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Comments: Did I mention my wetsuit is awesome!! My overall swim performance was the best it's been, largely due to the wetsuit. My body position was great and I was slipping through the water. This was also my first race where I finally drafted properly. I found a guy slightly faster than me and I stayed on his left hip for most of the swim. He sighted well, so I did little sighting. I just made sure I was staying on his left hip the entire swim. What would you do differently?: nada.  Transition 1
Comments: um. swim was done and now I had to figure out how to get this wetsuit off!! It took me a second to find the drawstring, but that was the easy part. I got to my bike and started to step on my suit like they tell you over the internet (& youtube)... but I forgot the fact that I had the timing chip on my left ankle!! Darn you timing chip.. I spent a good 30 sec hopping around on my left foot trying to get out of my suit! What would you do differently?: practice taking off my wetsuit (w/ timing chip).  Bike
Comments: Bike was around what I expected. I didn't attacked the hills as much as I wanted to and on the second lap, my gears got stuck on one of the hills, which killed my momentum. What would you do differently?: I was shooting for sub 33min. Need to practice hills more! Transition 2
Comments: Decided to wear socks on the run, so killed my time a bit. What would you do differently?: practice running without socks more to I can take them out the equation in T2  Run
Comments: 5km PR!!! 30 sec better than my last (open) 5km race. My legs felt great going into the run and honestly, I was surprised with my split. A fellow age grouper was on my heels for the last mile, which definitely forced me to keep the pedal to the metal. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Post race
Warm down: water, banana, & bagel. Event comments: Well run event by Mossman Tri Club. Definitely a great race to bring the family. Less than 600 racers to it didn't have the huge race feel to it. Last updated: 2011-05-14 12:00 AM
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Sunny
Overall Rank = 92/564
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 13/33
Morning started off rough as my buddy who came to watch went to the wrong apartment complex and then I forgot to grab my liquids and had to turn back to get them. Speeding up I95 at 80mph and listening to Jay-Z to get to transition on time definitely got me ready to race!!
This was my first race with a wetsuit. All of my past races have been too warm to wear one and boy does it make a HUGE difference. I got in the water to test it out for the first time (I know.. I know.. don't wear or do anything for the first time in a race!) and I was practically floating!!! Awesome! Despite only putting it on for the first time the night before and not having any idea how to get the darn thing off once I got to T1, my swim confidence skyrocketed (swimming if by far my weakest discipline).