bike shoes, this transition was fast, racked bike, grabbed my hat, took helmet off and I was gone. What would you do differently?: Nothing  Run
Comments: This was the part I really felt my knee would act up. So the whole time I was running I was feeling my knee out, listening to it almost. Making sure it wasn't hurting. I told myself if I felt even the slightest pain I would walk. Turns out, it felt ok. Just a little tight, but no pain. I was running slower then normal but I was ok with that. Coming up the hill at the Y I saw Brady and my sister. I gave Brady a little high five as I ran by. I wanted to sprint to the finish so bad, but I knew I shouldn't. What would you do differently?: Well I don't know. Take better care of my knee? Post race
Warm down: Grabbed my pump from the lady I helped. Grabbed my recovery drink, Gatorade and Hornet Juice, and headed over to the food area. Relaxed for a bit, cleaned up the transition area and headed home What limited your ability to perform faster: Left knee. I figured that a few factors contributed to my 1:50 time. I probably could have shaved another 10 - 11 mins off of my time. But I was still really happy to complete the tri. Event comments: Great race to start the season. I will be back next year! Profile Album Last updated: 2009-05-15 12:00 AM
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Sunny
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Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 24/25
Woke up at 4:30. Took a shower and went downstairs to eat some toast and peanut butter. I still had to throw everything into the car. So I got everything together, woke up my son, put him in the car and we were off to my sisters house to drop him off. After dropping my son off I drove down to the race site in Mystic. It was shaping up to be a wonderful day for my first Tri of the year. I was there by 6:20, so I had plenty of time before the start of the race to stretch, set up transition and check out the water.
For a warmup I went into the YMCA and found a nice quiet room to stretch, focusing on my left knee. For the past 2 weeks I have been dealing with an ACL strain which turned into something else. For the past week my left knee has been swollen. I went to the Doc for my followup and he said it was ok to run the 3 miles on it. Just ice it right after. So after the stretch I headed out, put the wetsuit on and down to the swim start.