Swim
Comments: Not as bad as I thought it would be. I couldn't get my timing right since everyone was running into each other, but there were stretches where I made some decent progress. What would you do differently?: Work harder on OWS endurance. I didn't start working OWS until the last 3 weeks, and I really didn't push myself. Now that I've got past the psychological aspect, I think I can focus on my time. Transition 1
Comments: My bike shirt was tough getting on over a wet body, but I did get into the rest of my stuff pretty easily. What would you do differently?: Use a sleeveless bike shirt and dry off before putting it on. Would like to cut 1 minute off my time. Bike
Comments: My chain fell off when I was climbing on of the biggest hills. Fortunately I practiced this and I only lost probably lost less than 15 seconds. What would you do differently?: Work on the hills better. I was able to make good time on flat straightways but lost time on the hills. It would be great to maintain my lead. Transition 2
What would you do differently?: Just work on overall speed. Maybe race shoelaces. Run
Comments: Real tough for the first 10 minutes. I walked through the hydration stops and sometimes a little too long. The last 15 minutes was much easier and I could increase my strides to make up some time. However, based on my ranking I think I did pretty good for my first tri. What would you do differently?: Pick up the pace earlier... I'm not sure how to do this other than just continuing to work on my bricks. My strides at first seemed like I was walking. Fortunately there were many others that were walking, which allowed me to pass them up. Post race
Warm down: Just walked around... What limited your ability to perform faster: Nothing Event comments: It was my first tri so I can't compare to others... but I thought that it was well managed and a lot of fun. Placing 22 in a field of 39 was much better than I anticipated. Now I got 2 months to train for the T-Man and improve my overall time. Last updated: 2006-07-09 12:00 AM
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United States
Dallas Athletes
77F / 25C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 372/559
Age Group = Clydesdale
Age Group Rank = 22/39
This was a all pretty mental. Since I did a dry run last weekend I didn't need to figure out the course.