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Comments: The swim was fine. It was a bit hard to get into a steady stroke because of all the people. I took it a bit easy on the swim because I was worried about my pace and expending too much energy. In hindsight I should have swam harder. I live on a lake and most of my training has been ows, I wanted to get around 27m for the swim. And I was not tired at all coming out of the swim. What would you do differently?: Swim Harder  Transition 1
Comments: Did it really take me that long?? I planned to wear socks but my feet were too wet to get them on. Dropped my gel pack or just forgot it completely. What would you do differently?: Need to practice more. Never having done a tri, I wasn't sure exactly what to practice..  Bike
Comments: I was fairly happy with the bike. My goal was 17mph and I was close. I did get passed by a ton of people, while passing very few. I had purchased a road bike back in May after determining my mtn bike would not cut it. So I was a little depressed as I got passed by two mtn bikes. I was planning to take my gel at the midpoint of the bike and of course I didn't have it. I think that had physical and physcological effects on me. I was starving and running out of energy. What would you do differently?: Train more on the bike. Next year 18mph average. Transition 2
Comments: Again - it took me that long?? My son said he was tempted to come check on me because it was taking so long :) I took my gel, had problems getting my socks on and getting my race belt on. Just a generally disorganized effort on my part. What would you do differently?: Practice and simplify my whole transition area.  Run
Comments: Oh boy...right out of the transition area is a fairly steep hill that demoralized me on the run. I just did not have much in the tank at this point. About 3 weeks ago after my first bike/run brick I realized I should have trained the run more. Needless to say, I knew my goal of <3 hours was in jeopardy but I kept plugging along. I did walk up some of the steeper hills. What would you do differently?: Train more on the run. Post race
Warm down: My brother and sister did the race, so we hung around a bit. I jumped in the water again and grabbed some food. What limited your ability to perform faster: More bike/run training. Event comments: Overall, I had a blast. The race was well organized and the volunteers were very helpful. This sport is addicting and I will be doing another. Last updated: 2009-08-10 12:00 AM
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Georgia Multisports
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This was my first tri so I was really anxious. I got up at 3am to drive to the event. I wanted to be there by 6am. Ate a Peanut Butter/Honey sandwich and a bannana on the drive. Drank some coffee and water as well.
My 17 year old son came with me and was a big help on hauling my gear and getting me settled for the swim.
My goal for the race was under 3 hours.....
I swam a little just to get used to the water temp.