Swim
Comments: This was my first Tri, first open water swim, first wet suit swim. Not bad. I started quick and got ahead of most people in my wave and never saw them again so it was smooth most the way. I did catch the wave 3 mins ahead of me and that was tricky. The sun was in line with the markers which made sighting tough. On the way out of swim I stepped on a broken bottle. I would not realize it until I got to the run and put my weight on it. What would you do differently?: More time sigthing. I lost a good chunk of time off course. Transition 1
Comments: Good transition. Ranked 3rd in age group. They would not allow a run/jump on bike start. They required stop then mount. The guy next to me crashed as he tried to put feet in shoes. Good reminder to be careful and smooth. What would you do differently?: Talc powder on socks and shoes. Bike
Comments: I thought the bike was my best section. I still have a lot of strength work to do on legs. It was fun and challenging. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Transition 2
Comments: Ranked 4th in age group. The grass was wet an slippery with dew. I almost fell over when putting shoes on, due to tired legs. When I put my shoe on I felt a lot of pain under arch of right foot. I decided to keep running and not worry about it. What would you do differently?: Maybe should have looked a foot. The glass shards were pushed further into foot by running the 5k. Run
Comments: This is clearly my weakest event. I knew it, but with the foot injury and running off course I made things worse. I think I could have pushed harder and I need to run more 5k events to learn my limits. What would you do differently?: Pay more attention to course or keep a fast guy in eye sight to follow. Post race
Warm down: Not too much. Mostly spent my time tending to my foot. I thought it was just a cut until later at night when it was hurting so much more. That is when I figured out there was glass in the lacerations. What limited your ability to perform faster: Course knowledge for run and caution about hitting a wall on run. Event comments: The site is beautiful. The race is well organized. They did forget to put a race cap in my race packet. I should have checked it before I left, but since this was my first time, I wasn't sure if that was normal. Last updated: 2010-02-15 12:00 AM
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United States
Sunrise TRI
70F / 21C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 51/508
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 5/40
Arrived 1 hour before start time. Picked up timing chip. Set up transition, minus bike since I would use it to warm up. Got started on warm up before race brief.
Brought Stationary trainer and rode it very easy for 20 min. Got in water swam 5 minutes. Water was cold (63F) so decided not to spend too much time in therer.