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Comments: I was in a little bit of traffic at the start due to everyone jumping off the barge in a wave start, but since I wasn't that fast and my swim training has been less than planned, I just let everyone pull away and settled into a groove. I sighted once then swam for 50 yds and sighted again, made a correction and then settled into a slow and steady groove. Had a little bit of assistance from the current, but it was fairly light. Slight assist getting out onto the dock and then a short 100-yd ish run up some stairs to the transition area by the race hotel. What would you do differently?: Find a way for life to stop getting in the way of my swim training.  Transition 1
Comments: Goggles, cap, and wetsuit off to the waist on the run. Grabbed glasses, helmet, bike, and race belt, and I was off. Standing mount at the mount/dismount line. What would you do differently?: Work on running mount technique.  Bike
Comments: A really nice bike ride through the KY countryside. I was happy with my performance, averaging 18 mph including the big climb. What would you do differently?: Get in some serious bike training and bring my cadence up to where it should be. Transition 2
Comments: Standing dismount. Lost a few seconds on the dismount, but I wasn't at a point in the race where a few seconds would matter. What would you do differently?: Practice and get the time down  Run
Comments: Spent the first mile getting the legs to turn over and transition from pedaling. Second mile was hot, hot, hot, and my cadence/pace was disrupted by the 50+ steps up the flood wall. What would you do differently?: I didn't push as hard as I could have, mostly because I was just starting the holiday weekend and had a 3 1/2 hour drive in front of me. I didn't want to feel like butt for the rest of the day. Post race
Warm down: Refueled - Gatorade, 2 waters, turkey/cheese sandwich, muscle milk. Later a foot-long Subway, chips and a Coke. What limited your ability to perform faster: The heat and humidity, my decision to treat this as a fun race, and the decision to skip my last Gu on the bike. Event comments: A great race overall. The community puts on a great race. Despite the warnings about how bad the "Big Hiney" would be, I found this to be a fun bike course. The swim was good. The run is what it is, a challenging finish to a nice race. Great organization, and definitely will do this one again when it fits into the calendar. Last updated: 2012-05-17 12:00 AM
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Buffalo Trails Multisport Racing
80F / 27C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 45/69
Age Group = M4044
Age Group Rank = 6/7
We arrived in town Friday evening for a Saturday AM race. This was a short-notice (2-week) decision to enter this race, and I had decided this was definitely to be a fun race, especially given the forecast for HOT. We checked into the French Quarter Inn (race HQ), picked up our race packets, had a nice dinner at a local restaurant (Chandlers) then had a few pre-race malt beverages with some friends. In bed by 11:30, asleep by midnight.
Woke up to the sunrise in our room at 6am. Coffee, Clif Bar, dressed, prepped the bike and nutrition, and we were down the elevator to the lobby by 6:45am. Literally walked out the front door, and got body marked, grabbed the timing chip, and set up transition by 7a. Had some more water, and grabbed a GU to find the shuttle to the swim start.