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Comments: Led off my wave, so nobody ahead of me in the pool which was good. Absolutely rocketed off, and had to pull myself back or risk a blowout. Have not done enough time in the pool, but over such a short distance felt really good and was just getting into my stroke when got to the end. What would you do differently?: nothing really, all went fine.  Transition 1
Comments: no T1 time, which was odd as they had the chip marker thing, just added on to my bike time. What would you do differently?: went for Yankz laces which actually worked very well. Also had a new pair of Asics, only problem was they did not fit well into the foot cage on the pedals so wasted a few seconds adjsuting, otherwise went okay I think.  Bike
Comments: Did this race 2 years ago and had not remembered this many hills. Was really quite brutal. The whole first long stretch along the main road was into what felt like quite a strong headwind, was rather unpleasant and tough. 2nd half was better as was more sheltered or had a tailwind, but overall was not the nest ride. Was really thinking that I would be closer to 20mph, but not even close. What would you do differently?: more hill training, need to get some aero bars which would have made a difference riding into the wind. Transition 2
Comments: went fine, jumped off, helmet off and off onto run! ranked 10th overall for this transition  Run
Comments: my run has always been slow. I went for a slightly different tactic which was to try and run at a good pace and run freely so was doing 8.30 min/miles but problem is maintaining it, so did do some walking especially up the hills. Overall though, the running was more enjoyable then plodding along barely faster than a walk, and my overall time was also much faster than last tri. I need to keep at it and shoot for 25mins/5k next season. Post race
Event comments: Another good setup event. Last updated: 2012-09-23 12:00 AM
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65F / 18C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 56/131
Age Group = Master Clydes.
Age Group Rank = 2/2
Up at 5, bit of toast cup of tea. Not feeling great, still have remnants of a cold. It is at this sort of time that you wonder why it was ever a good idea to sign up for these things. Go over my gear, as my night before preparation was a bit patchy. Set off, then have to drive back as had forgotten bottle for the bicycle. Set off again and get to race site a bit before 7. Set up then sit around gradually getting colder, really is Fall now.
a bit of stretching, a quick look at the run course.