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 Swim
Comments: The swim was rough. There were pretty good waves. I thought given the circumstances that I was able to do a pretty good job though. I was able to site okay and stayed in line pretty well given the chop. I was told that I was around third out of the water from my wave. I choose the last wave because at the time I signed up I was still a work in progress with the swim (Still am!) and I am not disappointed that I did. I worked really hard to stay within myself and swim my race and not get caught up in someone elses stroke which I feel I did pretty well. When I rounded the last turn I was able to pick it up a little (for me) and passed a couple of people from my wave and also a few from the wave ahead.. I almost swam right into a women who was stopped and treading water just seeing her at the last second to avoid a collision... I was happy with my swim all in all. What would you do differently?: Not get psyched out when looking at the swim course to begin with. LOL It looked awfully far!  Transition 1
 Bike
Comments: This is a workout! It is not very long but the hills are tough. As I said I am glad I rode the course before the race. I will ride this course much more next season as I think this will help build strength for other races too. Hard course but I did enjoy the race. What would you do differently?: Ride the course more beforehand to get stronger. Transition 2
Comments: I improved this transition from my previous race by about 53 seconds What would you do differently?: nothing really. maybe get shoes I don't have to tie. I could also leave my cycling shoes on the bike like some do. Need to practice that for next season...  Run
Comments: Coming out of transition I went the wrong way but was corrected and turned around. Right out of the gate it is uphill and my legs were tired from the hilly bike. I thought I was going to hae to walk just before getting to the road but I fought through the urge to do that and continued on. There was one good big hill just before the turn around that was also tough. I had a drink of heed from one of the aid stations and up the hill I went tried to keep pace. The nice thing is after the turn around you get a nice downhill! I was able to get my legs back on that downhill and had the strength to increase my pace a little to finish strong for me. What would you do differently?: Nothing really Post race
Warm down: Walked, caught up with my family What limited your ability to perform faster: Being new once again to triathlon my first year back. Lack of experience. I am sure that next year I will be even better with more experience. Event comments: I really enjoyed this race! Beautiful course! Last updated: 2010-08-18 12:00 AM
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Cazenovia Triathlon
72F / 22C
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Overall Rank = 81/209
Age Group = 50-55
Age Group Rank = 9/21
Woke up at 4:50 about 10 mins before the alarm.
Had peanut butter and honey toast and a cup of coffee. Choked dowm most of the toast as I really don't like to eat first thing in the am...
Got loaded up and left the house at around 5:45 arriving on site about 6:20. Found a good parking spot and began to set up my transition and get my cap and chip.
Nothing really