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Comments: My entire wave was in the water and I was one of the last ones in. Not by design but I didn't want to be standing around in 80 degree heat with my wetsuit on. It's a recipe for disaster. So I got in the water and positioned my self on the far right which was a straight line to the markers. I asked a few guys up in the front row what they expected to swim. Everyone says 32, 30, 35.... They ask me back and I say 25 and I get this look like yeah, sure... Oh well the plan to work with someone goes right out the window. 5,4,3,2,1 GO.... I take off in a controlled sprint and break away from the AG. I see a group off to the left and then what seems like only one guy swimming about 15 yards to my left at the same pace. He stays there until the first yellow marker. Then drops behind me and I figure he's going to draft me. At this point I was not willing to easy off to see what he was going to do or play any games. So I stayed on my pace and by the 2nd yellow marker Im all alone. Some how I end up 4th in my AG but totally lost three guys? Anyway, I felt great the entire swim. Never really had a traffic from the wave in front of me and made it back to the beach pretty quickly. What would you do differently?: Nothing  Transition 1
Comments: Very quick transition here. Ever since I cut the legs on my wetsuit it comes off in one quick pull. Love that. What would you do differently?: Nothing  Bike
Comments: Over the first 10 Miles I was riding really well. I felt in control and felt like I could hold the current pace all day. Here is a sample of the file: Temperature, °F 81.96 Average Power, Watts 300, NP 306 Average Cadence 97 Average Speed, mph 26.74 Average Heart Rate 157 At some point things fell off. My power started to drop and I just didn't have that snap in my legs that I expected. I expected to and had a goal of about 285-290 Avg watts for the entire ride. At you can see above I ended up below my watts from last year but rode about the same time as last year. So miles 10-20 looks like a head wind but I didn't push higher watts. Pace dropped a bit and watts was closer to 275 ish. Then between miles 20-30 power really dropped but it looks like a tail wind section as my pace was well over 26 MPH for that portion of the ride. 30-40 looks a lot like the previous segment and then 40-50 looks bad. Higher power and pace in the 24.5 range. Im guessing that rough road on Egypt Rd and the wind there put a damper on things. The last 5 miles was about 260 avg watts and back up to 25+ MPH again. This course is just so deceptive. Wind seems to be a factor no matter where you are but more importantly pacing over the first 10 miles is really important. In any event I got off the bike in one piece and by mile 50 my focus shifted and I was ready to run. What would you do differently?: Not sure Transition 2
Comments: Took a wrong turn into T2 and ran a long route to my bike rack. Probably about 20 seconds extra here. What would you do differently?: Not take a wrong turn.  Run
Comments: I made my way out of T2 and was right on a fast pace. I wanted to get out of sight and out of mind as quickly as possible. I was at about 5:40 pace through the first half mile and then settled down to about 6 min miles for the first 3 miles. Pace was comfortable and my body seemed to respond ok to this. It worked well at Kinetic when I did this. Start off well above race pace and then just let my body settle in. I was through 4 miles and it was HOT. I hooked up with a 40-44 guy and we ran 4-6 together then I pressed on past him. Probably holding about 6:20-6:40 on those miles. Pace was slowing as I'd expect on the back end where there is zero shade. I hit the turn around and had about 1/4 mile on Steve Johnson who was coming quickly. At that point I put my head down and decided to press my pace as hard as I could to see if I could hold him off. He pulled up at about mile 9 and I ran within 10-20 yards of him for about another 1-2 miles. Then he just simply pulled away. He's a very strong runner. I hit the 2nd to last aid station and stopped completely. I didn't see anyone behind me within sight so it was prudent to stop, drink and get settled for the last two miles along the water. Pace slipped but honestly, I didn't care at that point. No one was there and there was no reason to bury myself with 2 miles to go. Hit the last aid station and did the same thing. At this point I thought I saw someone and I decided at a little over a mile that it was time to stop messing around with fate and time to lay on the gas and get to the finish line. That last mile always seems like a long on on this course. Had a great finish and took my time to suck it all in. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Post race
Warm down: Massage, hydration and some compression sleeves. What limited your ability to perform faster: Nothing Event comments: Tricolumbia puts on a fantastic event. The race support is outstanding. At one point I missed a water cup from a guy on the course. This guy decided to run at my pace and try to catch me to get me the water that I dropped. I mean that's impressive. I can't thank those people enough. Even the ladies handing out the water and soda in the post race food area. It was He!! hot and they stood there until late in the afternoon with smiles working hard. A great race and a fantastic experience. Oh and Im going to Kona! Ole! Last updated: 2011-11-28 12:00 AM
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Columbia Triathlon Association
88F / 31C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 8/1600
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 2/
Our trip began on Friday and we decided to take the Cape May ferry over to Delaware again. This trip was a bit different in that we had my son with us and my daughter was staying with my In-Laws back in NJ. First time traveling with only my boy. To make things even more interesting, he woke up with a fever the night before the race, a trend that would continue all weekend long. Poor kid.
We arrived at the ferry at 11:30 AM and met up with Matt Kemple. He decided to join us on the 12 noon boat ride over. We had lunch packed already. We hit the top deck of the boat and relaxed as we sailed over to our destination.
Pretty uneventful Friday at packet pickup. Then off to the hotel in Seaford where we've stayed for the last few times when we have come down to Eaglman. We arrive at the hotel and luck continues to work against us. No reservations. So how our reservations were book at Milford DE and not Seaford DE. Not even close to where we were staying. Hotel manager was really great and hooked us up with a room he had in his "back pocket." Thank god!
Saturday we went over to the race site early and I got in a quick 2 mile run. My legs felt great. Super light on my feet and very smooth. Took the bike out for a spin and rode the run course. There was a bit of a wind on the way out and then a tail wind on the way back in. Got finished with the ride, racked my bike and then jumped in the water sans wetsuit and swam out to the 2nd buoy marker. The water temp was perfect without the wetsuit and I really felt strong in the water. My kick was very solid. I felt like I had a motor attached to my legs. Hopefully a good sign of things to come on Sunday morning.
Sunday morning came early, alarm goes off at 3:15 AM. I slept really great the night before the race and no so much on Saturday night. Win some, lose some. Up and into the shower, breakfast and then got the car packed and off to the race site.
Got there with plenty of time to spare and headed over to the transition are to get all set up. Im just about finished with my setup, I get my pump on my rear wheel and BAM. Pinch flat at O'dark thirty. So I rush over to the bike guys. They are not even unpacked yet. Tech was great and got me all set up again in about 15 minutes.
I finished with my bike setup, walked around a bit. Spoke a little with Steve Johnson, Brady, Matt, and a few others and then decided it was time to figure out if I was going to wear my wetsuit. Water temp was 75 degrees and right on the edge of the cut off. When I saw the pro men wearing the wetsuits, I decided it would be a good idea to wear one.
I wound up hanging out with Mike, Dave and Mike's girlfriend for a while as the waves went off until about 7:20. Got the wetsuit on, zipped up and right into the water! Time to go!