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Comments: Well, this was my first OWS, so I wasn't expecting any world records to be set here. It was not as frantic as I thought it was going to be though, only ran into (got ran into by) a couple of people. My biggest problem seemed to be my navigation, I felt like I was getting way off course and adding a bunch of time due to that. I felt fairly solid and in a groove, but the line I was taking was not optimal and hurt me. What would you do differently?: Get used to looking up every X stroke in order to take a better line.  Transition 1
Comments: For this tri, I went w/ no socks for the bike and run, so I came into T-1, threw down my goggles/cap and (i) put on my glasses and helmet, then (ii) my bike cleats, then ran the bike out of T-1, up the grass hill to the mount point. What would you do differently?: It was overcast and my glasses were sunglasses. I need to purchase clear glasses for these circumstances. Also, I need to practice mounting the bike with my cleats already in (although when I tried practicing this it seemed slower but running with the cleats is somewhat dangerous).  Bike
Comments: So, I get out there on the bike course and I immediately notice that my hamstrings are killing me. I'm pretty confused by why this is because I last biked Thursday, ran Friday, and took Sat off to rest. However, the Thursday ride was my first time with aero bars and the aero position. So, I am thinking that maybe that workout was just really hard on my hammies in a way that was different from my usual non-aero position. So, from the get-go I knew this wasn't going to be that great of a bike performance, which was disappointing considering I view this as my best event. So, mentally I was beat from the get-go and just tried to stay with someone who was going about the same pace. I was fast on the downhills but my hammies killed me on the uphills, but I felt I did decently considering my leg conditions. What would you do differently?: Not do a hard bike workout so close to a race. Transition 2
Comments: Totally forgot to undo my bike straps until I was right at the dismount point. Also, I am thinking I should carry my bike instead of rolling it, because the shoes continually hit the ground and spin and all that junk. Also, my belt took a few seconds to get snapped...I should have just ran and figured it out while running. What would you do differently?: Put on shoes, grab race belt, and then start running and THEN try to put on belt while running. Carry bike instead of rolling.  Run
Comments: It took the first 3/4 mile to get my running legs, but after that I actually felt very good and passed a number of people, which was a huge confidence boost after the subpar bike. Had a nice kick the last 800. It was not cool seeing the first place guy coming to the finish line as I was just getting to the run :( What would you do differently?: Get to the run portion faster ;) Post race
Warm down: Uhhh, yeah, I should probably warm down better. Drank 3/4 bottles of water, talked to some random people, ate a few slices of pizza, looked at the prelim. results, and then headed out. What limited your ability to perform faster: My hamstrings were not fresh! My course navigation on the swim was subpar. Event comments: Well run event, very very smooth checkin process, I was surprised how fast this was done. Will probably do this event next year too. Last updated: 2009-08-03 12:00 AM
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Man, I didn't really realize how far away Culpepper was until the day before, so I wasn't really mentally/physically prepared to get up at 5am to make the trek down there. I was planning on going to bed at 9:30 but then realized I had forgotten my goggles at the gym, so I had to make a trip to Wal-Mart to get some (lousy) replacements. Got to bed at 11/1130. Got up at 5am, left at 545...probably should have gotten up at 430 in order to leave by 5-515am. It was neat driving down there and seeing all the other contestants' cars and their bike racks on 29.
Didn't arrive and get checked in until 7-715. Once I got my transition area setup, I went and took a short jog ~ half mile ~ and then got in the lake and swam about 200m to try to get used to the water and the OWS situation.