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Comments: This was probably my best ever open water swim (and yet I was STILL 512/555?). It certainly is my fastest. I really think the run warmup helped! The time includes the 300-400 yard run up a hill over rocks to the T area. I've NEVER had so much contact with other people in the water before! What would you do differently?: Swim harder and run on rocks to prep my feet.  Transition 1
Comments: I like to wear bike shorts over my tri shorts for this distance. I need to remember to put the shorts on BEFORE the shoes. I really thought I took at least 5 minutes in this transition....guess not! What would you do differently?: practice my transitions  Bike
Comments: I had trouble on the bike today. Not sure exactly why. I couldn't get comfortable. My back was sore, my hands (4th and 5th fingers) were numb....one STILL is numb), and even with my bike shorts, my crotch was sore too! Dropped my chain on the 2nd loop and I'm quite proud to say that I got it back on without getting off my bike! Saw drewb8 at the bottom of the big hill where I hit 38 mph. Apparently it was his job to tell everyone to slow down......anyway, very cool of Drew to come out and volunteer. Being a bike marshall is no fun. What would you do differently?: put sunscreen on my back where the tri top doesn't quite meet the tri shorts. I am FRIED along that line! Transition 2
Comments: That previously frozen, now melted water was WONDERFUL What would you do differently?: Take the bike shorts off before putting on my running shoes (see the theme here? :)) Keep frozen drinks in the cooler so I can enjoy them after the race too. BTW, bringing a little cooler to the Tarea is one of the smartest things I've ever done. I kept my Fuel belt bottles in there so I had something cold to drink on the run  Run
Comments: So freakin HOT. BUT, there were aid stations EVERY mile. AND they had ICE. All the drinks were cold and I dumped a cup of water on my head every mile to attempt to stay cool. My dreaded knee injury flared up. AND I now have a new knee pain. I had to walk a lot more than I wanted b/c of the knee. What would you do differently?: Rehab my knee and not develop new issues during races. Post race
Warm down: uh, I just did 70.3....I'm not doing any warm down. Ate a little, drank a little. Helped Erik get to the med tent. :( (he's fine, but was not so good at the time) What limited your ability to perform faster: Knees and heat Event comments: Very organized, well run race. If only I were faster......I didn't make my time goal (AGAIN!). So frustrating. But I'll keep working on it. Last updated: 2005-08-07 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 482/555
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 47/51
OK, let's start by saying I did a 1/2 IM last year after doing 2 sprints. That race was not good for me! My time last year was 7:57....I had a knee issue and had to walk SIX MILES. So this race, I wanted to take one hour off of last year's time.
Up early. Breakfast, drive to race, save Erik a bike spot, get ready
This time I decided to run as a warm up. Swimming has never been a good warm up in the past, so I ran 7-8 minutes.