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Comments: Without a water warm up, I felt like the wetsuit wasn't well "seated" in place, making the first third feel uncomfortable. Loosened up from there. The biggest problem was my lack of swim ability, and how obvious it is that the championship wave swimmers are real swimmers. I got left behind by my wave and the next wave pretty quick. What would you do differently?: Swim coach, swim more.  Transition 1
Comments: Suit got stuck, that hasn't happened in a while. Hadn't practiced shoes-on-bike technique yet, so didn't try it. What would you do differently?: Fix the above.  Bike
Comments: Hadn't been on the bike much in the last 2 months, thanks to life intervening and marathon training. So I'm happy with this effort. On the first 180 degree turn my rear wheel skipped twice, a slide that almost was a wipeout. That was a bit unnerving. One gel on the bike, Powerade in the aerobottle. Transition 2
Comments: This was fine.  Run
Comments: Took one gel and felt smooth until mile 3, when thighs began cramping. Backed off a bit until they let up at mile 4. I think the Gatorade I started grabbing at aid stations helped. Two seconds slower than last year on the run, but an overall PR by nearly 4 minutes! Post race
Warm down: Post-race treats and clothes change, then cheering on good friends turning in PRs of their own! Event comments: Outstanding race, with outstanding volunteers and participants. Only concerns were the lack of available swim warm up, and more concerning was the lack of security at bike pick up after. My friends and I walked right out of transition with our $12K of equipment with no one checking our race number bands. Last updated: 2012-07-18 12:00 AM
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Hy-Vee Triathlon
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Overall Rank = 222/623
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 27/34
Up at 3:30, quick shower, breakfast of Breakfast Cookie, OJ, green tea. Packed up, and headed to the race. Arrived at 4:55, set up transition, had a scare when bike-support accidentally unscrewed my valve extension when I went over for an air top-off. I thought for sure the front tire was going to then flat on me at some time during the race, but it didn't happen. Visited with friends until the start of the race.
Unfortunately, none. Should have gone to the far side of the lake beach swim area for a water warm up since they weren't allowing it at the start site.