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Comments: kind of a long sloppy water exit and felt uneasy on my feet, i think the carpet was floating up. then a long up hill run to the bikes. they were marked pretty well so i didnt have to look too hard. What would you do differently?: should have used the available suit peelers, felt like i was running in slow-mo  Bike
Comments: my goal was to stay at a high RPM on the hills since i hadn't been able to ride any at all (closest was simulating hills on the spinner bike while in Iraq) i tried not to change my speed when getting passed, take in alot of fluids and stay ahead of nutrion without getting sick. I had my smuckers uncrustable about 10 miles in and it was delish! managed notto over-do it on the big hills and had plenty of legs left for the run so I was happy with the time split when I came in. the wind ultimately wasnt too bad. the hills were about as big as i expected, definately bigger than i had "trained" for. What would you do differently?: push it a little more on the flats, had more legs than anticipated Transition 2
Comments: actually felt like this went well. got a quick snack in while on the move. it was a grassy transition zone (seperate from T2, and I didnt have to worry about hurting my feet while running in socks. What would you do differently?: nothing, this transition went well  Run
Comments: run went very well. i hadnt practiced holding ice in my hands and didnt realize how cold it would feel. i held it as long as i could and then stuck it in my jersey. i avoided sports drinks for the first few aid stations and then started adding them in every other. had a few gels as well. still affriad to try coke. the pacing was good and i kept expecting it to fall off of low 7s but they just kept rolling in 1 after the next. even the miles with the hills didnt put too big of a dent into me. it was a great course for fans, i think i saw my sister-in-law like 5 ot 6 times. What would you do differently?: start a moderate kick at 1 mile out, perhaps a few more calories in early on. Post race
Warm down: drank beer and walked around, got a massage. that was my warm down :) What limited your ability to perform faster: not being able to ride my bike at all before the race. Event comments: the day before the race was very hot and you had to park over a mile away from the tent, i was very nervous based on how things were run and how hot it was that this race was going to suck. i was wrong. cool finishing shoot with a yellow brick road and dorothy waving me it. awards were lack luster, the webtsite said awards for top three and then they handed out on two deep. Last updated: 2009-11-17 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 96/
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good, plenty of calories in (and waste out). pretty good stretching, got there with plenty of time to get my transition squared away. it was a little hectic with parking and then getting on a bus to T1. the important thing is i didnt forget my bike shoes like i did in new orleans!
i spent too much time getting things ready and not enough time stretching / warming up. they said the day before that it probably wouldnt be wetsuit legal, but then it was, so that threw my mental game a bit. i wasnt planning on wearing my leg compression sleves if i wasnt wearing a wetsuit. then i couldnt decide if i should wear them or not. kept debating whether they would add drag on the bike or not. should have tested this theory sooner, riding with them more.