Swim
Comments: Same as above. I am going to find a way to get some real swim coaching before Kansas. What would you do differently?: Find the missing piece. Transition 1
Comments: It was a very long run winding our way through the hallways of the high school to the transition area. Next year the construction will be done and there is a shorter-more elegant path to be had What would you do differently?: Not much, passed in the hallway one of the guys who passed me in the pool. Bike
Comments: This race was all about the bike> I have looked forward to racing on my Kuota and was hopeful of finally getting my 20 mph avg. I got 21.7 so I probably could have backed off a bit and had a better run What would you do differently?: Maybe turn it down just a notch-not much it was a good ride Transition 2
Comments: everything went smoothly but I had pulled my helmet off while running with my bike and was scolded by a volunteer so I set it back on my head. My new tri shoes worked flawlessly for both transitions. What would you do differently?: The transition went well but bricks are needed Run
Comments: It was hard. I had no idea yet that is was not a 5k as advertised so I felt like I had really blown my run! In any case running in the 7's after the bike, for me is still out of reach What would you do differently?: Not sure Post race
Warm down: stand around drink water, eat pizza and watch people What limited your ability to perform faster: Nothing much other than an aggressive bike split but that was by design and I achieved the goal I wanted there. Maybe a hard transition run once a week after my commute and a 5 mile brick after my weekend long rides. The long term goals are Kansas 70.3 and Redman not sprints-but I would like to do well in the sprints. EDIT-I looked up the results again on a whim, now I am 4th Event comments: I went in to it with my bike split at the forefront of my mind and that paid off. Looking back over the last 2 years of sprints I have moved up my age group from the bottom to the top 5ish. I was disappointed to not make the top three but can't complain the pieces are coming together and next year I "age up" there are some fast guys there too and some of my age group will also move up but maybe the field thins out some i will get some results. Last updated: 2012-01-05 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 33/127
Age Group = 45/49
Age Group Rank = 4/13
Up and driving. Sleepless night for some reason and sore neck and back.
I was able to get a 500 yard swim in 50's and 100's My times for these were under 2 minutes so I was hopeful for a good swim