Swim
Comments: Good swim...off to a good start...stayed out to the left of the main group....stayed out of trouble :) What would you do differently?: I might have tucked in a little closer to the main group and found someone to draft behind. Transition 1
Comments: Time for T1 is included in my bike time. Transition times were not separated in this race....both T1 and T2 are in the bike time...I estimate roughly 3 minutes for T1 and 2 minutes for T2. What would you do differently?: Just speed things up in general...maybe tape my gel packs onto my bike in the future so I don't have to waste a few seconds putting them into my tri suit pockets in T1. Bike
Comments: I felt like I had a good bike....I was fast and kept a pace above 30km/hr for 90km....time is higher by 5 minutes or so because of T1 and T2 being in this bike time. What would you do differently?: Train a little more for the longer distances so my legs wouldn't wear out in the last 10km before i get to the bike. Transition 2
Comments: Good transition....hot day...had to grab water and power gels to take along the start of the run. What would you do differently?: Not be as tired at T2 so I could get through it quicker. Run
Comments: I was tired...my legs were cramping up off the bike but I plugged on...about 2km into the run I had no energy left...I ended up walking for about 3km then I got a second wind after a bit of a rest....I jogged the rest of the way and felt not too bad....with 3km to go I looked at the time and I had 20minutes to go to break the 6hr mark (my goal)...I put everything into it that I had and managed to pull it off...32 seconds to spare....I usually run a 21km run under 1:45 but today in the heat and after the swim and bike I figure 2:20 is just fine. What would you do differently?: Nothing...just train more for next year. Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster: My injured knees for 2 months before the race limited my running training and it showed as it was the weakest of my sections of the race. Event comments: This was an absolutely fantastic race. Sub10Events ran an absolutely fantastic race. Only splitting out the T! and T2 in timing could have made it technically better. The course was well marked and the volunteers were absolutely fabulous. The town people of Sylvan Lake came out to cheer us on in the run...many of them had garden hoses out for us to run under to stay cool and offered to spray us as we went...many also offered oranges and other food items to us as we ran...they were fantastic people. I just don't know how this race could have been any better. Last updated: 2005-10-20 12:00 AM
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Canada
Sub10 Events
34C / 93F
Sunny
Overall Rank = 113/318
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 16/39
Up at 5am...had little sleep...ate a large bowl of Vector cereal, and 2 'Boost (Plus Calories)' drinks, a v-8 juice and 1/2 can of flat "Diet Rock Star' energy drink.....sipped 500ml of water 1.5hrs prior to race while setting up my bike in transition....stretched....got wetsuit on 25 minutes before start and did it up 15 minutes before race....got into water 5 minutes before race....couple strokes for warmup and waited and cheered for the siren to start.