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Comments: A decent swim. We ran into the water in pairs of two every 3 seconds. I felt like I got off to a good start and really tried - at least in the first half of the race - to draft off other swimmers. My time might just be my fastest of the year. What would you do differently?: There are so many little things... 1. swim as far as I can before standing up. 2. Caring less about others - no need to stop and apologize when I run into someone 3. Preplan my approach - do I want to be on the inside or outside? How do I wat to approach the bouys. 4. Practice bi-lateral breathing.  Transition 1
Comments: It seemed like it took forever to get out of T1. Putting on the tights, socks, shoes, vest. Drying off was worth the extra minute due to the cold. However - my times in transition matched my competitors. What would you do differently?: Practice more. Practice for different situations - tights vs. no tights...  Bike
Comments: A decent ride... It was raining for about 3/4 of the course, which sucked. I tried to go really slow and averaged close to 14 mph for the first lap. The thought of how far I had to go really sapped my strength - so I played games in my mind to focus on the present. I peed 2 times which points to either the cafeine or taking in too much water. One funny thing - Lance Armstrong passed me 2x on bike couse. Second time, I strayed from my lane to thank some drivers who were waiting to turn and as he flew by me - he yelled out, "Dude!". If I had strayed another foot to the left, I would have talken him out. What would you do differently?: I want to make better use of the down hills. I only really pushed the down hills on the second loop and not doing so the first time around cost me some time. I also need to practice keeping my hands down in the drops. Transition 2
Comments: Came into T2 when Lance was doing his post race interview. What would you do differently?: Again, practice, practice, practice. I think I need to make transition part of my long workouts. After long rides - I should practice T2. After long runs, I should practice T1  Run
Comments: I was surprised when the run started by how good I felt. I had to really work at slowing down. I had trouble keeping track of my run/walk splits because my watch kept switching fields... So I used the cones and steps to try to run the first 3 miles with 1 minute run for 1 each minute walking. I was also over hydrating and kept having to pee so I stopped drinking at each aid station. I also had a really upset stomach, so I stopped doing gus and tried to eat any solid food I could find. Had a couple of bananas and the cheese its I had with less than a mile to go were a life savers. What would you do differently?: I would make sure that I had a way of keeping track of my run/walk time. I also want to train more and move to a 9 min run1/1 minute walk pattern. For this, I need to focus more on brick workouts. Post race
Warm down: Loved the post race food and beer - almost cried when they handed it to me. Because I had to get back home, I didn't stretch. Ate my burger, drank my beer, grabbed by stuff, and hopped in the car. What limited your ability to perform faster: Sure - there are a lot of things that I want to do differently next year when I run a full Iron Man, but the fact is that I did it. I went from being 100 pounds over weight in November of 2012 and completed a HIM in 11 months later. Nothing pretty but an outstanding accomplishment. I also was really sick just a couple of days before which explains a lot of the tiredness. I should be proud of the fact that I never once thought about not doing the race. Event comments: This was a great race. It was well planned and there were tons of friendly people to help. I plan on signing up for one of the HIM in either Maine or CT Last updated: 2012-08-20 12:00 AM
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REVOLUTION3 Triathlon
52F / 11C
Precipitation
Overall Rank = 138/221
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 24/31
Drove down to Annapolis to spend the night with Rutledge and Lorrie Webb. For dinner - we went out for a couple of beers at the Federal House. Had a Flying Dog International Arms Race (below average) and a local octoberfest (pretty good). For dinner we had burgers and the obligatory sweet potato fries. Before going to bed, I had a couple of glasses of water.
I think the most important part of this race report is the what would you do differently sections because there is a ton that I would do differently. The learning curve for this race was huge. While I learned a lot - it's clear that I need to change my approach if I'm going to improve my time next year. Before I went to bed, I re-packed all my stuff - but I never ran through a checklist of things I needed to do to be ready. Here is a quick shot at the list.
1. Attach my bib the night before
2. Put my food into individual bags - would be great if I taped the gus and bars to my bike
3. Divide equipment into sections - Swim, T1, T2
4. Read over race briefing to make sure I have taken care of everything
5. Think about taking a bucket to sit on in transition - it would be a good place to sit and could be used to carry equipment.
6. Put all equipment in car night before and leave keys by wallet
7. Add a head lamp to my tri bag - it was so dark in transition
8. Anticipate the weather and then add the required clothing to the transition practice. While I'd practiced putting on the wetsuit - I hadn't practiced putting on tights and a long-sleeved shirt/vest.
9. Need a pair of 2$ disposable flip flops. Had to leave my tennis shoes in transition and it hurt to walk in bare feet.
10. Need to figure out salt replacement pills
11. Need to buy a fuel belt. If I practice nutrition during practices, then I can talk the guess work out of eating and can use nutrition to improve my performance.
Race Day Morning - Woke at 4:45, ate oatmeal with bananas and blueberries, stopped at D+D for small coffee (I might be taking in too much caffeine - the coffee + caffeine may have been too much - I spent all day peeing.) and then drove to Centennial Park. I was totally dark in transition and got a little stressed as I tried to sort the stuff and lay it out. I also realized that I hadn't pinned my bib to my ace shirt nor had I put on my race number tatoos. Solved that problem by running down to info tent after transition closed (a volunteer had to put it in my bag). To solve the tatoo problem - I snuck into a bathroom while the OLY started. Called Heidi.
Almost nothing... We stood around for almost 30 45 minutes before the HIM waves left. I killed the time by putting on my wet suit and taking my extra clothes back to the car. (While I was prepared for the worst - the weather was actually warmer than the 40 temps that had been predicted. They wouldn't let us in the water so my warm up consisted of stretching my neck to get a glimpse of Lance Armstrong and jumping up and down.