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Comments: I'm considering this one of my best triathlon swims ever. I started near the back of my wave as usual but after the intimidation of the IMC mass start and distance I never felt nervous - so I just swam at a good race pace the entire time. I passed most of my wave and quite a few from the wave ahead and I don't think anyone from the wave behind me caught up (a first for me). The wetsuit felt fine but there was some scratching on my breast where I glued a big tear. I may have to replace the top. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Transition 1
Comments: Originally I was going to do the swim without a wetsuit or only in the bottoms and have the shoes already mounted on the bike and go sock-less. The cold weather changed all that. I was too slow getting my gear on.  Bike
Comments: At the last moment I decided not to use arm-warmers and opted to wear my big Addidas warm-up jacket on the bike. It was a smart decision - I lost some aerodynamics but the warmth gained was nice. This bike segment really confused me. I felt as slow as molasses - I was working hard but only averaging around 33km/hr, something had to be wrong, after all, at the Binbrook sprint I averaged 35km/hr for 30km and Welland I averaged 34km/hr for 90km.. I figured my fitness level really dropped from not training for 3 weeks. It turned out I wasn't the only one struggling. The cold and wind really slowed down many people. What would you do differently?: I would tuck in more. I think the slow speed was in large part to the wind, which always seemed to be head-on. Transition 2
 Run
Comments: This is where my lack of training the past few weeks really affected me. All season long I've been running sub-5min/km off the bike but this time I just could not do it. For the first 2km my feet were numb blocks of ice. It was frustrating to know I give up about 2 minutes over what I could have run a month earlier. The only consoling fact was that only one person from my Age Group passed me on that run. What would you do differently?: Get in a few training runs. Post race
Warm down: No need to warm down - it was cold. The HERO burgers went down nicely. What limited your ability to perform faster: 1. Stomach Flu all week (I lost 5lbs of fluids) 2. not enough run training since I finished IMC Event comments: This race is my perennial favorite. Even though the weather was a bit cool, I still had a great time. It was nice to see John Salt shaking people by the hand as they finished. Last updated: 2011-09-20 12:00 AM
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Canada
MultiSport Canada Inc.
10C / 50F
Overcast
Overall Rank = 49/269
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 7/30
Loaded the family into the van and drove to site. Stopped at Tim Hortons 5 times - once for coffee and 4 times because I was still feeling the effects of my stomach flu. I've done no training since IMC and was worried about my conditioning - I was hoping to set a good time but between the tummy and fitness level there were many unanswered questions.
It was a cold morning (about 7C when we arrived at 8am). I set up while wearing my zip-up sweatshirt and only changed into my wetsuit 15min before the race. Originally I was only going to wear the bottoms of the 2-piece wetsuit but with the cold weather I opted for both. I had cut the fore-arms off the top and was worried about it keeping me warm enough but it was not an issue.