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Comments: Because of the number of competitors and a short swim (.3 mile) the swim was a time trial start. With this many people this really was the best way to do it. 2 people would go off every few second, not exactly sure how many seconds. I was in the front of the middle of the line. I finally got into the water and it was great not having to fight with people for space in the water. It was a good open water swim for me, it felt strong, I was pushing it, and my sighting was decent for once What would you do differently?: Nothing, was good for me  Transition 1
Comments: Helmet and cycling shoes, grab bike, go! What would you do differently?: nothing  Bike
Comments: I knew there were going to be some rollers on the bike course. Although I don't have any hills to train on at home, I have been putting in a lot of work on the bike trainer. Tough, menacing sessions that make me want to cry. This was a sprint, so in my typical fashion in a sprint tri I hammered the entire course, standing up hammering going up the hills. I am getting more comfortable going down hills as well, so I was able to get a nice tuck in the aerobars and fly down the hills as well. This was a fun, fast bike course What would you do differently?: nothing Transition 2
Comments: I knew I had a good bike split so I was anxious to get out on the run. Then I had a panic moment, I WAS LOST IN TRANSITION. I could not find my spot, I must have spent about 20-30 seconds looking for my spot. I finally found it and was panicking about how long I was taking. Racked bike, tossed helmet off, running hat on, cycling shoes off, running shoes on, grabbed race belt, go! I sprinted to the run start. What would you do differently?: Not get lost  Run
Comments: Run was through a paved trailed in the woods so you could really feel the humidity. I felt good and was at my 5k pace, was thanking all the volunteers. At mile 2 I was relieved the run was almost over, and then there was a series of steep little hills. Got through them, my run time was slower than I was hoping for, but I'll take it. What would you do differently?: Run faster Post race
Warm down: Hung out with friends, waited for awards ceremony. Was shocked to have won my age group at such a huge race Event comments: Awesome race! Last updated: 2012-07-28 12:00 AM
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Tri Peachtree City
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = W25-29
Age Group Rank = 1/33
It was a Saturday race, so we had to leave Friday night. Friday morning Joel came home from work around 9:30 in the morning, which was unusual for him. He then gave me the news that he was deploying to Afghanistan in less than 45 days. I was upset of course, this isn't our first deployment, it will be our 4th together, but this is the first time he has been told on such short notice. Also to add salt to the wound, he will be deploying the same week as the Augusta 70.3, so now my "A" race is up in the air. Now I am going into this race with all this on my mind.We arrived in Peachtree City Friday night and because of the long drive had to go strait to bed for our 3:30 wake-up. Joel was doing sherpa duty for this race.
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