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Comments: Started on the beach on the far right a few rows back. Strolled into the water and got going fairly event free. Heard Scott tell be to get going. Swam to the outside of the main group to the first buoy and then blended in going to the second. Got into a good steady rhythm and kept pace with the folks around me as we rounded the inlet, I drifted way outside on that leg and had to arc back in to get the buoy. At the candy corn buoy I thought we were supposed to head for home everyone was going straight towards the two red buoys and they had siad to round all the buoys that were still out on the course so I followed suit. Again I swung wide on this section and I definetely fell out of my rhythm. By the time I got it back we were pararrel with the shore and ready to get out. What would you do differently?: Swim more! And swim straighter! 9/17 AG and 62/184 OA  Transition 1
Comments: SHort run up the beach to the parking lot and T1. Had a small issue pulling my wetsuit off my feet, them took my time getting my glasses and ring, helmet and finally shoes and socks. Socks were tough to get on. Loaed my gel and then stuffed everything into my transition bag and tied it as it was a point to point. What would you do differently?: Little smoother gear change and not have such a fight with my swiftwicks and wetsuit. Fell to 10th in AG and 66th OA  Bike
Comments: Had some issues getting clipped in and lost a bit of ground then took it easy out to the road before finally dropping into aero and setting sail. Started passing people and found a good hard tempo. Started catching the collegate women and men 5 and 10 min ahead of my wave and it gave me something to shoot for. Passed a few people in my AG one with an aero helmit and IM tattoo on his calf, (love passing them) and hammered the hills and stayed in the big ring the whole time. On the second half I had 1 guy from the 30-35 AG pass me and ease away other than that I don't remember anyone passing me and staying in front of me (other than the 1 pro once the course came together. Had 1 guy in an aero helmit and trispoke wheel do a back a forth with me for 10 miles before I finally passed him for good on the main road in Anderson. Finished strong and felt good. What would you do differently?: Pretty well executed ride, maybe could have pushed the envelop a bit. Rode up to 6th in my AG and 31 OA plus passed a ton of collegate wave but need to ride stronger to place in my AG as I was 6th faster bike split as well. Transition 2
Comments: Really good quick transition. My tri bag was in the way of my rack and it took a few extra seconds. But quickly out of my bike shoes into my running shoes grabbed my race belt and off. Got cheer from Alexander and Carole and off I went. What would you do differently?: Set up my bag better. Maintained my position OA and in my AG and actually made up about 10 seconds on the leader.  Run
Comments: Quick transition and got rolling on the little hill out of transition. had one guy pass me there and one college kid pacing behind me. Got into a good free pace and felt good. Were still catching the college wave people but few else. The pros doing the HIM had a two loop course so I got to see Andrew Strokowitz, Torenzo, and Richie Cunningham. Got up to the 3 mile point and the college kid passed me, then stopped to tie his shoe as I passed back and then passed my as a pro I didn't know passed us both. Passed Charlie Patten the head guy at Rev3 and had him tell me i was too old to be racing so much. Hit the turn and tried to lengthen my stride and work for home. Had the same pro pass me again (HIM turn around was a bit further up the road) and saw the leader (Andrew S. was absolutelte crushing the field. Passed Terenzo who was lloking strong and then Richie and Jaqui Gordon who gave me a big smile when I cheered her one. Saw Carole (MB!) again at the mile 5 aid station and pushed hard to the end. Had the finish line pretty much to myself and posed a bit for the finishline photo. What would you do differently?: 46:04 is my Oly run PR, and it really didn't feel like I was going that hard as it was a smooth fast run. 3rd fastest split in my AG (behind only 1st and 3rd place)so it was a good run. Lost focus for a stretch but got it back so very happy with the run. Ended up 6th in my AG and 30th OA which was a bit depressing that I only passed one person with a PR run but I had a 4 mins to make up on 5th and had a 2 min gap which I stretched to 4 min on 7th. Post race
Warm down: Got my medal and towel and some water and walked over to my friends at the NormaTec tent and sat in the boots. Then went over to the transition and found Laura, and Alexander. Laura's brother was injuried in Afganistan over the weekend but had made it back to Walter Reed in DE and is going to be OK, which was great news. Then found my dry clothes and T1 bags and got changed and then loaded up T2 and walked my stuff to my car. Came back and got some food (Southern BBQ!!) then went to chek the results. The computer lost internet so that failed but a preliminary results sheet was up and it showed me 26th OA and 3rd in my AG. Unfortunately once the computers came back I saw that the Prelim sheet missed about a min and a half of finishers and 3 of them were in my AG, so I ended up 6th. That sort of sucked as I have never placed in my AG before and thought I had. Stayed around for the awards ceremony and found the OA winner was in my AG so only missed the podium by 2 spots. What limited your ability to perform faster: Swimming and maybe being too conservative early on the bike and run. The swim was long by all accounts or I might have been close to 2:30 and certainly would have PRed, but I was very satisfied especially with the run PR and considering i was coming off a HIM PR last week. Satisfying race but left a bit of room to hunger for a bit more. Event comments: Cool race and concept having pros and the SEC collegate championships alongside the regular ag oly and HIm races. Point to point course was reasonable and not a logisitcal nightmare like IM 70.3 Providence was as the transitions were only about 2 miles apart. Really nice homey athmosphere and feel to the race. Was announced this race will be the USAT Long Course Championships next year so now I defintiely have to qualify. Last updated: 2012-03-02 12:00 AM
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REVOLUTION3 Triathlon
70F / 21C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 30/184
Age Group = M40-44
Age Group Rank = 6/17
My last Triathlon of 2012! Drove done Friday after getting my State Inspection for my car done but the forgot to change the oil. Got on the road about 11am and it was a good 11 hour drive which became 12 when my GPS didn't tell me about a turn so I stayed left and ended up in downtown Greenville. FInally got to Clemson just about midnight and immediately crashed. Next morning I headed over to Andeson and the expo and picked up my packet and chip, then headed over to Darwin Walker Park to drop off my bike and do the practice swim. Missed my teammates for the tri slide pit but swam a nice relaxed loop of the HIM course. Had issues with my goggles fogging up so Foggled up after I got out. Dropped of the bike and headed back to the hotel. Went to dinner with a bunch of my teammates at the same restraunt as last year in old town Anderson and again we had a great time eating and following the Ironman World Championships (and some of our teammates) via Twitter and facebook. Rolled back to the hotel took a shower and put on my race numbers laid everything out and hit the sack, Woke up at 5am drove to the expo by 5:30 and set up T2 then got on the shuttle and drove over to Darwin Walker at T1. Ended up sitting next to Jaqui Gordon and another pro and listened to them talk about the race and what else they had planned for the year. Got into T1 early, pumped up my tires before the lines, loaded up my bottles and set up T1, then found a nice corner and laid down for about 30 min till it was time to get my wetsuit on and head out. Had Stu come by and wish me luck. We got ushered out of transition at 7am and I visited the potta potties and headed down to watch the pros and the HIM get under way.
There was about 30 min between the HIM and the first Olympic wave while they repositioned the buoys so we got a chance to do a swim warm up. Swam out to the first buoy and back. Was a bit chilly at first but warmed up and felt good.