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Comments: I started in the front row, took off on the horn, and hammered the hell out of the first 200M. I was in the lead at this point, which was cool. However, this meant no feet to draft on. I kept on a solid pace, and did my best to keep up speed. Lack of a warmup hurt me though, as I faded a little in the second 1/3rd of the swim. Arms started to burn a bit, then we rounded the last buoy and headed back to the start and my arms felt better, so I picked up the pace and nicked back a little time from a few people that were neck and neck with me. Drafting was hard, as there wasn't really anyone in front of me to draft onto. No lead pack ever developed. First swim in new wetsuit. I liked it a lot. Felt a lot more smooth/flexible than my previous suit. What would you do differently?: Get in a warmup.  Transition 1
Comments: Decent time, considering the wet gear everywhere. New suit came off the heels soooooo easily. Wow. I <3 my new Zoot. :) 2nd fastest T1 in my AG. What would you do differently?: Nothing  Bike
Comments: Hammered it as hard as I could manage. I didn't get passed by anyone that I can remember. Pulled back in a few guys in my AG. Took the corners easy, but hammered as hard as I could inbetween. If the pavement was nice ( IE, no paint lines, etc. ) then I pushed the corners a bit, but still rode a fairly conservative effort anytime we were turning, which was a lot. Nutrition was 2 gels, 1 aero bottle of heed. Didn't bring any other fluids and didn't need 'em. Decided not to use glasses, since they would just get wet and blurry and I wanted to see. That wasn't bad at all. Carbon braking surfaces seem to do a lot better when wet than machined aluminum. So when I needed to brake, I was able to. That was comforting. Despite the rain and crappy conditions, lots of police and volunteers out on the course keeping us safe at intersections. Major kudos to all of them! I thanked as many as I could on my way past. What would you do differently?: Push harder, take more chances. No, not really, not with an 140.6 in 4 weeks. :) Transition 2
Comments: Took a little longer than usual, since I had to uncover/unbag my run gear. It and the towel were still dry, so that worked out well! Socks on, shoes on, grab race belt and visor and go! Saves a lot of time that way. I put the visor and race belt on while I'm running out of T2. Saw lots of people standing in T2 putting them on when they could be moving! That's Dumpter's tip of the day. :) What would you do differently?: Nothing. 3rd fastest T2 in my AG.  Run
Comments: Time, Lap Time, HR, MaxHR, AvgHR, MinHr 5. 1:42:46.7 0:06:53.0 157 157 153 140 6. 1:50:07.7 0:07:21.0 155 158 156 153 7. 2:04:34.4 0:14:26.7 158 162 158 152 8. 2:11:45.1 0:07:10.7 158 161 158 153 9. 2:18:42.1 0:06:57.0 164 164 160 155 10. 2:20:06.1 0:01:24.0 168 170 167 163 This was the battle not to get caught by Schmize. He started out 3 minutes behind me, and I was determined not to let him get past. I ran a bit too hard the first mile, so I backed the pace down a bit. A bit too much as I realized at mile 2, so I picked it back up a bit for the rest. Saw Schmize at the second turn around, and he was about 2:30 back. If I let up at all, he was going to catch me! Yikes! Not going to let that happen, so I kept up the effort. At mile 5, I picked it up even more, as I realized I had just under 9 minutes or so so to do 1.2 miles to get in under the 2:20 mark. I asked my legs for more, and they fortunately responded. At the 6 mile mark, I opened up with all I had left. I could see the clock ticking towards 2:20 and I wanted it badly. I felt like I was foaming at the mouth when I crossed the line. I was rather focused, as I apparently didn't notice that I ran down and passed another guy from my age group in my mad dash in. He finished 4 seconds back. :) And I beat Schmize to the line. However, he beat my time, coming in 18 seconds faster. Dangit! Ah well, there will be a rematch. And I might even try tapering a bit. :) What would you do differently?: Dunno, this was pretty good run for me. About the best I could hope for considering the anti-taper I had due to IM training. Post race
Warm down: Stagger, stumble, and grab some water. Wait for schmize to finish to congratulate him on a great race. See Maggyruth come across looking dazed and help her get through the finish area. What limited your ability to perform faster: Anti-taper? Weather? This was a PR, so it was fast. :) Event comments: Great race, and great effort despite the best efforts of the weather to wreak havoc. Awesome adaptability from the Race Director to keep things going in the face of the weather and still put on a safely managed and enjoyable event. Last updated: 2007-08-17 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 37/497
Age Group = M 30-34
Age Group Rank = 5/51
Bike check-in the day before. Drove up and dropped off bikes with Whizzzzzz. We brought big 55 gallon drum liners so we both encased our bikes in plastic. Everything except the seat. Chuckled at the bikes that were otherwise exposed to the rain, but had a bag over the seat. Uhm, that's the one thing that is okay to get wet! Protect your drivetrain/deraileurs people! :)
Went to bed to thunderstorms. Woke up several times to lightning/thunder/torrential rain making a racket on the roof. Finally got up at 3:30 to start the trek. Based on the weather, I had every expectation of getting up there, getting my bike, and coming home. In fact, if I hadn't checked bike in the day before, I would not have gone up. In hindsight, while I complained about it, the day before check-in turned out to be a good thing.
We got to the site a bit after 5, as it was pouring rain, and I had to go slow enough to see the road (yipes!). Parked the car, and made our way to the RecPlex ( big gym hosting the race ) and huddled inside waiting to hear if the race was cancelled, a duathlon, or what. Lots of people are giving up, calling it a day, and heading home to nice warm, dry, beds.
Hemming and hawing and making plans to grab our bikes and go eat breakfast with the rest of the BTers and my tri club, when they come on the PA and announce "Race is ON! You have about 15 minutes to setup transition, and then we'll start the waves in the original order!"
Frantically setting up transition in the rain. Due to the short notice, no time for any real warmup ( not to mention that it was raining up until the very point where they announced it was on ).
I get things setup as best I could. One drum liner on the ground, towel on top of that, gear on top of that, ( run shoes & sock in a plastic bag ), and another drum liner over the top to cover things up.
Shoot a gel, walk to swim start, get in the water just long enough to get the wetsuit adjusted, pee, and then line up for the start.