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Comments: It's been about 7 months since I swam in a wetsuit and I forgot how much I hate it. Looking forward to some non-wetsuit-legal races this summer. Swim went ok I guess, although I was hoping to be in at around 10 minutes. The time includes a run of maybe 1/5 mile to transition area. A lot of folks were saying the swim course was marked long.  Transition 1
Comments: A little trouble with wetsuit but otherwise no issues. Extra incentive to hurry to avoid the bugs.  Bike
Comments: Was hoping to get into a nice pace but never really got there. For some reason I really had to struggle to sustain anything over 21mph. Had hoped to average over 20mph for the leg and just missed that. Although again, the bike split includes a run to and from transition. Probably only about 150-200 yards each way, but any time spent running in cycle shoes is slow. Transition 2
Comments: No issues  Run
Comments: Again struggled more than I had hoped. Took about 2.5 miles to get in rhythm and then fought a side stitch about a half mile later. Was hoping to at least be sub-9s after all the running I did this offseason. This race was supposed to be an easy tuneup before Columbia, but I left thinking I have lots of work left to do. Post race
Warm down: Immediately leave the race area to avoid more bug bites. Event comments: Seemed like a very fast field for such a small/local event (or maybe I was just a total slug that day). A lot of people blowing by me on $5000 bikes. A well organized race, but for me the bugs took most of the enjoyment out of it. I am writing this, I am scratching the approximately 6,000 bug bites on each of my arms and legs. I look like I have the freakin chicken pox. Can't blame race management for the bugs I guess, but it would have been nice to get an email a day or two before warning us to bring some bug spray. I have no idea if the bugs are like this every year, but I probably won't be back to find out. Last updated: 2012-04-07 12:00 AM
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NOTE: In order to appropriately read this race report, please add the phrase "while being eaten alive by bugs" to every sentence. As in, "I set up my transition area while being eaten alive by bugs" or "We listened to the pre-race briefing while being eaten alive by bugs". Good lord there were a lot of bugs.
Got out of my car after parking and almost choked by swallowing a mouthful of bugs. Though to myself "well at least the transition area is a long way away, surely there will be less bugs over there." Wrong.