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Comments: First lake swim for me, was much better than I expected. Wetsuit was also a surprise, felt very balanced in the water. After the first 200 yards I was able to get into a good rhythm, kept my breathing under control and just swam. During the 2nd lap I was able to find another swimmer that I drafted off of the rest of the way. Thank you #31. That was also the first time I drafted during the swim. What would you do differently?: Not much. This was my best swim to date. The only thing I would change was finding a draft partner sooner.  Transition 1
Comments: Transition 1 Details: Time: 1:53 Overall Place: 63 Percentile: 91 Gender Place: 42 Gender Percentile: 91 Category Place: 1 Category Percentile: 100 What would you do differently?: Nothing. If I could find a race with 4 or 5 transitions, I would love it!  Bike
Comments: Very well supported ride. Cops/Deputies at all intersections. Volunteers galore. 2 aid stations with water & food that you passed 4 times. Very well marked turns. A few distance markers would have been nice. Did stop several times. Once because the wind caught me off guard during a turn and pushed me off the road. Came to a stop and used that time to tighten the bottle rack on the back of the seat as it was starting to hang down and was hitting my legs. Second stop was an attempted potty break. Third time was to give a fellow rider a tube. He flatted 4 miles from T2 and the lady who stopped to help him was riding 650's and he needed a 700. What would you do differently?: Pushed a little too hard, especially into the wind. Kept a very comfortable cadence but began to feel my quads burn at about mile 35. Need more training prior to races of this distance. Transition 2
Comments: Transition 2 Details: Time: 1:57 Overall Place: 143 Percentile: 79 Gender Place: 100 Gender Percentile: 79 Category Place: 1 Category Percentile: 100 What would you do differently?: Again nothing. Both transitions under 2 minutes. Had it not been for fast transitions and a 4 minute penalty, the 2nd place guy would have beat me by 2 minutes.  Run
Comments: WORST RUN EVER!!! I honestly thought I could hold 10 min/mile pace. Ha!!! I ended up walking almost half of the 2nd lap, mainly the final 3 miles. It was brutal. Quads cramped almost immediately after the bike. Had to stop several times to stretch and once for an actual potty break. At one point I noticed I was not sweating, so I slowed way down, took a cup of ice at the aid station and tried to cool off as best as I could. Never felt like I was in danger, but was cautious. What would you do differently?: Train, train, train, as in make sure you get in all of the training planned. 3 days a week will not prepare you for a HIM. Post race
Warm down: Water, shade, pizza, chips, a Coke and find the family. They missed the finish because a passenger on the tram from the zoo to the park, had a seizure and they had to wait for EMS. They missed me by less than 5 minutes. Oh well, there's my reason to do another. What limited your ability to perform faster: Let's all say it together, T-R-A-I-N-I-N-G!!!! Event comments: Not as impressed as I expected. For a "Best of" race, I thought there was a lot more that could be done. Expo was very minimal, I've seen better at local sprint/Oly tris. Again, no XXL shirts, so I have another race shirt that I can not wear. The "discounted admission" for the zoo was $1. So my family had to pay almost $40 bucks to see me run by once and then miss my finish. They also changed the run course without letting everyone know. My family went to where the map said we would pass, but the route through the zoo was different than marked. Post race food & beverage was very disappointing. Not sure I would recommend this race to others. Last updated: 2010-12-27 12:00 AM
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MultiRace
75F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 419/683
Age Group = Under 39 Clydes
Age Group Rank = 1/4
Drove down Saturday, learned several important lessons about traveling for a tri. First, don't spill a large glass of milk in the van as you are getting in to leave. That pushed back our departure by 30-45 minutes. Second, when you lock your bike and wheels in your wife's van, make sure you take the key off of the key chain for the truck. That little oversight cost me another 30-45 minutes once I got to the Expo/Packet Pick-up. Thankfully the crew with Multisport were able to get me a bolt cutter. By the time I got to check-in, there was less than an hour left to rack my bike and visit the Expo. The bright spot in all of this was picking up a SwimP3 player for half price! (Vendor wanted to sell the last one and leave.)
Race morning was uneventful, thankfully. Breakfast was not as good as I normally have, but better than nothing. Had two hamburger buns with peanut butter, would have rather had a bagel, but couldn't find a real grocery store and was stuck with what CVS had on the shelf.
Walk down to swim start, contort self into wetsuit, waddle to start line. Not a big fan of swimming as a warm-up, it only makes me cold.