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Comments: Caught a lot of folks from previous waves, just before the finish some guy from the wave before felt the need to compete with me, and almost pulled my timing strap off my ankle. Had to stop and check it. Wanted to remind him that I was 5 minutes ahead of him as we exited the water together. Lots of testosterone on the course today...more to follow. What would you do differently?: Not a whole lot, wish the wetsuit phobia wasn't such a factor.  Transition 1
Comments: Had to spend a little extra time restraping my timing strap since it was hanging all over the place. What would you do differently?: Nada.  Bike
Comments: Since moving couldn't find my large aerobottle (think its packed up), had to go with the small one so I was rationing liquid. Had one E-Gel at mile 20. What would you do differently?: Not move twice in 4 weeks. Not have a cold just before the race. Not have a knee injury just before the end of the season. Not move to a perfectly flat area just before a hilly hilly race. :) Transition 2
Comments: The moving dismount is always fun, I like the volunteer's face as you come roaring up to the disomoun line waving his arms like crazy for you to get off your bike, thinking you are going to overshoot the line. Then when you run off someone in the crowd always says something like "awesome dismount". Never fails to make me smile. I always wear socks to run, my feet were so dirty I had to wipe them off a bit. Took a little extra time. What would you do differently?: Zip.  Run
Comments: How slow can you go?? I felt like I was a turtle on those hills. Had my Garmin on so I could watch my pace but was afraid to look at it because I didn't want to get discouraged. Checked it 3 times, once at the beginning, running 7:23, once on a hill, running 10:30, and then in the last mile, running 8:15. Was really surprised to see my pace on Human Velocity afterwards. What would you do differently?: Haven't been able to run more than 6 miles twice a week for several weeks since the knee feels shot. You can't pull off a good run if you're not going over the distance in training. But overall with all things considered with moving and being hurt and sick I can't complain. Post race
Warm down: Went straight to the lake and got in to cool off. That felt awesome. Had half a diet coke, half a bottle of water and later a hot dog!! Yay! What limited your ability to perform faster: See above, plus I think I went into this race a couple pounds off my race weight. Event comments: See ya next year!! Last updated: 2009-07-16 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 20/189
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 1/17
Stayed alone at the Best Western, brought a PB&J sandwich for bfst...sat in my stomache like a brick throughout the morning. 2 Cups of coffee..the usual. Got to the race early as usual.
Rode for about 15 minutes. Ran for about 10 minutes. Swam to first buoy and back in wetsuit, decided I didn't want it, went back to transition and got my skinsuit to wear. Since this was an important race for me didn't want to risk my typical "WETSUIT PANIC ATTACK". Drank Smartwater.