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Comments: We were told by a race official that because the water was so shallow that we would walk across the timing mat on the beach and out the approx 50M to the rectangle and he would then sound the horn and our official time would start. My wave basically runs out...some start swimming while others wait. There is no horn so we just start "swimming." I say "swimming" because my hands were touching the bottom and about 2/3 of my wave were water jogging. I guess I should stop being annoyed with the senior citizens at my pool for water jogging. If I would have joined them these past few months, I would have been the first person out of the water. I could not find a good swim pattern because I kept running into people that were bobbing up and down and trying to run. Overall swim time also included an approx 100m run to T1. What would you do differently?: Started out at the very front and farther outside to try to actually swim and pass the water joggers. ![]() Transition 1
Comments: They didn't not break out T1 times (included in bike) but I emailed to get the info from them. What would you do differently?: This is the first time that I got my wetsuit stuck on my heels and my timing chip flew off. I could not find my personal timing chip strap before I left the house so I had to use the one provided at the race...the velcro was basically worn out. ![]() Bike
Comments: There was not a "glass option" for road surface haha. I saw quite a few people with flat tires. Overall I felt pretty good though. My bike computer sensor got pushed around and I tried to reach down while riding and re-adjust. It didn't work and I didn't want to stop to try to fix it so I had no idea how fast I was going but felt pretty good overall. On the return trip, as I approached the transition area I had one race volunteer waving me in while the one on the other side of the street was waving that I needed to go past the T area. Hmmmm...I started to follow the first one and the other guy started yelling at me that I had to continue past for about 1/2 mile and then come back to finish the bike segment. Grrrrrr! What would you do differently?: Nothing really because this is almost 2mph faster than my bike split at my tri last summer. ![]() Transition 2
Comments: Overall was good. Not very many bikes near me when I came into transition so that helped a lot! I ran without socks. They were dry but my feet was still damp from my wet bike shoes so I didn't feel like struggling with them. I have never run without socks before but it wasn't too bad and thankfully no blisters. I really, really had to go to the bathroom and would have stopped. But the port-a-potties were on the other side of transition and they wouldn't let me run over there without being DQed...WTF! The lady told me to just run really fast and I could pee when I was done. Again...grrrrr!!! ![]() Run
Comments: I don't really have any comments on the run. This was a pretty good overall run time for me but unfortunately many others in my age group ran it in 20 min or less. I could have used some water in the middle of the run but they put water right at T2 and at the very end of the course. ![]() Post race
Warm down: Walked around and met up with some people from BT and chatted with them for quite some time. The sun came out so I decided to try to dry off some before getting back into my car and heading home. It was good being with friends out there. I think meeting up with friends made this race for me. Otherwise it would have been a complete disappointment. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of training and inconsistency in July. The crazy-fast people in my age group. There were 5 men that finished in under an hour. Event comments: The organization and communication was a disaster. There were volunteers and some were helpful but others had no idea what was going on. I didn't hear of an awards ceremony or annoucement on winning time. Post-race food only consisted of a banana and bagel unless I missed a table somewhere. They messed up posting my times on the site and they are still not accurate. I emailed them and shockingly received a reply with my actual times. I didn't break out my rankings for swimming, biking, and running because I couldn't sort by category on the race results webpage. Last updated: 2010-06-28 12:00 AM
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United States
RAM Racing
Precipitation
Overall Rank = 111/430
Age Group = M 30-34
Age Group Rank = 31/69
Woke up at 4:30 (went to bed at 12:30...friends from out of town staying with us...don't ask haha). I actually was walking around the condo like a zombie and didn't even realize that it was pouring down rain until I went outside and got wet. Luckily I packed the car last night!
I didn't really warm up because it was chilly out and didn't really stop raining until right before the swim. I did swim around in the lake for about 5 minutes though. Basically just wandered around transition trying to figure out how to keep things dry just in case it stopped raining before I biked and ran.