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Comments: Did pretty well overall. Just a little bumping at the buoys but that's to be expected. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Transition 1
Comments: Did very well in this. Fastest time in my age group. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Bike
Comments: Bike felt great. I had it tuned right after the last race's debacle. Everything was fine until I was starting to make my U-turn at that last roundabout. Halfway into it I saw out of the corner of my eye some guy who was doing the olympic distance, so he wasn't going to make the same U-turn. He was going straight but was trying to pass on my LEFT when I'm in the middle of a left-hand U-turn! OMG! I thank God that I saw him and I tried to straighten out a bit but we collided anyway (not as bad as it could've been). We hit shoulders and then my front tire kissed his rear tire. Fortunately I didn't go down, but I had to come to a complete stop and then get myself back on the course. Scary stuff out there! What would you do differently?: If I weren't so concerned with keeping my body safe I would've thought to get the race number of the dufus who was STUPID enough to try to pass at the sprint turnaround point! With all the shoulder issues I have I would've been a gonner if I had gone down. Transition 2
Comments: Had a rough time racking my bike today. It just didn't want to go under the rack bar smoothly and I had to wrestle with it in order to get it in right. What would you do differently?: I'd do a better job racking! DUH!  Run
Comments: Just kept plodding along, looking for a rhythm so I could make it through the run. Doing the whole 3 miles without stopping to walk is stil a goal for me. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Can't train much because of foot problems so I'm doing the best I can. Post race
Warm down: Jump into the ocean after the race for a easy little swim. Feels SOOO great! What limited your ability to perform faster: The dufus on the bike that hit me! Event comments: If the incident on the bike hadn't happened it wouldn't have changed my placement in the race, but a lot of other personal goals would've happened. I was 30 seconds slower than the first race of this series, so I would've probably beaten that; my average bike speed was JUST under 20 mph, so I would've definitely gotten that; Bob beat me by 40 seconds and I definitely would've been closer to his time if not beat him by a little. Last updated: 2014-07-08 12:00 AM
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DRC Sports
85F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 32/89
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 2/6
Got up at 4AM, made coffee. Bob and packed the truck for the race and for the one1-nite stay-cation for the evening at Jax Beach.
Short bike before racking it into the transtion area. Jogged around the block before putting running shoes in transition area. Did some stretching between and after these warmups. About 5 minutes before race start, did a few swim sets to get the arms warmed up and get used to the open water.