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Comments: Short and sweet. Cut 4 seconds off of last years time so I suppose I was moderately happy with that. However I gave up 30" to some of the faster guys, which is a mountain of time in a swim this short. What would you do differently?: I need to fix whatever bit of issue I have with my stroke and make sure all of my time in the water is quality. That's an unbelievable loss of time in so short of a swim.  Transition 1
Comments: T1 is a very long run from the pool to transition. I picked up 7 seconds from my time last year :/ Primarily due to having to fight with getting my bike out of my transition spot and running around the racks. I step on and take off, narrowly missing being taken out by a rogue competitor trying to get clipped in. As transition exits on a hill, I waited until cresting it to worry about getting into my shoes. What would you do differently?: Get a better spot in T1  Bike
Comments: I smoked the bike course last year and paid for it on the run. My goal this year was to take it easier, but still put out a good pace. Once again on the rough pavement I nearly lost my torhans aero straw. I jammed it back on three times (and when I got home drilled a hole through it to bolt it on. permanently...take that) which broke my rhythm and just generally annoyed the crap out of me. The steel fork was fine, not any more noticeable road vibration. I passed a couple of people, eventually working my way into what I figured was an excellent position (hard to tell in a tt start) and start getting out of my shoes for t2. At the last turn the pavement was VERY bumpy... I hit it full speed and very nearly eat it when my foot slides off my shoe. I recover and it's into T2 I go. What would you do differently?: I could have turned up the pace a bit more. I was overly conservative in regards to not repeating last year. :51 slower than 2013 Transition 2
Comments: I come into T2 hot, which is probably not the smartest thing to do since there are still a LOT of people starting out on the bike. I still gave up a good bit of time somewhere unfortunately (probably again part of my sucky transition spot) but I can't think of anything overly boneheaded I did. What would you do differently?: Hurry it up?  Run
Comments: Goal was to take it easy and move into a steady pace after the first mile. I executed fairly well I think, and although my run wasn't setting any trails on fire, it was fairly good for me... and I didn't walk ;) What would you do differently?: Still don't have the late game kick I need in my run :/ I suppose more speed work is in my future. Post race
Warm down: Got a coke and just chilled out talking to some of the guys. What limited your ability to perform faster: Swimming and Running speed... taking it a little too conservatively on the bike. Event comments: Cookout still isn't my idea of post race food, but if hot dogs & hamburgers are your thing then they put on a full spread :) RDE always has a great race, this was no exception. Last updated: 2014-08-02 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 2/241
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 1/13
Last warmup before Nationals... just going out to keep all the rust off the gears.
Normal routine, got up and had breakfast, finished packing everything in the car and waited for Jenny to arrive. Then we took the short ride over to the venue. Despite living quite close and being there pretty early, transition was already packed, with all prime spots taken. I racked on the frontmost rack a few spots down. Got marked and my spot set up... then began the warmup.
Started off with a solid run. About a mile and a half on the course, just getting a feel for some of the hills. Back to transition and off to get some time on the bike. My new (steel) fork made a nice squeel every time I turned (fork+skewer... had to get some anti-seize to quieten it down) but it felt good. Got back to transition and my spot had been taken (despite me clearly marking it with my stuff and a shirt over the spot my bike should have fit.) I grumble but nobody is around and I'm not the kind of person to just shove somebody's stuff around, (and my spot had already sucked) so I just move my area down a few feet. Then it's into the pool for a few laps and in line for the swim start.