Swim
Comments: brutal sighting was all over the place again. Need to sight better and stay in a pack of people. Start was a little rough What would you do differently?: sight better, pick up pace for last 200m Transition 1
Comments: put on bike shoes and ran in them. was a little dicy but overall okay. long run to transition and from bike rack to mounting line What would you do differently?: get more sand off my feet Bike
Comments: course was out and back around a 90 degree corners 4x. the corner was a big problem because of the speed differences between the cyclists. some screamed through some slowed to a crawl. Had to jam on brakes in two of the corners due too erratic bikers.Hammered out of corners to get back up to speed but that took a lot of energy What would you do differently?: hard to say, I think the bike course sucked. legs were pretty tired due to biking 160km on Friday (dont do that before big A race!) Bike faster Transition 2
Comments: slow on the transition for some reason. lost focus. should have had a water bottle for a quick boost at transition What would you do differently?: bring throw away water bottle to leave transition with Run
Comments: cant drink out of the cups without walking. ended up spitting it out and coughing at the first water station. Walked at the second and drank a bit but didnt want walk so poured it down my back. legs felt fine after bike. broken toe was sore which slowed me down a bit. should have been a bit faster What would you do differently?: either learn to drink from a cup or bring a water bottle Post race
Warm down: quick dip in lake to cool down. drank water bottle + red bull. slow bike home 7km What limited your ability to perform faster: I am not athletic, no taper, swimming all over the frigging lake Event comments: good race nice set up but the bike course has a lot to be desired. Because it is so short (5km) there is a lot of congestion in the 2 90 degree corners. Jockeying for position before the corner, getting through then back up to speed took a lot of time. The potential for an accident is high in these areas. Last updated: 2011-02-21 12:00 AM
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Canada
Barrie Triathlon
23C / 73F
Overcast
Overall Rank = 113/243
Age Group = 35-44
Age Group Rank = 31/53
yogurt and granola, coffee. had 1 bottle of weak gatorade before race
biked down to race site (7km) swam about 100m 20 minutes before wave was to go.