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Comments: Glad I changed my time. I caught the 1st person within 1 length and probably passed 6-7 people. Had a PB swim time and I think I have made somewhat of a breakthrough. I realized event he fast sprint tri swimmers have bad form, what separates them and me is their "swim endurance". I think i have been just swimming too slow. Even in this race I have yet to finish a swim an be out of breath or tired like I am when I am done with the run or bike. What would you do differently?: In these seeded starts it's important to get your swim time just right. If you guess slower than you're capable of you will be waiting making you even slower. I bet I could have swam this in 8:00 which isn't that fast but considering it took me 14 min to swim 500yds in my first race this year I am happy with the progression.  Transition 1
Comments: WTF, is what I was saying to myself during T1, I couldn't believe it was taking this long. Our area was crowded and I was trying to be mindful of other bikes, but really was a poor effort. I guess I need some practice here. What would you do differently?: Try sock-less on the bike?  Bike
Comments: Had a great bike. My heart rate monitor was not working and I forgot to start my watch so I was going all on feel. I was passed by 1 person and passed many. I didn't blow up or take too slow of a pace, I thought it was a perfect bike split for me. What would you do differently?: Tri-bike? Transition 2
Comments: Better but could be faster. Left shoes on bike, I don't know if it saved me anything? What would you do differently?: Practice  Run
Comments: I ran the whole thing which I believe is a testament to the training I have put in. The hill out of transition is brutal, I ran slow but didn't quit. My overall pace is what I normally run in training so I think some track workouts will help. Good finish to a good race. Only 1 aid station which was okay but I didn't anticipate. What would you do differently?: Track workouts, something to help increase my pace. Post race
Warm down: Walked stretched, packed up and went back to finish to cheer my wife on. Had 3 Oreos, Gatorade and some ice cream. What limited your ability to perform faster: Swim sprint training, and run training, the only bike who passed me was a tri bike so obviously I need one of those too. Event comments: Course Volunteers were Military, ROTC, JROTC and Police. They were all great and I tried to thank all of them, so if I missed anyone, THANKS! They were all great and did an excellent job of traffic control. Some of the kids said thank you to the participants, maybe there is some hope for our youth. Last updated: 2011-04-05 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 131/319
Age Group = Clyde
Age Group Rank = 6/18
Woke up5am and got the wife up. Both of us were doing this one. She is not a morning person I think it is kinda funny. I ate my granola and protein powder with milk (sludge), had a couple of cups decaf coffee and drove tot he race. Got transition set up and met a first time clyde who was visibly nervous. Told him not to worry and have fun. Seeing that made me feel better about the race. The day before I was not psyched about it, but that made me realize it was just for fun. I had been really sick with a chest cold and missed 7 days of "peak" training prior to my taper. I was worried I had lost a lot of what I had worked so hard to gain this season for this race which was my "A" race.
No real warm-up. I changed my swim time at the last minute (seeded, swim start) to 9 min from 10 min. Now the pressure to perform was on. Standing in line waiting for my turn I could feel the adrenaline kick in and I was getting pumped.