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Comments: this was the very first Oly swim - so finishing it feeling solid was most important - made mistake of being in front of pack at start and got run over and tossed in the washing machine until the first buoy What would you do differently?: start out in back of pack or more to the side - really just need more time in the water to build technique in the swim should have done some w/u swim felt strangely calm before the gun, do think that as was first time and never done this swim, goal was not speed ![]() Transition 1
Comments: actually felt really good getting out of suit this time - hung up on rt foot a bit but with peeling off ankle with hands was okay race chip timer messed up and didn't get precise swim and T1 times, but my HRM recorded swim as 30:47 so think the official time is accurate (going by HRM time only adds 1 second to the swim split) - comparing official sport times, T2 and HRM times, my T1 time was actually 3:00 exactly ![]() Bike
Comments: solid bike - first one in DA4 - picked up the speed on way back after 205 underpass @ mile 15, avg speed for rest of bike around 22 mph - had some issues with 2 other cyclists in front regarding potential drafts, couldn't push past but they were around same speed neck was sore due to lack of time in aero, right shoulder a bit stuff but overall felt comfortable on the ride, tried to push cadence in higher gear What would you do differently?: try to push pace in middle section of the race, this is where I slowed down the most ![]() Transition 2
Comments: left calf cramped hard when getting out of shoe, felt that a bit through the run but was able to fight it off What would you do differently?: try to strecth calves before un-shoeing to prevent cramps ![]() Run
Comments: Official split time 7:21 min/mi run felt great - felt focused and solid through the entire course, had enough at the end of a kick in the last 100 yards for a strong finish - took gel around mile 2 manual split times: mile 1 - 7:20, mile 2 - 7:18, mile 3-4 (avg) - 7:23, mile 5 - 7:41, mile 6 - 7:12 felt the remnants of cramps in left calf, also felt it in 2nd half of run in right quads What would you do differently?: slowed down at one aid station to drink, maybe try to run through that better, but overall felt this was my absolute best MS run I've yet done ![]() Post race
Warm down: walk around, hydrate What limited your ability to perform faster: swimming still weakest point and work in progress, but biggest limitation was that this was the fiirst Oly Tri so didn't know what to expect - length of swim was a big unknown, also first race on new bike Event comments: quads felt sore, particularlly top right of left knee muscles, left calf sore from cramping at race Last updated: 2014-05-07 12:00 AM
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United States
AA Sports
65F / 18C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 85/334
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 8/37
b-fast was whole wheat bagel with PB, banana, electrolytes enroute
5 min jog to w/u