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Comments: With no drawstring on my shorts I wanted to get to the outside and have a good first 200 yds. I did just that, I was out with the first 4 or 5 off the beach and after the first buoy I was in 3rd but the second place guy was swimming to the center of the triangle. It turns out that this was Adam Belecki, a :46 100 freestyler that si one of the fastest swimmers in the state. (With a black line to follow!) I spotted my area on the dam and was able to hold my line breathing every 10-12 strokes. I took this swim very easy as far as effort level. Kept everything very smooth and felt great when I got out of the water. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Transition 1
Comments: My transitions are terrible!! That's all there is to it. I need to work on these more or stick to the longer races. With no wetsuit to take off this should have been a :30 T1. My tank got stuck when I put it on, my shoes didn't want to slide on and I just felt slow. Oh well. What would you do differently?: Practice transitions!!  Bike
Comments: There is a climb right out of the park that had my legs screaming, this week has definitely taken a toll on the legs. I got on the bike course in 2nd place with the leader about 1:30 in front of me. I could see him when I got to the first big hill and tried to just stay smooth and keep the cadence up. As I came down the first hill and made the slight turn before going up the second hill I noticed something blocking the emergency lane. As I got closer I saw it was a huge deer that was bloated to the point of exploding! I thought to myself "I don't want to feel like that, stay in the saddle and pedal smooth!!" Why they didn't get that cleaned up beore the race is beyond me! I got to the turn-around and I had gained abouot 1:00 on him and the third place guy had gained quite a bit on me. He passed me at about mile 7 and I stayed with him for the rest of the ride and we traded places a few times until the last big hill where I passed him, shifted down to my small chain ring and lost my chain. DAMN!! He went by me with a smile on his face and I said "That will kill your momentum!". I managed to get the chain back on and started up the hill again. Thank God for adrenaline!! I managed to catch back up to him and we both passed the lead rider as he was standing up trying to get up the hill. I passed the new leader on the descent, maybe my few extra pounds has some advantages. :) As I got near the park entrance I took my feet out and pedalled in with my feet on top of my shoes. This worked out great! What would you do differently?: Not lose my chain. Transition 2
Comments: 49th overall!! My transitions suck!! What would you do differently?: Everything and practice more!!  Run
Comments: Run felt good, couldn't have pushed much more. What would you do differently?: Nothing Post race
Warm down: Chocolate milk for recovery, walked around a bit and stretched out. What limited your ability to perform faster: After a hard week of training I was very pleased with the result of this race. Event comments: This was a decent race with a good venue. I hope they advertise the race better in the future and get more people. Last updated: 2007-06-22 12:00 AM
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75F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 3/128
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 1/10
Up at 5:45am. Ate a bowl of granola cereal and drank a glass of Gatorade Endurance. At 6:50am I put my back pack on and rode to the race site (~20 mi). Checked in, set up my transition area and chatted with a few athletes. I was looking around for my mother and Matt when I saw April (Breezy). It was nice seeing her there, we talked for a bit. Thank you April for taking pictures, can't wait to see them! :)
I guess an hr ride to the race counts as a good warm-up. The water was open early for warm-ups and I took advantage of it. No wetsuit today and I decided to go with the Snickers tri shorts and tank top. When I got to the water I noticed that the shorts have no drawstring. Hmmmmmmm, this could be interesting. As I started swimming I noticed that I was going off course after a few strokes. I was crossing over with my right arm again, made the correction and everything was all better. I swam out to the first buoy, noticing a house on a hill I could spot, turned to the second buoy and spotted an area on the dam. That was a good thing, in the race when I made that turn I couldn't see the buoy to save my life. I took a couple laps around the first leg and went back to get a little run in. The run did it's job to get the bowels moving, whew!! :)