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Comments: very disorienting to be in a pack. Got bumped and ran into quite a few poor souls. Couldn't find a rhythm, breathing out of whack. Stopped frequently to do breast stroke and re-orient myself to the competitors around me. Nice warm water was very calm (until 50 women were thrashing around in it all at once), but very murky. What would you do differently?: Gotta practice more OWS. I should be able to do this in 16:00. No reason to be getting out of breath. Need to relax into it.  Transition 1
Comments: took a minute to run with bike and to get clipped in and go.. No wetsuit so that part was fine. Hair wasn't as much a problem as I anticipated. What would you do differently?: Need to get more comfortable running and jumping onto bike to get started. Took too long.  Bike
Comments: felt rough for first 2 miles then started rocking it. passed tons of folks. Felt fantastic. Wheeeee! What would you do differently?: Need to do more bricks to get a better feel for an appropriate level of exertion during the bike. I am lucky it was a short course or I woulda been in trouble for the run. Need to drink more and have some sort of gel/gu before the run. Transition 2
Comments: Not bad, but dropped bike while trying to run and mess with watch. Hair got caught in helmet, which took a moment to fix. What would you do differently?: Should have taken a gel or something for some energy. next time put on race belt while running to start. Need to figure out a better solution for the hair. Practice running with the bike!!  Run
Comments: soooooo humid!! I felt like I was moving at a snails pace. Results could have told me I averaged 10:30 pace and I would have totally believed it. My goal was to average 8:00 pace, but considering the condition of the trail and the humidity, I am happy with an 8:47. What would you do differently?: need to hydrate and get more calories somehow. Ran out of steam in the run. Need to do more bricks to get more accustomed to that feeling of lead in my legs. Post race
Warm down: none. What limited your ability to perform faster: humidity! Not enough drinking and intake of calories Event comments: Wonderful location, absolutely gorgeous venue!! Bike was not as desireable due to rough road, speed bumps, and gravel patches- but it was very scenic!! LOVED the volunteer in the banana suit on the run course! Tons of volunteers and really great organizer- very responsive! Well Done! I will be back next year if I can! My only regret is that there weren't medals for finishing- since this was my first one I was looking forward to having something to put up on my awards wall. Last updated: 2013-06-17 12:00 AM
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United States
Annapolis Tri Club
85F / 29C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 70/192
Age Group = 30-39
Age Group Rank = 11/42
up at 3:30 after little to no sleep. Ate half a bagel with peanut butter. Drank glass of water, some gatorade, and half a bottle of ucan in water. It was my first time so I asked a lot of questions from folks in my transition area. Had to bike over from parking quite a ways. Looked over swim course.
ran up hill and back again. Easy run. Probably 200m total. Had to swim 100m out to swim start and tread water for 5 minutes so that was a warm up too. Stretched some.