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Comments: I was surprised at my time - I thought is was way worse. The swim took a while and the breeze made it harder than advertised. With a couple of notable extensions, I had clean water. I did get knocked with an elbow pretty good one time. Wetsuit was a huge plus What would you do differently?: Sighted some more - more open water swims.  Transition 1
Comments: I purposefully took a few extra seconds to slow down, plus added nutrition to my suit and my Garmin.  Bike
Comments: I fact that I was 25th overall but 5th in my age group shows how tough the AG was; the wind was straight into on the last half and kicked some butt. What would you do differently?: Drink more - I focused on eating but not drinking Transition 2
Comments: Added socks for the run  Run
Comments: UGH - first mile was a 8:24, mile twi 9:06 then mile tree was a 8:46 then the wheels popped off. Mile 4 is a 9:47 Mile 5 is a 10:30 then Mile 6 is 10:17 The heat really got to me; never cramped but legs were toast What would you do differently?: Drink more on the bike; and longer bricks Post race
Warm down: I was hurting - grabbed some water and a seat. then more liquids and tried to keep moving. Finally got my results and slowly packed up - the reality is I was dehydrated and knew it on the run. Took me a couple hours to get hydration straight What limited your ability to perform faster: First time ever at this distance so it was much mental as physical - Event comments: This a very good race - its out in the boondocks which helps. Unfortunately the Raleigh Half came on top of this weekend and really affected the race. My hope is does not affect the race because I enjoyed my experience a great deal Great volunteers, good course. Last updated: 2013-05-17 12:00 AM
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71F / 22C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 36/74
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 6/9
Was staying at my inlaws; drove the day before and picked up my packet. Up at 6am, ate my usual breakfast of oatmeal and Dt Mt Dew and out the door. Event site is a ways out and very glad to have been there the day before
Set up TA, got my chip and marked. Did maybe a half mile run to wakeup my legs. Hit the bathroom multiple times. Loaded on the wetsuit and hit the water for a quick warmup. Not excited by the stiffing breeze. We started late as they struggled with the swim course setup to tie down the bouys