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Comments: I didn't expect much out of the swim as I hadn't swam since my HIM in July. A few minutes slower than last years. We were the first wave out and it was still difficult to navigate as the first bouy was still covered by fog. We kept swimming and I still couldn't see the bouy. I was wondering how far this thing was. What would you do differently?: Swim training for speed  Transition 1
Comments: Lost about 15 seconds trying to find my bike. I was confused with the racking and didn't really pay attention to where my bike is.  Bike
Comments: I went into this wanting to hammer the ride. I didn't want to push it too hard up the first hill though so I took it easy but then stayed in aero the rest of the ride. Took in the 2 salt tabs, a gu and some gu chomps as well as a mixture of perform. I felt good on the bike with no signs of fatigue. The last hill is fun yet scary since there were a ton of sprint athletes coasting down the hill. What would you do differently?: A couple of the false flats had me thinking something was wrong, but other than that, I couldn't be any happier with my time. Transition 2
Comments: Missed my rack again and spent 10 seconds situation myself. Took a little longer time to make sure I had everything but made it out under 2 minutes.  Run
Comments: Wanted to take it easy up the first hills. I felt good until I got up the second of the hills and then my right quad started to lock up. I sucked on a salt stick since I couldn't dry swallow and started to run on it again. I probably spent about 20 seconds dealing with it. Other than the cramp, I felt good, though I didn't try to push it too hard since I didn't want to risk cramping again but probably could've gone faster. My fasted 10k in a tri yet so I can't be dissapointed. What would you do differently?: Still need to figure out my nutrition and why I cramp. I did push it pretty hard on the bike but I wasn't overly exhausted for the run. Post race
Warm down: Walked back to transition and got the camera. Waited for Nicole to finish. Had the pancake breakfast and left. What limited your ability to perform faster: Cramps during the run and a mediocre swim. I was shooting for a 2:45. With a better swim I could've achieved it but I didn't prepare at all for it so I can't expect much more. Event comments: I think the race start was too early and that they need to push it back for future events. Otherwise I think the race was fine. Last updated: 2012-09-18 12:00 AM
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Competitor Group
65F / 18C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 93/475
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 15/47
Stayed in Janesville which was about 30 minutes away. Got up at around 4, had a bagel, banana and some gatorade / enduralyte mixture. Got to transition at about 5. It was completely dark and I was trying to remember when last year's race stared as I didn't remember being this dark. It was also pretty cold so I put my wetsuit on right away.
Needed to wait about 35 minutes before we could start due to the fog generated from the lake. Sat in the lake to keep warm.