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Comments: Ran next to Scott Rigsby for bit while discussing his new carbon fiber legs (see: http://www.scottrigsby.com/... he is a super, super awesome nice guy - every time I see him race, I get inspired) and generally tried to keep the first half of the run under my LT. What would you do differently?: I started way back in the line while talking to a friend who just got back from Kona ... before I knew it, it was time to go - and had to pick my way through the traffic jam of runners.  Transition 1
Comments: This is according to the Garmin, but WOW ... I NEVER have fast transition times. Guess it has something to do with not really needing to do much other than switch shoes + strap on your helmet before running to the mount line. Could also be that the bike entrance/exit was right there thanks to my arrival time ;) What would you do differently?: Nothing as to T1 (I am going to try to do this again!) but am still having problems clipping into my Speedplay Zero's ... no matter how I adjust them, I just cannot get a simple 'click in' without some consternation + gnashing of teeth. I bought new cleats (b/c the Speedplay cleats wear out quickly) and, more recently, a new pair of tri shoes (to replace the road shoes I am wearing) so hopefully between the two (Forte tri shoes seem to be stiffer than my Pearl's), I can get them adjusted correctly.  Bike
Comments: The bike course itself was a lot hillier than I thought - to wit: max speed was 43 mph on one downhill ... and what goes down, must come up. Played leapfrog with a couple guys on road bikes. I suspect that their cassettes were a little better suited for the terrain (I have what I think to be an 11x23), they would pass me as we got to the crest of a hill and I would fly by them on the downhill. Finally dropped them on the flats ... but felt it the whole way in my legs. Lots of carbon wheels out there - looked like a Zipp commerical. (Yes, I have wheel envy.) What would you do differently?: Not sure ... guess I could have brought my road bike, but then no aerobars for the flats (plus, last I heard Coeur d'Alene has a couple hills ;)) I was not paying attention at one point and heard the puttering of a motorcyle behind me ... then started to wonder whether I was passing people within the 15 second rule. (Turns out I did as no penalty was assesed) Transition 2
Comments: Still cannot get the whole ride-on-top-of-shoes thing done - but I have road shoes with a buckle, so the PIA factor is more than the benefit gained. Transition was easy as pie. What would you do differently?: Pretty smooth all around. Couldn't take off my arm warmers b/c my wristtop computer - aka Garmin 301 - is too big to allow it to slide over. Didn't want to waste the time, so I kep them on. Run
Comments: Negative split the first run - same course but in reverse. In theory this shouldn't matter as we begin and end at the same place each time. This run hurt. In some ways sprints are more difficult than longer distances in that you red-line the entire way. There is no pacing, there is only "Go". What would you do differently?: Train more ... this is where a solid base would have borne fruit as Run 2 is all about glycogen stores to stave off the inevitable visit to "The Pain Place" (aka prolonged time at or near Max HR). This would have helped stave off a runner I had previously passed from sprinting by me within 100 yds of the chute. I wasn't mad, he deserved to pass me as he had something in the tank to muster it. I? I had nothing ... I thought about matching him, willed my legs to do it - and my legs came back to me and said "Are you kidding? You're lucky to have the pace you've got!" Post race
Warm down: Sat down at the finish line with a friend from the relay (he did the bike portion) and watched our friends finish. What limited your ability to perform faster: Going to have to put the trainer to work in the off season as I was stronger going into the GC H-IM in May than going into this sprint du in November. Also, doing the 3 hour >Z2 training ride in Cartersville the day before prolly didn't help ;) Event comments: Another well organized and well supported race. Only gripe is the lack of timing chips ... all times above are Garmin time. Last updated: 2006-10-29 12:00 AM
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Ate with the drunks at Waffle House (they were going to bed, I was just getting up) and got to the race site a little early ... knew that it was a free-for-all transition area and wanted to sure to 'stake some space' before 10 people tried to rack on same rack.
While it was dark (and cold out) the gas powered elevated lights normally used at construction sites were BLAZING. Pulled into what was truly ROCK STAR parking - right next to transition area.
Walked up to registration to get my packet. They told me that registration opens at 6:15 am ... as it was something like 10 after, thought it odd that they didn't just pull the packet. She must have seen my puzzlement as she said "... and that is still not for over an hour." (She kindly left the "dumb ass" part off of her sentence.)
I forgot it was daylights savings time. (DUH!)
So the rest of the pre-race routine was to go to the Chatuea Elan hotel lobby and drink coffee + read the newspaper.
I did, however, get a great rack position :)
Ran for 1/4-1/2 mile with an uber-runner friend from TNT (consistent sub-6:00/mi 10ks) and shivered. (My shivering HR is 82bpm)