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Comments: Unfortunately the water was JUST warm enough for it to not be wetsuit legal. So that sucked. I passed a lot of people since I started near the back of my time trial wave. Thought I sighted really well. Pretty happy with my time considering I couldn't wear a wetsuit. What would you do differently?: I should have gotten to the start earlier so I could have gone earlier in my time trial wave and wouldn't have had to navigate by passing people.  Transition 1
Comments: Pretty standard transition.  Bike
Comments: VERY happy with this bike ride. Fastest bike split of any race I've ever done. Pushed hard on it though and could tell after I got off my bike. Transition 2
Comments: Good transition, but before the race I decided I'd put socks on for the run, which I haven't been doing in my sprints this year. On the bike I thought I didn't want to spend the time putting my socks on, but I didn't have any body glide in transition to put on my toes, so I was forced to spend the extra 10-15 seconds to put socks on. What would you do differently?: Body glide instead of socks on my feet, which would have saved me a little time.  Run
Comments: Went out very fast but felt good for the first mile, but paid for it the next 2 miles. I still kept an OK pace but was definitely fatigued. What would you do differently?: Go out a little slower and try to hold that pace throughout instead of just trying to hold on at the end. Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster: Unfortunately I missed the podium in my age group by 4 seconds. And in the days after the race you get to thinking A LOT about all the different things you could have done to save 4 seconds. BUT, to be fair, it was a time trial start, so I didn't know that I was only 4 seconds behind, otherwise I would have pushed it at the end. Event comments: This is a very well put on race. Everything is well organized and a class act in all aspects. Very impressed with this race. The swag was the best of any race I've ever competed in as well. Last updated: 2014-07-23 12:00 AM
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United States
Hy-Vee Triathlon
Sunny
Overall Rank = 30/733
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 4/67
It was announced Friday before the race that it would be shortened to a Sprint Triathlon because of flooding on the bike course. Obviously this dramatically changed everyone's strategy for the race.
I woke up at 5 and was at the race site by 6. Got my transition all set up before it closed at 6:45 and then the waiting began until my race started just before 9:00.
I ate a banana and muffin before I got to the race, and not much at the race site except for a bite of cliff bar and a gel just before we started. Did some light stretching but lost track of time and had to rush to make the start of my wave.