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 Swim
Comments: I started dead last in my wave of around 30 swimmers. I went into the water having not checked my goggles or ear plugs and without a swim warm up. I put my head down and just started swimming like I practice. When I found myself feeling like I was going too fast I slowed down and focused on my form to bring it all back into focus. As I focused on going my own pace I caught and passed quite a few swimmers from my wave (red caps). I passed a few swimmers from the first wave (white caps) at about halfway through my swim. Just before I reached the second turn buoy the first swimmer from wave 3 caught me (wow was he fast) After rounding the last buoy the second "yellow cap" caught me. I tried to draft off of him a bit but he was still too fast for me. The third one went by and that was the last person to pass me on the swim. I came out of the water 2nd of 9 in my age group and 10th out of 28 in my wave. What would you do differently?: Be ready at the start and get my suit on properly. The lack of easy mobility in the shoulders made my shoulders tired by the end.  Transition 1
 Bike
Comments: The bike went well, but I'm quite slow for my age group. many who I passed in the swim passed me on the bike. I took 3 gels on the bike. One a couple miles in. The second at around 30 minutes in, and the third just after the 1 hour mark. What would you do differently?: Just train more. Transition 2
 Run
Comments: I went out a bit too fast. first mile was around 9:00 pace and I was shooting for 9:30. By the last 2 miles I was feeling pretty wasted. I was feeling a side stitch coming on and I slowed down to prevent it hitting me full. Part of my mind actually though "it would be easier to just swim across the lake than finish this run". My last mile was in the range of 10:30. I was toast. There was nothing left when I crossed the line. What would you do differently?: Need to get my nutrition and pacing dialed. Post race
Warm down: walked/stumbled over to a shady spot and pretty much collapsed on the grass. What limited your ability to perform faster: Nutrition and pacing. Training on the bike. Event comments: A good venue for my first Olympic. Last updated: 2014-06-02 12:00 AM
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TBF Racing
80F / 27C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 59/77
Age Group = M 45-49
Age Group Rank = 7/9
I rode the bike over from the campground and filled out the USAT application. Got body marked and headed into transition and set up my spot. Once set up I walked back to camp.
Drank my usual instant breakfast and then ate a few potato chips.
I nearly missed my wave start. While back in camp I was not wearing a watch and time got away from me. When I did check the clock it was 7:57! My heat started at 8:05, I still didn't have my wetsuit on, and I was a 5 minute walk from the water. I pulled the suit on up to my waist and took off running for transition (where I had left my goggles, cap, and ear plugs). As I was running I heard the start of wave 1 at 8:00. I ran into transition and grabbed the things I needed for the swim and ran through the entrance to transition, carefully avoiding crossing the timing mat. As I was running down to the beach I got both arms into the suit but didn't have the suit pulled up over my shoulders to give me as free a range of motion as I'd like. I looked around as my wife ran up and I had her help me zip the suit. As I wadded into the water I got the goggles and swim cap on. I put the ear plugs in while the 10 second countdown was going and tried to pull the sleeves up some more. Then the gun went off and I hit my 910 start button.