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Comments: probably shouldn't have worn the wetsuit without practicing in it...the water was barely wetsuit legal...something to consider for next year - i think it contributed to my general uncomfortableness in the water compared to my normal enjoyment What would you do differently?: no wetsuit, or make sure that I get some training swims in a wetsuit  Transition 1
Comments: considering I'd never done a wetsuit transition before, I was happy with this time - I think it was less than my last tri I ran...I used some advice from other message boards about striping down as I went  Bike
Comments: holy frickin hills batman...the first one going up, I was thinking what the heck did I get myself into...it was rough...I finally found a good gear combo that worked on the back half of the race (not sure about splits, but that felt like a negative split). 2 killer hills at the very last mile... What would you do differently?: get some hill training - either for real, or simulated in my training leading up Transition 2
Comments: not a bad transition - everything was quick/easy to take off/put on and i was out the transition relatively quick  Run
Comments: I was done by the time I hit the run...grabbed some gel on my way out of the transition area, to pair with some water - but didn't hit a water station until well over half-way though - should have thought about that... What would you do differently?: water/gel in transition...not sure where my mind was Post race
Warm down: stretching and walking around What limited your ability to perform faster: lack of knowledge of the terrain; lack of training on hills; making the dumb mistake of not using my wetsuit prior to the race Event comments: overall well-run race, good post race spread for food (lunch bags with cookies, sandwiches, potato/fruit salad), awards ceremony was nice and lots of door prices one of my comments about the ppl doing body marking - several of my numbers were written under my suit so they were covered up...should remember to bring a marker to races and do my own possibly... Last updated: 2013-06-20 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 75/85
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 5/5
got up and drove to the race - i stayed in a hotel about an hour away...next year if I do again, i'll probably try to stay closer but there were no hotels available
lite stretching, jumped on the bike to check out first part of the course saw the hill and was like oh crap...