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Comments: Hate, hate, hate that they put all females in the 4th wave with only 2 minutes between each wave. Caught "green caps" before 200 yards, caught "blue caps" before 400 yards and was passing "yellow caps" by finish. Wish I could have shave 30 seconds off to hit a sub-10 swim, but overall I'm pretty pleased. What would you do differently?: Not much I really can do except maybe register as a guy at the next race so that I can start in the first wave.  Transition 1
Comments: Decided to do something different and try racing this sprint with no socks, so transition went VERY quickly. Not many people were out of the water yet so there was no chance of collision in the area. What would you do differently?: Well, nothing right now. But later on, I would have wished that I put socks on.  Bike
Comments: Nice ride. I could see when I was getting passed by girls in my AG. With so many people around, there was ALOT of grouping in the first 2 miles or so, but I was able to find my pace and avoid drafting (which is good since the motorcycle came by around mile 4). What would you do differently?: Ride more. The bike is diffinitely my slow point right now and I just need to get out more and get the mileage on to pull down the time. Transition 2
Comments: Race didn't get T2 times. I'm guessing that it was 1:15 or so. Double-tying running shoes takes forever! What would you do differently?: Heh - in about a mile, I would be wishing that I had reconsidered the whole 'no socks' thing.  Run
Comments: Felt pretty good. Thought that I was still behind a friend of ours from our running group and so I was trying to catch up with him (turns out he was behind me the entire time). About mile 1, my shoes started killing my heels and since I didn't have socks on, I could literally feel the skin peeling away. Not good. Around mile 2, I thought that maybe my chip was rubbing down into the shoe so I stopped to adjust it twice. Nothing helped. So today I am not sporting some lovely raw spots on both heels and my ankle. What would you do differently?: Hmm - socks maybe? No, I might try the no-socks thing again if I get new shoes. I think that maybe the padding was worn out on the back or that they are a half size too small for me. Honestly, pretty pleased with run time - especially if I can credit a minute and 15 seconds to T2. Post race
Warm down: Water at the finish line. And then a banana. Just walked around and talked to friends while waiting for others to finish. Event comments: Tri the Parks is a good series for doing sprints. Came to it just for fun and walked away with a nice bronze AG medal. Will definitely do it again. Last updated: 2005-08-15 12:00 AM
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Blue Sky Sports
85F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 84/479
Age Group = F 25-29
Age Group Rank = 3/20
Got up before the crack of dawn and drove down to the race site (about an hour) with my training partner. Got there WAY early and had already picked up packages so just waited in the car until 6:45 or so. Walked 1/2 mile to transition area, got marked up, picked up chip and set up transition spot. Ate marathon bar around 7:15 - probably shouldn't have eaten the entire thing.
Got in the lake for a nice 100 yard swim to a bouy and back. Checked out entrance and exit from water. Squealed about 10 times about how much I hate lake bottoms.