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Comments: Never swum this kind of pool based thing before - it was really well organised and the stewards counted for us - my steward is also in the tri club and swims with Wifey, so all very chatty and nice!! I started last in the lane and caught all bar one person in the first 10 lengths, then settled down a bit. Must of slowed up a wee bit because the Ozzy girl I'd just overtaken took me back again and I ended the last 8 or so just drafting her - pretty darn happy to get my pace back so close to race pace of last September so early in the season... What would you do differently?: Nothin! A bit more training will get me back to 1:30 per 100m which is just dandy! :)  Transition 1
Comments: really short transition distance-wise, which explains the good time... What would you do differently?: Could have been a little faster if I hadn't got in such a fankle with ditching the organisers swim cap and there was a little bit of jostling for space with my Ozzy pal who kind drifted into my air space - no biggy and frankly anything under a min in T1 is fine by me!  Bike
Comments: Not enough fluid I think... What would you do differently?: Have tri bars and maybe a bigger bottle of juice... Transition 2
Comments: 2 probs: I forgot I was wearing arm warmers and should have peeled them off before T2 - ended up running with them and stuffing them into my trisuit! and I couldn't feel my feet, so getting those rubber toes into my running shoes was a struggle! What would you do differently?: arms off first!  Run
Comments: Without a pee and blisters I reckon I could have been maybe 2-3 min quicker - hard to tell, but I felt like I was probably holding back slightly on the run. (I find the transition from not being too stupid on the swim and bike to giving 105% on the run a bit difficult! What would you do differently?: tape my feet properly - the blisters are killing me and slowed me down in the last 2 miles. Post race
Warm down: rolling in grass with kids - long shower and stretching once home! What limited your ability to perform faster: leaky goggles (not much tho), lack of tri bars on bike, and improperly dressed blisters Event comments: I held back a bit on the run I think (although the blisters were agony and I am meant to be doing an HM next weekend!) Also wasted time with a pitstop - otherwise yeh yeh yeh - best race so far! :) I can't really tell from the way the results are posted, but I think I was at most 12 in my age group and possibly inside the top 10 :) Last updated: 2011-04-20 12:00 AM
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United Kingdom
BSLT
18C / 64F
Overcast
Overall Rank = 16/82
Age Group = Senior
Age Group Rank = 0/
Up, breakfast, into suit and car packed, then off for some fun...
Hung about forever as I was in the fastest swim heat - when heat 3 started I did lots of hip releasing and general active stretchy stuff.