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Comments: Started in the middle of the pack, in the back. Waited a couple of seconds before I started to avoid the thrashing. Didn't take long for me to start running into feet. I've switched to breathing every time on my right, but this leads to me pulling right during my swim. After bumping my way to the first buoy, I decide to swim farther to the left of the pack and had open water. This allowed me to calm down my stroke and really speed up without over exerting myself. I was able to also control my direction better and overcame my pulling to the right. Took a wide turn on the second buoy and once again swam in open water to the left of the pack. Ran into congestion in the last 50 as everyone bunched up for the exit. Passed several people from the earlier waves and did not notice anyone passing me from the wave behind me. This made for a great start to the race. What would you do differently?: Start further to the left and avoid the feet in the beginning of the swim. Other than that I am thrilled with how my swim has progressed.  Transition 1
Comments: Transition was OK, took a little longer to get my wetsuit off than I had expected. Forgot to clip my helmet, so had to do that at the bike start. Putting on socks did not seem to slow me down too much. What would you do differently?: Faster with the wetsuit and remember to clip my helmet.  Bike
Comments: The 2.5 miles from transition to SR 104 starts out flat, but then drops down to SR 104. Was great for getting the legs warmed up for the ride, but made it tougher for coming home to T2. Got a burst of energy at the turn around point and went a little too hard. Not long after that I missed my cage with my water bottle. I had a secondary bottle on my bike, so was not an issue. What would you do differently?: Not drop my water bottle with my electrolyte drink in it on the way back. Transition 2
Comments: Transition went smoothly, having the rack close to the bike finish was a huge help. What would you do differently?: nothing  Run
Comments: The calf strain that I have been fighting for the last couple of months bothered me again today. Shortly after starting I had a twinge in my calf, so I switched to a run/walk routine. I did a 3 min run / 1 min walk, similar to what I used in my practice tri 2 weeks ago. What would you do differently?: Not run with an injury Post race
Warm down: Met up with my family and walked around. My boys have little patience for hanging out at the races, so I walked the family back to their car so they could leave early. What limited your ability to perform faster: Calf strain limited my performance on the run, but other than that I was happy with my performance. Event comments: Only thing I would like to see different would be split times for the race. They had multiple booths to see after the race ( bike shop, tri clubs ) and free massages. Post race food was good ( pasta, fruit, salad and cookies ). Didn't make people wait around too long for the awards presentation, and handed out awards 5 deep in each age group. Last updated: 2010-01-21 12:00 AM
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Total Body Fitness
68F / 20C
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Overall Rank = 190/539
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 25/39
Woke up at 4:30 to get ready. Ate some wheat toast with peanut butter and drank water. Left the house around 5:15 for the 50 minute drive to the event. Was nice to have a spot on a reserved rack. Since I was part of the "Learn To Tri" class put on by the group running the race, our rack was right next to the bike start and finish.
Walk the transition area, checked out the swim course ( big U ), bike start / finish and the run start / finish. Got in the water before the first wave took off and did some a quick swim warmup.