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Comments: Yeah. There's not a lot I can say here. I'll always be in the top handfull out of the water. That's why I'm swimming for team CCTS in the OD next week. Some chicks got in the way at the ladder so I just jumped out at the side of the pool. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Transition 1
Comments: This is a guess at time. I felt pretty shitty getting out of the water due to being just a little bit sick. I stopped. Had a drink... then got moving. What would you do differently?: Don't stop. I have time to recover when I am on the bike.  Bike
Comments: People don't understand stay left. I need to remember that it's a mountain bike race, basically, lol. Admittedly I drafted a girl for about 500m to have a rest. Oh well. No TOs. What would you do differently?: Not a lot. I did alright. I had no data, so had no idea how fast I was going. Was faster than last year though. Big chain ring this year! Transition 2
Comments: Better transition than T1. But, because my bike was racked right back at the swim entry, and they didn't make everyone run aroudn the back of transition, I had a long run with the bike and another long run out of transition to the run exit. Oh well. What would you do differently?: Nothing. I went without socks. I did have a bit of trouble racking my bike, but at least I know I gave it all because I was zonked.  Run
Comments: I am so glad that there were like 400 competitors. But I was feeling alright up until this point. I hit the ground out of T1, after taking a fair sip out of the water bottle, and just about lost bladder control, and got a mass pain in my gut. And I know this is TMI, but I figured (since I was still soaking wet) I may as well let it go. I struggled to get through the first 500m. When I got to the 1km mark, the water I had drank in T1 evacuated. I undid my suit because I could hardly breathe, cramps in my stomach as well as everything else. The legs could go. They wanted to go. But I couldn't. I know it's a lack of food/energy. I know it's being sick. But I just can't help being so damn disappointed in myself. Overall race time of 54:45 was 2 minutes and a few seconds slower than last year. What would you do differently?: Don't race when sick. It's a shitty feeling. Post race
Warm down: I just went and lay on the ground. I drank about 5L of water immediately and felt a little better afterwards. What limited your ability to perform faster: Sickness. That's all this year. I've been running well this week till today. Event comments: I will do this race every year till I can't walk any more. Or till they take it off me. Last updated: 2011-05-23 12:00 AM
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Just a walk around, and set up transition. Pool swim, I can warm up there.
I didn't have breakfast, because I have had Gastro... and let's be honest, I was a bit afraid of what would happen if I ate something.
I couldn't eat dinner last night because I just felt horrible. So I basically have had a packet of two minute noodles in two days. Not the ideal race prep is it.
Yeah not a lot.