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Comments: Overall I can't complain much, I swam fast enough to make me a contender for an AG podium. I also recognize that I have huge room for improvement in the swim. What would you do differently?: I was a bit timid at the start, not wanting to tread water or mix it up at the front of the pack. As I get better I can see a definite advantage to working my way up a bit farther at the start  Transition 1
Comments: A little difficulty getting wetsuit unvelcroed around the neck then unzipped, fortunately I was able to get it sorted out on the run to my bike. What would you do differently?: Need to get my own wetsuit and get familiar with it. Rest of T1 went fairly smoothly especially considering I was a bit rushed first thing in the morning during setup. Getting on to bike and into shoes went well.  Bike
Comments: I was a bit worried I went a bit too hard on the bike. I could see a large pack in front of me and I wanted to pass them badly. Most of the pack broke up before the turn around, but I was able to get through at least half of them. I came off the bike 15th in my wave. Transition 2
Comments: I didn't pay much attention to the bike course, and thought the dismount was almost a half mile before it was, luckily I held off removing my shoes, but I slowed down a quite a bit as I was trying to figure it out. My legs probably needed the quick breather before the run though. When the dismount line finally did come, my left foot wasn't out yet. What would you do differently?: My left shoe came out of the clip, so I took it off and ended up carrying it to the rack. Right thing to do considering the error, but it could have gone better. I also had trouble getting one of my shoes on which cost me a couple seconds. For the first time I resisted the urge to get a last swig of water before starting out on the run, so thats a plus.  Run
Comments: Good run, despite the fact that I lost the podium in the last half mile. I nearly closed in on one in my AG, passed another at the turn around, who then hung on my shoulder as I tried to run down the other. At half a mile to go, the one on my shoulder took off and they both smoked me and I couldn't follow. Ended up 4th. They were 3rd and 2nd, like 20 and 25 seconds ahead of me. PR for a triathlon 5k... and on a course with a bit of a hill. What would you do differently?: Not lose in the last two minutes of the race! Post race
Warm down: Didn't do much, hung around for a while, watched the olympic, cooled off in the water, watched the guys who I came so close to beating accept AG awards... What limited your ability to perform faster: Swim is my biggest limiter right now, If I can put together a bike and run like I did and shave my swim time to something respectable, I'll be a contender to win my AG, not just podium Event comments: Good race, beautiful venue, good turn out. Post race activities were pretty thin, but overall a very well done event. Largest tri I've done so far I think. Last updated: 2011-09-19 12:00 AM
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BBSC Tri
75F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 21/391
Age Group = M 25-29
Age Group Rank = 4/35
Woke up about 6:00, ate two slices of bread with peanut butter and drank some wate. Loaded up the car and headed to the event. Had to do race day packet pickup since I couldn't get down to St George until 11:30 the night before due to Friday afternoon traffic in Salt Lake. This made my morning a bit rushed, and I kind of half assed putting my bike number on, which ended up flapping around annoyingly on the bike leg.
Ran for about 10 minutes. I was fairly nervous about the swim so I couldn't focus well on anything else. Ended up switching goggles out from tinted to clear with about 2 minutes to go before the race. Glad I did, sighting would have been very difficult otherwise.