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Comments: Oh I love this pool. I have not swam in a 50 meter lap pool before. It was quite a bit different then the 25 meter pool I am used to. Not having to turn around as much resulted in longer stretches of swim. I was not used to that. What would you do differently?: I think that I started off too fast and was a bit burned out about half way. I had to slow my pace to ease my breathing. I think I need to work on being consistant at the start.  Transition 1
Comments: Overall the T1 was not too bad. My largest problem was that my stuff was on the other side of the rack from the bike - thanks to me getting there at the last minute. The other problem was that I could not find my socks. What possessed me to put them in my HELMET I'll never know. What would you do differently?: Get there earlier (without forgetting my helmet) and DON"T put the socks IN the helmet!!  Bike
Comments: Seeing as the roads were wet it seemed that my speed was down a bit. The wind was coming from the east so the first long leg uphill was into the wind. I was also a lot more cautious with the turns to avoid slipping. What would you do differently?: Not much more I could have done during the race - except push myself harder. I think I need to work on hills a bit more so that I can recover quicker when cresting the hill. Transition 2
Comments: I think I did excellent in this area - considering my shoes were on the other side of the bike rack. The dismoust worked perfectly. What would you do differently?: If I had everything staged on the same side of the bike rack I would have improved my time by a few seconds.  Run
Comments: My legs did not feel like rubber too much after starting the run. I think those bricks I was doing worked well. What would you do differently?: Pushed myself harder. Post race
Event comments: Considering that it was pouring for a good portion of the race I think that it was well organized and the volunteers were pleasant. Last updated: 2006-10-05 12:00 AM
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United States
Dallas Athletes
80F / 27C
Precipitation
Overall Rank = 67/293
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 17/33
And here I thought I was so good. I had the bike in the Tracker the night before. I had everything packed. I even had a "dry" bag because I knew it was going to rain. I left early enough to get a good parking spot. I get all the way to the event, find a great parking spot - right next to a yellow Corvette. As I was getting out of the Tracker I looked over at the Corvette and noticed his helmet sitting in the back. It was then that it dawned on me - yep - I forgot my helmet. I had 30 minutes to get home and get my helmet.
My warm-up consisted of the 10 mile sprint back to my apartment, getting my helmet, another 10 mile sprint back to the event (in the car people), then running over to the transistion area one minute before they closed.