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Comments: Just finished warming up saw our group lining up , lined up at the back as I planned to take it easy in the swim. First half was OK freestyle , Hard to for me to sight so zig zagged a little and had to stop to figure out where i was going , got to a big buoy and thought i was a turnaround , but then there was another buoy further away with a boat nearby , Water temp Good 67F Got a bit Hot and claustrophobic in the wetsuit and had trouble breathing after rounding the last buoy . Was also caughing and not breathing well even when i kept my head out of the water . Breastroked back in with my head out of the water , I never got confortable breathing again during the race and this affected my performance. The longer swim kicked my butt and from that I never fully recovered. What would you do differently?: More OWS swims . Longer intervals at the pool . See prerace routine and dont repeat .  Transition 1
Comments: Needed a break and regroup after the swim so took the time to get changed and to eat two gels and drink water before moving on When I saw the splits online today I was surprised the time was not higher > I really took my time in there .... What would you do differently?: Taking my time was the right thing to do .  Bike
Comments: The bike went pretty OK . I was tired and did not have as much energy as on my better workouts . Saw plenty passing in the no passing zone and some drafting especially with the faster guys :) Like they need to... I am pretty happy with the split under the circumstances . It Shows the bike is my strongest sport that I can still caugh up an respectable time. What would you do differently?: see pre race routine Transition 2
Comments: T2 was fine , but I was out of fuel and I had enough of the race at that point . And would have been happy to finish the race Right then and there . Despite that I was on autopilot and had a Good transition , jogged with shoes on , switched to runners , got race belt a gel and some water. What would you do differently?: Good T2 , just really tired at this point ...  Run
Comments: I was tired and out of fuel , Ran in survival mode , Walked 1 min at every aid station . And would have been happy to finish the race Right after the bike segment . And then THAT first mile after the bike was so tough . I had done number of Bricks . But I was never THAT wasted coming off the bike as I was at this race. What would you do differently?: see pre race routine More distance work , have not done a lot since March Marathon Post race
Warm down: Showered . Then I had to run back home for 12 so i skipped the food but i heard there was a nice spread What limited your ability to perform faster: t was tough day out there for me , commited plenty of No-nos , especially the day before the race : Going to bed too late , hard workout 10 hours before the race , no decent meal the night before .Seriously Thought about a DNF but fought it off . What helped me get over the inner demons was I switched thinking of the race as a race , relaxed and turned it into a well supported training session. Did OK on the bike but in survival mode for the 10km run where i did plenty of walking . Event comments: Its a 1st class Event all the way . Easy to get there . Tons of helpful volunteers , Well marked course. Packet pick up easy and plenty of rack space. Beautiful venue , excellent course marking and helpful informed volunteers . Profile Album Last updated: 2007-02-08 12:00 AM
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Breath of Life Ventura
65F / 18C
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Overall Rank = 322/388
Age Group = m-40-44
Age Group Rank = 47/49
I had Way too much going on Saturday , Day at the office Work , trip to LAX airport to drop off the Lovely MRS , trip to the rink for a practice , get home walk the dogs , forgot to eat a decent meal , packed the Car for the race Sunday and then tri and go to sleep
Woke up a little earlier than usual at 4:30 am ......... . I Should have made my prep for the race a priority and scale back my plans on saturday but I did not .
One good thing I did was get to Ventura early and stop at a gas station and avoided the whole Port a Portapotty Business
Found BT er Chris M and headed over to the ocean for 5 min swim in the waves , a good idea , there was a side current and some big rollers but only near the shore pretty calm after that. Water was nice temperature