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Comments: Swim never goes well, but this went worse than Buffalo. Could have stood up basically anywhere, but wanted to keep swimming. Maybe went out too hard, but got very worn out. Kelly (kelpeng) was in the next wave 3 minutes later and exited the water just in front of me. What would you do differently?: More swimming  Transition 1
Comments: Realized that my bib number, that I had worn on a race belt under my wetsuit, had basically disintegrated in the water, so I took that off and left to deal with in T2. Biggest problem was with getting into my shoes. I have been leaving my shoes clipped in lately, which generally goes well for me. Not so much today. Couldn't get my right foot to slip into the shoe, and after a minor wrestling match while riding along at about 12 mph, the shoe actually clipped out, and I found myself holding onto the unclipped shoe with the foot still not inside it. What now? Dunno what I did, but somehow managed to stuff my foot in and get clipped back up without causing a pileup. What would you do differently?: Do better getting into shoes.  Bike
Comments: Bike felt great. Fastest split yet. You know it is a fast course and there is a quality field of racers when over 21.5 mph barely breaks the top 50. I beat Autumn though! What would you do differently?: naught Transition 2
Comments: Grabbed my race belt with mostly disintegrated bib number on it. Had to yell out my number at the exit because they couldn't identify me.  Run
Comments: Calves cramped right away, as usual. Left one was the worst this time, just for different. Stopped for about 10 seconds to stretch and then gutted it out. Ran through the cramps and didn't really notice after about 1/2 mile. Slower than I have been running, but felt pretty good, anyway. If I do have a stress fracture, maybe the answer is to keep running - it seems to hurt much worse just walking around. Post race
Warm down: Food and drink. Chatted with a number of BT folks, most of whom I met for the first time. Stayed for the plentiful door prized (won nothing as usual). Left as the race awards were starting. What limited your ability to perform faster: Dunno. I felt like everything went okay, just not great other than the bike. The field here is so fast, but I was still hoping for a little better overall finish. Event comments: Such a great event! Last updated: 2007-05-25 12:00 AM
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MinneMan Triathlon
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Overall Rank = 81/379
Age Group = m30-34
Age Group Rank = 14/32
I wasn't even sure I was going to do this race. I need to get into the doc this week, but I pretty much have myself convinced that I have a stress fracture in my leg. I really don't want to get confirmation of this, because it likely means the end of the season (even once I rehab it is doubtful I will have enough time to adequately prep for my October marathon), so in the meantime I am not in constant pain and I love this race, so what the heck!
Left at 4 am to drive up. Got good rack location. Tried to find other BTers. Spread a little DEET around the body because it was a little buggy and there have been rumors of swimmers itch in the lake.
Jogged and rode a bit, stretched.