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Comments: This was the leg I was happiest with. Considering how tough the navigation was, I stayed on course and nailed a great time. The only negative was that I didn't find a good pair of feet to draft behind and basically swam solo the whole race. What would you do differently?: Keep looking for that elusive pair of feet to draft behind.  Transition 1
Comments: Yeah, I knew my transitions were going to be long, considering how much progress I had made in this area this summer. But I didn't care. Quite frankly, I needed the time to recover my HR and prep for the next event. What would you do differently?: Practice taking wetsuit off more ( I didn't do it at all before this race.)  Bike
Comments: Honestly, I hit this bike as hard as I could. When I was passed, it was by people on much better bikes with aerobars. As I have noted on previous RR's, I really need to upgrade to aero's to time better. That doesn't mean the engine couldn't also use a little work :) Also, my cornering is comparatively much better than other racers. I always seem to choose good lines and make up time on others in the turns. The one thing that cost me a 20mph average was losing my water bottle coming out of transition after hitting a storm sewer grate and having to retrieve it. What would you do differently?: It's just a matter of training harder now. I have to hit the CT hard this winter. Transition 2
Comments: Again, not great, but it was fine. I took some extra time to take a good long drink. Compared to previous races, I will note that my butt wasn't nearly as sore-- maybe I'm in better shape. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Run
Comments: Going forward in my training, I think I need to push myself harder on some longer runs to really learn where my "redline" is. While I felt I pushed things hard here, I think I need to push things too hard to know where that point lies. What would you do differently?: Nothing-- it was a decent run for me for an Oly. Post race
Warm down: I reache dthe finish line and stopped. Then I drank a lot. What limited your ability to perform faster: Not having a tri-bike/aerobars, need to keep improving my running. Event comments: Great race. Decent setting and very well organized Only negatives were the Saturday bike check-in (a royal pain in the a$$), the very early start (transition closed at 6am) and the lack of a very good selection of food afterward. At $100, it's also a bit pricey. Last updated: 2006-08-20 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 263/661
Age Group = 35 - 39
Age Group Rank = 56/96
I went crazy and switched things up this time. Instead of just having my usual banana and orange juice for breakfast, I also had a Clif Bar about 1/2 hour before race time. I actually think it made a positive difference and it's something I will add to the routine.
Because of the very early start time (transition closed at 6am) and the fact that we were so late getting to transition, I barely had a chance to do any stretching much less a warm-up.