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Comments: I started on the front left and tucked in behind a couple swimmers. I did not seem to sight very well on the way out and felt like I was zig-zagging all over the place. I made the turn and was feeling pretty good. On the back section you really cannot follow the buoy line becuase they were a bit off from the actual swim out location. Luckily, the swim out location was easy to sight off of and I did not have any problems. I did notice the top female come scooting by me though a hundred yards from the finish. Turns out, she was the fastest swimmer OA guys and girls. They started 3 minutes behind the guys. What would you do differently?: A comfortable pace on this swim...not the normal comfortably hard pace I usually strive for..but that was the plan.  Transition 1
Comments: No problems here...wetsuit came off ok... I have major helmet buckling problems though. What would you do differently?: Nada.  Bike
Comments: I started out passing quite a few people in the first 5 miles and then settled in to a pretty comfortable pace. The wind was blowing pretty hard out of the north which is not the normal wind direction. This made the course significantly slower than usual since it is mainly a north-south out and back. The first 15K was actually not too bad with protection from the trees. Back out on Lakshore Drive it was pretty steady headwind to the State Park and that was unusually slow. I really like the bike course and Lakeshore Drive is very smooth. We mixed in with the sprint distance athletes and was tough to know where the Oly distance athletes were at. I cruised into transition feeling pretty good. What would you do differently?: Again..a comfortable pace..not the comfortably hard I usually strive for..but that was the plan...did I repeat myself, haha. Transition 2
Comments: get in..get out..no problem. I should also mention that the K-Swiss K-ONA's are awesome for running without socks..love them. What would you do differently?: Nada.  Run
Comments: I started out at a comfortable pace and just kinda cruised along. The entire run was kind of that way. I was not pushing at all and was thanking the volunteers and talking to people in the campground as I passed by. One guy in the campground handed a Pop to me like it was an aid station..I said "what, no Bud Light"..then he yelled get this guy a Bud Light. The portion in the campground and on the trail is really nice and tough to see other athletes. I only got passed once and really did not care. I knew I could push harder but was not going to today. The final leg back on Lakeshore Drive was steady and cruised into the finish line...hooray. What would you do differently?: Nothing..had fun. Post race
Warm down: I have never felt this good after a race..I did not even need a nap when I got home. What limited your ability to perform faster: See Muncie report...Just wanted to get back at it in a comfortable fashion. Event comments: Good race and love the venue. Last updated: 2010-08-09 12:00 AM
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3 disciplines
65F / 18C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 15/119
Age Group = M 30-34
Age Group Rank = 2/10
This was the first race after Muncie...and the plan was just to have fun again..and not worry about "racing". I just wanted to be comfortable again out there and get back in the game for Tawas in september.
I was going to meet my parents and drive the hour up to Ludington that morning. I had a bagel and peanut butter and then sipped gatorade on the drive to the race.
I went for a short run when I got to the race site and really was low key about the whole race.
I managed to get a 200 yard swim warmup in which was nice.