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Comments: Good swim. Best draft for me ever I think, but did go off course on the way back a bit following then correcting, but happy with 1:25 per 100 pace. My ankle strap seemed very loose and iffy before the race, and sure enough it fell off somewhere early on in the swim. I think it was retrieved and volunteers looked for me at the swim exit and put it back on. Way to go volunteers! What would you do differently?: Swim straighter after the last turn and maybe put electrical tape on my ankle strap to help it stay on.  Transition 1
Comments: Good tran. Didn't push overly hard but time was decent. Saw Jason and Jim and Anna and said hi. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Bike
Comments: Best bike split ever for me at 23.2 mph. I pushed it hard on the flats staying close to 25 mph. What would you do differently?: Nothing, except wished I had got my front race wheel valve fixed as the deep dish would have helped a bit on the fast cousre. Transition 2
Comments: Solid tran. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Run
Comments: It hurt. I had only run like 20 miles the whole previous month due to travel, fatigue after a huge, hard hike in Ca near Lake Tahoe and calf tweak about 2 weeks prior to race day, so was very happy I could finish without injury and manage this pace. Was actually running about 7:10 pace until the middle of mile 3 when I faded a bit. Jason paced me, which was fun and helped drag me in as I was hurting pretty bad and wanted to walk. What would you do differently?: Run more and especially not tweak my calf 2 weeks prior to the race. Post race
Warm down: Walked around with Jason, got water and food, talked to Jim and Anna, and met Brett Lovaas who was the overall winner by over 2 mintues and a MN Tri stud. What limited your ability to perform faster: Injury and lack of running the previous month. Event comments: Love this race, favorite of the year! We had perfect weather. Smaller race this year as I think Maple Grove has sucked a lot of the TC racers away. Last updated: 2012-08-27 12:00 AM
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United States
Lakes Country Triathlon
78F / 26C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 32/218
Age Group = M 45-49
Age Group Rank = 4/11
Breakfast of waffles, butter, syrup, banana, coffee and water.
Drove to tri from cabin, got a good parking spot, filled tires (disk rear and training front as I can't get air into my Hed race front). Got setup with a decent spot in tran. Checked in, got body marked, and organized tran area.
Rode bike about a mile to check things out, walked/jogged/ran about a mile with Jason, then swam maybe 50 yards before swim start. New goggles worked GREAT!