Swim
Comments: The swim was good. I started out aggressivly, but I think that burned me up too fast. The rest of the swim was fine, but I'm certain that I swim faster than that. I also wondered if the course was long. I'm not great at drafting so I would do it, but I didn't do it enough. Once I'd caught the men's wave I had to do alot of dodging as well, making a fast swim a little harder. I also got clocked in the eye pretty good once, in the men's pack. What would you do differently?: Still be aggressive, but try to hold back a bit at the beginning so there is some spring left at the end. Transition 1
Comments: Everything was as expected. My huge time loss was to a shirt. Because of the rain, wind and cold temps and my knowledge of how poorly I perform when cold I opted to put on a long sleeve dry shirt. While I was glad I did it while biking and running, when I saw that my time was at least a minute off I was kind of pissed at myself. What would you do differently?: Suck it up and be cold. Bike
Comments: Do you see that, how bad the bike is compared to the swim? Terrible!! When its wet I'm still nervous, I can't turn fast, I'm far more cautious downhill. I never took advantage of the hills here, should have tried to pick up some time there, I got passed by droves of women. Alot of this is confidence on the bike, but even if the conditions had been ideal I would be slower than all these women. What would you do differently?: How do I fix this? I know, more time, ride lots. I think my ride lots needs to include ride hard too. Transition 2
Comments: Again, lost time to clothes. I also decided to change socks. I suppose i should have just gone sockless on teh bike, but my shoes hurt my feet then. So, my socks were soaked, completely and I changed them to save my feet a bit of grief. I also did not take my feet out of shoes, should have, but the rain stopped me. What would you do differently?: Stop the rain? Run
Comments: Felt great, ran hard, no problems, happy with the long sleeves, passed 6 women, passed by one, was outkicked, by a split second by a 50 year old lady who totally hosed me on the bike, completely shattered me on the bike. That I at least caught her made me feel good. What would you do differently?: Nothing, except beat the 50 year old. Post race
Warm down: CHanged, checked results, went home. What limited your ability to perform faster: Rain Event comments: They can't help the rain. And its no the organizers fault that the chips are held on with plastic ties that leave cuts on my ankles. Last updated: 2006-07-31 12:00 AM
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United States
Skaneateles Labor Day Race Weekend
60F / 16C
Precipitation
Overall Rank = 106/362
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 5/23
Drove an hour, ate a granola bar and a banana, met a friend, panic about the rain, set up and hope for no rain, wait for portapottie, get rain, wetsuit and 10 minute warm up in the chilly water. Not bad for me.