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Comments: i was a bit ambitious on my swim time, so i ended up being bib#7 and with a few people missing i started 2nd on my side of the pool. i had a good swim though and only got passed by 1 guy. he passed me at the end of the 3rd lap and i drafted off him the final 100 and passed him back on the run to transition. What would you do differently?: nothing.  Transition 1
Comments: decent transition. it was a long run all the way down the parking lot and back.  Bike
Comments: i came out of transition with 3 people in front of me. i wanted to ride the bike hard so i went pretty much 100% from the start. i caught the first guy fairly quickly, but it took me a full loop to catch the second guy. the second guy was wearing a leopard print speedo for the whole race. awesome! never did catch the leader, but very happy with the bike. Transition 2
Comments: great transition. best in the race.  Run
Comments: started pretty fast on the run to try to reel in the leader. he was only 15 years old , but was having a great race. i was able to catch and pass him ~.5 mile into the run, so i settled into a pace as hard as i thought i could sustain. i knew i had the people in front of me beat, but the crappy part about wave and time trial starts is that you don't know about anyone else. it was a tough run, but i felt great and pushed the whole time. it was cool to be at the front and come out of the tunnel in the lead. i crossed the line first and was happy with my time overall whether or not it held up for 1st place. Post race
Warm down: grabbed a water and walked back to cheer on the other racers and see if anyone else was within the time difference. everyone i passed came in outside the time, but 1 guy with a bib in the 30's was able to get under my time. oh well. i think i'd rather cross the line 1st and get 2nd place OA. it was a pretty cool feeling. ernie, z, k, and i waited around for the awards and cheered on everyone coming in. i felt bad for the people that started in the back of the swim line since it wasn't getting any cooler out there. What limited your ability to perform faster: nothing. first tri of the year and very happy with it. Event comments: good local race. they have a great course there. challenging but not impossible. there needed to be more information available prior to the start, but once it was underway everything went very smoothly. Last updated: 2010-04-08 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 2/224
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 1/16
it's nice to have a race so close to home. we got up ~5:00am and left ~5:30am. you had to park in the parking lot .5 mile away and ride to the race. i got to use my new transition back pack so it worked out fine.
once there, we set up transition and then hung out with ernie and z. there wasn't a lot of race info at check-in or on the website, so we spent a little while trying to figure out some of the logistics:
wetsuit legal: no
flip-turns: ok
swim start: 2 lines
swim end: outside edges of pool
bib required on bike: yes