Swim
Comments: Low water swim. Lots of stopping and dolphin diving involved with most of the field. Bottom is rocky and foot-cutting in places if you dolphin dive. What would you do differently?: I employed the dive with 6 swim strokes and repeat method. This was fairly successful for me, but my feet got beat up on the bottom. I need to find water shoes that will stay on your feet for a race like this Transition 1
Comments: Time is a rough guess as the T1 and T2 are included in the bike time. I timed the bike part myself, so transitions are close anyway. What would you do differently?: Nothing, because I wasn't really rushing, just tried not to be draggy in the process. Bike
Comments: Flat course with huge straight-aways and no wind. Nowhere to rest out there. I pushed the pace a bit more on the second half than the first half, but definitely did not attack the course as hard as I did last year. The ride was very enjoyable and it was worth the registration cost to get a ride in that I didn't have to worry about traffic for once. I have had a rash of bad luck lately with inconsiderate drivers. What would you do differently?: Nothing. I stayed in a medium gear and felt like I was going fast and almost noone passed me. Transition 2
Comments: Time again is a rough guess, but it was a good transition regardless of how fast. I did what I needed to without dragging Run
Comments: Didn't feel like I was going as fast as I was but did feel a good running stride and stayed smooth throughout. Passed a bunch of runners and saved enough for a sprint to the finish, passing two in the stretch with a large crowd cheering. That was nice. I'll take this pace on a tri run anytime regardless of ranking. Really enjoyed the run. Post race
Event comments: Best post-race food in the tri business. Huge spread, take as much as you want and easy to get to. Excellent! Last updated: 2006-08-07 12:00 AM
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Canada
75F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 103/161
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 8/8
Get set up as usual in transition. Drop the kids off at the pool and sunscreen and body glide.
No warm up.