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Comments: Good swim, nothing spectacular, but solid. My goal time was 12 minutes, which I'm sure I beat in the water, but my goal time didn't account for the ~100 meter run to the transition area. Most people were saying that took about 1 minute, so there goes a little of my goal time. What would you do differently?: Maybe try to draft a little more. I started wide left of my heat to try and go straight for the buoy, and with all the waves out there from boats and the jet skis, it might make sense to tuck in and get some cleaner water.  Transition 1
Comments: Fine transition, no problems. What would you do differently?: Nothing  Bike
Comments: Good ride. I really felt solid on the bike today. If anything, I might have gone a little bit too hard. My goal was 42 minutes, which looking back, was not very realistic. I held 24 mph here, and going much faster than that over that distance probably isn't in the cards for me this year. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Transition 2
Comments: The time seems slow, but it didn't feel like it at the time, so I don't know what's going on. Long transition maybe. What would you do differently?: I got one foot out of the shoe coming in, but got snagged getting the second out, then had to unclip and grab it off my foot for the run to the bike. It would be great if I could get my head out of my ass and not have to do that next time.  Run
Comments: Uggghhhh, felt very bad on the run. Don't know why, just couldn't get my legs moving. I had a half-of-an-almost calf cramp in the first half mile, then I had both sides cramp up simultaneously about a half mile later, but I was able to work both of those out and keep going. The mediocre/bad run was probably a product of a very poor choice for breakfast, going a little too hard on the bike, and then starting to get a little overheated on the run. All things within my control, so I just need to get those figured out. Goal pace was 22, so I missed that here as well. What would you do differently?: Eat a better breakfast, maybe pace a little better on the bike, and then unzip the shirt and try to get cool on the run. Post race
Warm down: Walk around, stretch a little, drink a ton of water and gatorade, eat the fruit that we brought, and grab some pancakes. What limited your ability to perform faster: Nothing but genes, racing experience, nutrition, and decision-making. But this was a good race, and my goal times were HUGELY ambitious, now that I know the course, so I was happy. Event comments: Despite the fact that I didn't hit my goal time, I was very happy with my effort and overall race. Top 10 in AG at that race is nothing to get upset about, and I really liked that race. The huge crowd and big race feeling was fun, I liked the course, and just had fun today. If the rest of the series is that much fun, I don't see any reason not to keep doing the 5430 Series. Last updated: 2006-03-07 12:00 AM
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5430 Sports
72F / 22C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 61/1067
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 10/94
Get out of bed at 4 am (HOLY HELL) and head for the race. I basically had the car packed, and just had to put the bike on, so I just grabbed coffee and a smoothie and jumped in the car. Normally, I have a bagel and banana, but wanted to try a little something different with the nutrition this morning. BIG mistake, should have just gone with what is familiar and feels good. We also picked up Julia on the way up, so that her kids and husband didn't have to head over at that obscene hour.
Got there plenty early enough to get one of the best transition spots in my wave. Got set up, went to the bathroom, talked to everyone, went to the bathroom, ran a little, went to the bathroom, stretched a little, went to the bathroom. Yeah, this is the part where the nutrition program sucked. Not too happy about that.