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Comments: As usual, swimming is my weakest discipline. I actually felt pretty good during the swim, but when I got passed by quite a few women from the wave behind me I knew that I did not clear 22 mins as I hoped. What would you do differently?: Not a fan of swimming. It shows :) ![]() Transition 1
Comments: I got completely shafted with the rack position. I had to run through the entire transition to the exit - prolly a good 0.15 mile. ![]() Bike
Comments: This was my race on my newly purchased bike, with deep dish wheels and tubular tires. I did not ride with the tubulars that much, and I kinda got overexcited with inflating them to 140 psi. Cornering was tricky to say the least. This course happened to have a sh..tload of cornering. So I had to slow down. On the other hand, I only got passed by 6 riders, all but 1 with a disk wheel. The road was a little rough, and the no-drafting thing was enforced sparingly. On the way back, I got blocked by a group that was 5 deep and 3 wide. And then on the last hill I somehow dropped the chain. That cost me 2 mins. What would you do differently?: This was a second hand bike, and perhaps the chain needs to be changed. I think that I will probably stick with the clinchers from now on. Tubulars make me nervous :) ![]() Transition 2
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Comments: I've decided to take it easy on the run, since I did quite a few running events this winter and the left knee was starting to get a chrono flare up again. Wanted to keep under 7:30, but not push it. I did just that for 5 miles. Somehow managed to get shoelaces come untied after the 2st mile, so there goes 30 seconds of time. Then after the last mile I turned into an alcoholic that in attempts to quit drinking starts taking little sips - and just downs the remaining half a glass. The knee was getting a little tender from crappy surfaces. Drinking stations were set up at mile 1 and mile 2.7 of the run. Not entirely logical, but it was enough for me. Some people really suffered as they would have benefited from drinking every mile. What would you do differently?: Not much. Needed to rest the knew before the slew of events in April and May. ![]() Post race
Warm down: Stretched, ate some grub, drank a bottle of water, and then went and dipped in the lake in lieu of ice bath. That was awesome! BSed with some folks and headed to the transition area. Packed my stuff and back to the car. What limited your ability to perform faster: Swimming as usual. One day I will get better. Event comments: I liked it - a nice chill event, unusually competitive. I will be back next year, and this time I ain't running no 7:30 miles :) Last updated: 2012-03-05 12:00 AM
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United States
Klein | Clark Sports
75F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 241/767
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 35/74
Got up, ate my PB&J sandwich, had some coffee and a banana and headed out. Got to the event parking, grabbed my gear and setup in the transition area.
Stretched, ran for 2-3 mins, stretched a bit more. Went into the water and swam for a few mins.