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Comments: I started out running from the beach and dove into the water, resulting in one of my goggle lenses getting half full of water. I had to stop to clear it but didn't lose too much time. I didn't get a chance to warm up and didn't feel right from the start. My breathing was not great and with the minor waves there were I ended up drinking more water than I would have liked. After rounding the second buoy and heading back in my breathing settled down, but I never got into a good rhythm. I got a cramp in one of my calf muscles in the last couple hundred yards but it didn't last. What would you do differently?: I've been missing swims due to meetings at lunch and had only swam an easy 800 yards the day before the race in the last week. I need to be more consistent. ![]() Transition 1
Comments: My transition spot was the closest one to the bike in/out that should have helped. I made sure that my timing chip and Garmin were under the wetsuit when I took it off, but this didn't help too much. In both arms and legs I got some suction that made it difficult to get the suit off. I then had trouble getting into my cleats on the bike and lost an entire minute right outside the transition area. What would you do differently?: I think this transition was an aberration that I'm not going to worry about. ![]() Bike
Comments: This was my worst bike of the season. My HR was very high for the first 15 minutes and I tried to slow down to get it under control and I eventually did. My quads seemed to have no energy and I couldn't keep up a good pace. The road had some significant defects and I had to keep my head up more than usual and this didn't help. The wind didn't help, either. What would you do differently?: My last week of training was not that great and I really wasn't in the mood for racing. ![]() Transition 2
Comments: This was pretty fast for me since I had such great access to my bike. What would you do differently?: Nothing. ![]() Run
Comments: My hamstrings wire super tight at the start but they loosened up after a while. My legs felt dead similar to the bike. I kept up a decent pace for the first half and then ran out of gas. I managed to muddle my way through. ![]() Post race
Warm down: Not much. Event comments: I waited around for the awards ceremony and finally gave up. They didn't post any of the unofficial results ahead of time so I had no idea how I placed. They had (one slice) of free pizza after the race but they ran out and i had to wait for it. There were a few dangerous potholes on the course that were not marked. having hot showers available at the race site was a nice plus. Last updated: 2014-09-05 12:00 AM
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United States
America Multi-Sport
66F / 19C
Precipitation
Overall Rank = 16/48
Age Group = 55-59
Age Group Rank = 1/3
I got up around 2:30am and had a bowl of cereal, coffee and some juice. I got my stuff organized and headed tot the race site. I needed to be there between 6 and 7 to sign in and I wasn't sure if there would be fog on the way, so i left pretty early.
I did some yoga stretches before leaving home but had to cut them short due to time constraints.