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Comments: I was looking to swim between 39 and 40. When I saw the water and the wind direction, I told someone it would make it a 44 minute swim. I was dead on accurate with that one. I felt really good in the water. I was breathing well and not overly excited. I really got into a nice rhythm for a while and felt long in the water. The clear goggles helped with siting but the sun on the way in was really bright. I did not want to breath into the chop, so I just dealt with the sun. Some drafting, a little stopping to avoid wrecks and site, but overall, I was happy with the swim. Buoy to buoy without negative thoughts about getting into duathlon. What would you do differently?: swim faster.  Transition 1
Comments: This was a long transition area so my time was good. The wetsuit came off fairly easily and I executed my best bike mount yet. Barely stopped, pushed with the left foot and jumped on. What would you do differently?: nothing.  Bike
Comments: The bike was good. I was pushing, but comfortable going out. I expected to be faster but the tailwind didn't really kick in until the last 20 miles so my average coming back wasn't as high as I expected. I never cramped. I did sit up to stretch a few times but I staying in aero 98% of the time. It was smooth and fast. I took in 3 Stingers and 2 salt tabs. Got bottle hand ups and rode well. What would you do differently?: I just need to ride more and get some more miles under my belt to go a bit faster. Transition 2
Comments: This transition was slower than normal. I took a few extra seconds to make sure my bike was stable because of the winds. I also made sure my helmet wouldn't blow away or get crushed by other bikers coming in since I was on the end of the rack. And, because I was only going to wear the garmin on the run, i took some extra time to make sure it caught the satellite signal. What would you do differently?: wear the garmin the whole race.  Run
Comments: This was my best run at this distance by far. All the winter run training paid off huge dividends. I went a little fast the first loop but held on the last three for a good result. Split paces per loop were 7:07, 7:17, 7:23, 7:23. Miles 8-11 were slow as I was struggling to keep pace. What would you do differently?: Push harder from 8-11 and not go so fast the first 3. Post race
Warm down: stopped moving. What limited your ability to perform faster: wind Event comments: Good race. it was meant as an early season test and I did better than expected. I am happy with the result. it was my best percentage placement at this distance yet. I'll be in the top 10% soon enough! Last updated: 2010-04-29 12:00 AM
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78F / 26C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 144/1570
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 26/245
I forgot the charger for the garmin and it was on the whole day so I had very little battery life. That was stupid.
We stayed at the host hotel so the walk to transition was short. Woke up at 4:53 and brewed a cup of coffee while getting in the shower. Drank 2 cups and ate a Honey Stinger Energy bar. I had been taking salt tabs as supplements on friday and saturday before the race.
I used the facilities int eh room and headed to transition at about 5:40. Got body marked and set up everything on the bike. About an hour before my start time, I ate one more Honey Stinger energy bar. I used the port-o-cans and walked to the swim start.
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