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Comments: I really thought I would do better on the swim, but I lost sighting twice and swam a LOT of extra yards to get back on track. What would you do differently?: Spend more time to pause and sight correctly. I think I lost more time getting off track than I would have lost by sighting more.  Transition 1
Comments: I lost about 15 seconds by dropping my goggles with the wet suit strippers, who I was really glad to see since the WTC official I was talkign to before the race said he didn't think there would be any wetsuit strippers. This was my first ocean swim and my first wetsuit swim in a race, so I needed all the help I could get! What would you do differently?: Just not drop my goggles. A lot of time was spent catching my breath, so I'm not sure how much faster I would have been in T1.  Bike
Comments: That headwind was awful! I have no idea how so many people finished so much better than me on the bike portion. I'm not a small person so maybe the wind got me more and I don't have a fancy bike. It felt like I passed many more than passed me but maybe those were participants in the sprint tri that was going on at the same time. What would you do differently?: I think I should have fought to stay behind some of the faster packs. Even with the three bike length rule I could still have benefited from some drafting in that kind of headwind. Transition 2
Comments: I started to fall when I was running my bike into transition and banged it around a little. Otherwise, T2 went very well. I could have gone faster but took a few extra seconds to reload on GU since I used up my stash on the bike. What would you do differently?: I did okay on T2. No big changes.  Run
Comments: Did I really have my best overall ranking in the run? I guess most of my training was in the run and it paid off. This is a pretty good 10K time for me - even if I hadn't just done the swim and run portions! What would you do differently?: I had very little left at the end so I think I gave it what I had to give. Post race
Warm down: Holy cow! I missed my goal of under 3 hours by 27 seconds! So then I banged my head against a pole for a couple of minutes... grabbed some post race food and talked to some folks. What limited your ability to perform faster: The old adage is that it's not the will to win that counts... It's the will to prepare to win that really matters. I have more work to do on the preparation side. Event comments: The safety crews and setup crews were a notch above for this race, presumably because of the WTC. The field seemed to be stacked with great competitors, which is probably true. I'm usually a solid middle of the pack guy, but slipped back a little because of all the great competition and it was a pleasure to watch them work! Last updated: 2011-08-26 12:00 AM
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United States
5150 Triathlon Series
76F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 224/382
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 32/49
Hour and a half drive from Kingwood, so I was up and on the road by 4:30AM. I downed half a mountain dew and a protein bar on the way in - breakfast of champions right? I did a quick stop in transition and dropped off my bucket... yep a bucket. Tried out the 5 gallon paint bucket thing - waterproof storage and a stool. It worked okay, but was difficult to carry back out once the race was over along with walking the bike. In the morning it was fine since I checked in the bike yesterday.
Short swim in the water.