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Comments: Swim went well. I took it "easy" since it was my 1st and I didn't want to overdo it. Slightly faster than I expected. Water was a little choppy, but not bad. What would you do differently?: Less breast stroke for sighting (use FC w/head up), faster into/out of water.  Transition 1
Comments: Took my time. Shirt briefly got hung up on shouders. What would you do differently?: A little quicker overall; tri shirt.  Bike
Comments: Terrible on bike. Uphills were bad. Anyone I was set up to pass realatively easily on flats or downhills either maintained lead on uphills or extended. I gave the field a free 10min on this one. I AM A BAD CYCLIST (right now). Turns out the distance was 16.7mi, not 15. This increases my pace to 18mph which is what I was aiming for. Turns out, I need to aim significantly higher. What would you do differently?: Get your ass in biking shape! Transition 2
Comments: Took a little extra time to make sure I was set. What would you do differently?: Slightly quicker transition.  Run
Comments: Did a good job. The run may have been a little longer than 3.1 which would have increased my avg pace. Toward the end, when I was passing some people I thought could keep up, I encouraged them to not let me do that. One guy tried to keep up but I think we were still too far from the finish for him to maintain. In the last 1/4-mile I was passing a gal and got her to keep up to the finish. It was fun. What would you do differently?: Could possibly pick up pace slightly. Post race
Warm down: Some stretching. What limited your ability to perform faster: Too little sleep and likely tired legs. Also, I'm a crappy cyclist. Event comments: Overall, satisfied with 1st race. Clearly need significant work on cycling. Shaving 5min off the ride would have moved me up 60+ slots overall. Can't complain about 21/62 division and 132/709 overall. Last updated: 2013-05-28 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 132/709
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 21/62
TORRENTIAL rain in early AM. Ate 1/2-bowl of Fruit Cheerios. Took bike off of rack and placed in back of Explorer. Upon parking, climbed in back of Explorer and placed water bottles, inflated tires, finished filling bag, put on rain gear. Walked to transition area. Sat around waiting out the rain. Ate 1/2-banana and PB sandwich.
Soley consisted of arm/rotator cuff stretch/warm-up.