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Comments: Very dissapointed with the swimming leg...no with my swimming...but...the real problem was that I couldn't performe a good swimming not because of me...cuz...the beginning of our wave was the worse that I have had in my triathlon life...more than the usual kick and punch combat...there were too many people in our wave (All Female 40+, Athenas, Female Fat Tire and Relays) It was like a pack of buffalos in stampede crossing a river...LOL..women jumping over others...others passing over... Just when I jumped into the water and lifted my head...I had a bad feeling and decided to back off a little and when I saw the pack in front of me...It was a completly messy mass of heads, arms, elbows, legs and feet...WTH...???? all this mass till the first buoy...BTW...somebody smacked my nose with her arm at that point...then from the first bouy till the second...I was stuck behind a huge mass of slowly swimmers jammed all together...and...were all around me...it was too hard to pass them...and...it was finally at the second bouy 1/2 way to the Swim Exit when I finally pass them and I could start swimming with my usual constante pace...but...I lost many time dealing with the situation...and...costed me the 5th place of my AG...and...Podium...Grrrrrrrrr!!!! What would you do differently?: I think next time...I will need to be very aggresive...jumping and passing over women in that way I don't get stuck behind the slowers pack...  Transition 1
Comments: Fast Transition like usual...I was the fastest in my AG and 121st Overall of 780 participants... Just out the water...I removed goggles, swim cap, wax ear-plugs and put them inside the swimming cap... I needed to recover my time losing in the swimming...and ran as fast I could reaching and passing a lot of women...It was a long run in the soft white sand from the Swim Exit till Transition...maybe 1/4 mile....ufffff!!!!  Bike
Comments: It was a nice bike ride...but going to the famous and the beast "Rickenbacker Bridge"...I could feel the headwinds coming from the west...but...then in our way back to Transition tailwinds...very nice...!!! The 2 climbs went very well...no big deal...the second one more easy and fast than the first one cuz the winds... But...unfortunate we had to deal with a shocking view in our bike leg... a very serious and bad accident with the leader of the Race...Miguel Tellez...a very well known Pro-Elite Triathlete from South Florida... He crashed against a car in an intersection controlled by a police officer...WTH...How this happened???...I think this police officer screwed up... And all the Pro-Elite Male Triathletes didn't continue and finish the Race cuz they stayed with him in support till the ambulance came and took him to the Hospital...Good Job Guys...!!! Here is the news in the newspaper: http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/1107564.html I was smocking in my bike coming downbridge very focused and after maybe 1/4 mile from the bridge...when suddenly I saw a red SUV in the middle of our way...and...I had to reduce speed and almost stop...to round the car...and...at this point I saw the bike laying down next to the left front side of the car...and...a pool of blood...apparently when he fell...he hit his head very bad... Everybody that passed that point was in shock...at this point we didn't know who was the person that had the accident...till...we finished the Race...Very Scary!!! You don't expect something like that in a Race with a closed road...and...intersections and entrances or exits controlled for the Police... Very sad incident...but...I had to continue...and...only thinking and wondering "What happened...???" and very worried about the unfortunated rider... Got to the desmount area...and...I did it like usual...like the Pro-Elites...but...keeping shoes on...jumped off the bike and ran very fast to Transition Area... What would you do differently?: Train and train... Transition 2
Comments: Other fast transistion...the fastest in my AG and 79th Overall... It was a long run till my Rack Area...cuz...this one was one of the last ones next to the Run Exit... Changed shoes...and...I was thinking "I need to remove my helmet"...but...instead...took my hat and bottle with water...and...ran to the Exit...and...Damn!!! I was still with my helmet...took off and tossed it very hard in the way to my Rack Area...and...for my surprise...I found it just under my bike after the Race...Wuaooo!!!  Run
Comments: It was a nice run...but...You could feel the heat and humidity...supposedly...would be one of the hottest day in South Florida...around 95oF...and...supposedly the index point would be in 105oF....Uffffffff!!!! Just out of Transition...in a good pace not too fast and not too slow...I took my belt with Bid# from my hat and buckled it...took the 2 Endurolytes from the ziploc with enough water and tossed the rest over my head, neck, and shoulders...and...started to push more harder...passing a lot of people and some women form my AG... The first mile was nice...but...from the mile 1 to the mile 2...running in a paved path along the beach...it's when I started to feel the heat reflected from the sand...ufffffff!!!! I was only wishing to get at the water station at the mile 2... Just in the water station...I took 2 cups and tossed over my head...and...one more...that...I did drink it...and...push more and more till...I got in the straight line that goes to the Finish Line where a sprinted very hard....BTW...My Buddy was there waiting for me...and...he started running and cheering me...."Go..Go...Sprint...You can do it"...It was great...cuz...motivated me to run more harder... What would you do differently?: Train and train... Post race
Warm down: Just when I passed the Finish Line...a volunteer gave to me bottle of water...other one removed my timming chip from my left ankle...and...went to meet with my Buddy at the Fun Water Kid Area...where all the traithletes cool off after the Race... Here is the Pic..of...the best and favorite place of the triathletes...LOL  Then we went to the food area...got some slices of orange and a bagel... We went to Transiton to collect/pack all our Race stuff... Here in our Rack Area after the Race:  Took our bikes, bags and coolers to the car...and...went to the showers...to rinse very well with body soap...Nice...!!! Went to check results and found out that I got 6th place in my AG 45-49 of 22 women... We were 24 women in our AG but 2 were awarded out of the AG...one in the Female Overall and other in the Female Master.... 41st Feamle Overall of 189 women... 255th Overall of 780 participants... One women (Linda Robb) of my AG was 1st Female Overall and 10st Overall....She is the fastest women of all Florida and has been 1st Overall in our AG in the USAT National Rank....and...a good friend of mine Marylou Brunett got 3rd Female Master Overall....Good Job Marylou...!!! What limited your ability to perform faster: The circunstances during the swimming leg... Event comments: Other excellent Event organized for  Last updated: 2009-06-01 12:00 AM
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85F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 255/780
Age Group = Female 45-49
Age Group Rank = 6/22
This Event is part of the famous Mack Cycle Triathlon Trilogy Series...the most tough and competitive Sprints in South Florida and took place in Key Biscayne, Florida...Event organized for MultiRace.com and hold a Duathlon and Triathlon at the same time...with a total of 874 participants...94 for the Duathlon and 780 for the Triathlon...
Friday June 19th:
Went to pick-up our Race Packages at the bike store Mack Cycle in Miami...
My Buddy got the Bid#350/yellow cap...and...me, the Bid#349/blue cap...Finally other color than the usual Pinky cap...Yes...!!! LOL
After that we went to our favorite Italian Restaurant "Di Napoli" to get carbo load...We met there with our good girlfriend Andrea that was racing too, her husband and daughter...
Beside our dinner...we ordered a big Pizza to take with us for next day...Yummmmmmmmmy!!!
Friday June 20th:
Mandatory Day Off for us...Woke-up late...and...took a full breakfast:
Orange Juice, eggs, toasted bagel, with slices of turkey and brie on top and coffee w/milk...and...our usual package of multivitamins and minerals, Amino 1500, CQ O10 and Glucosamine...
Prepared/packed our Race stuff...Washed/lubed/tuned our bikes...and...prepared all our beverages for the Race and placed them at fridge and refrigerator....
At noon...we took lunch...some slices of Pizza and unsweet ice tea...
Took an 1 hour nap...
Early dinner...some slices of grilled flank steak and steam veggies...
Loaded bikes and our bags with Race stuff into the car at 7:30 pm...
Went to bed at 9:00 pm...ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz
Sunday June 21st:
Woke-up at 5:15 am...Got dressed...took my usual Pre-Race brealfast: orange juice and my Super-Soy Protein Shake (chocolate) and off course the usual package of multivitamins and minerals, Amino 1500, CQ O10 and Glucosamine...
We did our body-marked by ourself to safe time...
Took our coolers with beverages and left from home at 5:50 am...It took us 45 minutes to get to Crandon Park...but...the line to get into park was very long and moving super-slowly...in the mid time...while we were in the line...I started to drink a bottle with a mix of water with PowerBar Endurance and Endurox R4
Parked car...took our bikes, bags and coolers and went directly to pick-up our timming chips...
Went to Transition Area...and...our Rack Area was the first one next to the Run Exit...Nice...!!!
Here some pics of Transition Area:
Racked bikes and did set up our Race stuff...first a green towel in front of my bike under the front wheel...over...my biking/running shoes, a bottle of frozen water and my belt with Bid# and a small ziploc with 2 Endurolytes inside my hat all wrapped...
Helmet over my seat and sunglasses over the handlebar...and...my Speedfil Hydration System with a mix of frozen water with PowerBar Endurance/Endurox R4 in it's cage...by the time of the bike would be melted with ices and cold...
Put my timming chip in my left ankle and took my swim cap, goggles, wax ear-plugs...a bottle of water, an Accel Gel (strawberry kiwi) and 2 Endurolytes and headed to the beach to the Swim Area...when I got there...the first Wave (Pro-Elite Male and Female and physical Challenges) were ready to take off...just in time at 7:28 am...and the Duathlon in a mass at 7:30 am...after that...the rest of the Waves every 5 minutes...
There were in total 9 Waves included the Duathlon...My Buddy was in the Wave#4 (Male 55+ and Male 40-44) and me, the Wave#8 (Female 40+, Female Fat Tire, Athena and Relays) almost the last one...at 8:00 am...
Just when the Pro-Elites took off...I jumped into the water and swam maybe 50 mts and came back to shore...took my Accel Gel and the 2 Endurolytes with water...and...meet with my Buddy and some of our friends to chat...
Here are the 3 legs Course: