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Comments: Not my best. I felt a little bit heavy in the water...maybe I actually do need a $200 wetsuit for these longer swims. I was 2 minutes faster last year. Towards the end I saw every color cap around me except my own wave. I thought I might have been one of the last ones out...but looking at the final resultsI had 15 or 20 still behind me. Not too crowded, swam on top of one guy for a bit, finally got around him. Breathed bilaterally for a while so I could catch a glimpse of the sunrise. What would you do differently?: New wetsuit...and the usual "I wish I could swim three times per week" complaint.  Transition 1
Comments: Included the long run from swim exit (across the street) to transition. I don't do the shoes on the bike-thing...probably never will...too high risk for me. Wetsuit came off ok.  Bike
Comments: Nothing special. I am still surprised by the vehicle traffic of this race. There are so many other places around Wilmington that they could do the bike...it feels like downtown Raleigh at times. Probably drank to much as I had to pee on the run. What would you do differently?: I still need to get my power up...I am MOP to BOP in my age group...and it will only get worse when I move to 35-39. I don't like to get passed...but starting in wave 2, I get passed a lot, even when I am doing well by my own standards. Transition 2
Comments: My right toes were asleep. It felt like my insole was crunched up into the toe of my shoe...but it went away when my toes woke up.  Run
Comments: Good run...I need to be doing 23:30 or 24:00...so a bit slow. I ran with one of the pro wrestlers for a while...he ended up beating me by a bit. I actually stopped to pee in one of the construction port-a-johns in that neighborhood we ran through. What would you do differently?: Drink less water leading up to race. Run faster!! Post race
Warm down: Doritoes and coke. (After some gatorade). Hung out with family, and Spot, Onefoottheother and Nctrinewbie...nice meeting you guys! Hope to see you at Pinehurst (and in 07). What limited your ability to perform faster: Poor training month of August...no regrets though, as I spent a ton of time with my family. Event comments: This is a great race...they said it was the largest on the east coast this year...pretty cool. I am now at the point in my training where I think I have maxed out - with the amount of training time I have available. I don't want my time with my wife and son to be affected...so for next year I need to get creative with finding training time...it might be time to pay for some swim instruction or tri training help??? Last updated: 2006-07-18 12:00 AM
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Wilmington YMCA
Sunny
Overall Rank = 339/561
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 47/65
Up at 4:00, put sleeping 7 year-old in the car. Drank some Accelerade only ate half a PB bagel. Arrived at race site around 5:20. Usual packet, chip, body marking. Also got my trash bag for return of ls shirt and sandals from swim start. Took trolley to swim start, talked with Dick (spot) for a bit on the ride over and in the dark at the beach. Found a place on the beach to sit and go over race in my head.
Ran about 8 minutes...didn't want to miss the bus.