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Comments: Got into the pen late and ended up about 3 back in the line up but didn't want to be rude and push to the front. The start was a little confused as they were trying to clear people from the swim course who were doing there warm ups. In the end there was no countdown, just a GO, at which point all the people in front of me went left and right, leaving me a clear straight path. Swam the whole way on my own right beside the lane rope so navigation was easy but no chance to draft. What would you do differently?: Start my new fancy Garmin 910xt when the guy says go rather than remembering 4 strokes into the race and thinking bugger it!  Transition 1
Comments: Good transition but pretty long as you have to push out to the main road. Had a little trouble getting my feet in and up to speed buy nothing drastic.  Bike
Comments: Had real trouble getting my legs to go on the first loop and was struggling to sit on 36km/h. I think that the swim took something out of my legs but by the second loop I was sitting on or above 38km/h. The road is 4 lanes wide so there is never any problems with passing or getting held up which is great. What would you do differently?: Work harder in the approaches to the corners. I backed off a bit too early and probably could improve my average speed that way. Transition 2
Comments: Got held up with people walking their bikes into the transition as it was only wide enough for one person at a time. Then couldn't get my shoes on as quickly as normal as they seemed tighter for some reason. What would you do differently?: Try some talcum powder in the shoes as I saw the guy beside me had done that.  Run
Comments: Was going well until the wheels fell off in the last one kilometre. Combination of pushing hard on the run and drinking more than I needed (still in HIM mode with feeling like I needed to constantly hydrate) let to a monster stitch hitting at the 4km mark. Struggled home but it probably cost me 45 seconds. What would you do differently?: Drink less for a sprint race Post race
Warm down: More like post race cool down. Jumped in the water but it was bathtub warm, then went and stood under the showers for about 5 minutes which were mercifully cool! What limited your ability to perform faster: Too much fluid (I think) and not enough speed work recently on the bike. Event comments: Well run with plenty of atmosphere due to the large number of competitors in quite a small space. Profile Album Last updated: 2012-04-23 12:00 AM
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Singapore
MetaSport
30+C / 86F
Sunny
Overall Rank = 53/1127
Age Group = 40-49
Age Group Rank = 12/308
Powerbar at 6:30
Caffiene drink and water on the way
Arrived at the event a little later than we would have liked just after the start of the elites. Went and had a paddle in the water and stretched on the beach.