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Comments: Well I started TOO FAR BACk at the beginning and got kicked in the face multiple times. Not a good start I thought. So I decided to play hardball and ran over 3 guys to jump to the front behind Serge, the aforementioned swim coach and some random guy that was in the front as well. I decided to hang back and draft the whole first lap, and have Sebastian draft off of me. The first lap was great with sighting and drafting, until I got bored with the pace and blew by the random guy, moving in to 2nd place for the whole 2nd lap. Now, I caught up to Serge and was head to head until just after the last buoy, and moved ahead of him, or thought I did. Turns out, I didnt sight the water exit very well and almost ended up at the beach run area again, losing about 30 seconds! WOW was I mad, I swore twice before SPRINTING to the water exit area, going backwards at first to round the buoys, then busting a move inside. I was about ready to kill someone at that point!!! Not literally obviously :P Definitely happy with the time considering then stupid mistake I made What would you do differently?: Learn to sight buoys instead of following people you've already lapped and are going into the second lap instead of finishing.  Transition 1
Comments: Stupid wetsuit got caught on the timing chip!! GARRRRR Just infuriated me more! What would you do differently?: Buy garden shears and just cut off my wetsuit in frustration :)  Bike
Comments: Ok, I had been working on my cycling quite a bit, and I think I have made significant gains since my first Triathlon in March, after which I actually started training for the bike. I felt good getting on the bike and dropped into aero position basically right away. The first lap I discovered how I am a climber, and not so much a flat lander/descender. I passed TONS of people on the hills, but got smoked by them on the flats/downhills. Most of the course were small rollers, but there were TONS of sharp turns, so you'd have to re-accelerate again and again and again, and anywhere there was an uphill, that's where I really shone. Anyways, the laps went by super fast and I did feel so much more confident then I had ever felt racing on the bike, which I was SO happy for. Saw Carolyn every lap and yelled "I LOVE YOU" I think every lap :P Cringe all you want :) What would you do differently?: I guess this winter I Need to put mileage in and just get that base cycling foundation! Transition 2
Comments: Pretty fast transition for me, especially since I have no speed laces Grabbed a gel, threw it in the jersey and ran like hell! What would you do differently?: Nadda!  Run
Comments: I wanted to be sub 40 on the run, and I had done it in training twice before. I think I need more brick workouts, but I've been running fast. I downed a gel the second I got out of transition and it gave me a little boost! I skipped the first aid station and just went for it, passing quite a few people, and only getting passed 1-2 times on the first lap. The second lap I was feeling my efforts on the bike for sure and hit every aid station on the way back. The first 2km felt like forever, but once I hit the gravel road, I knew I was getting close (7.5km in). I waited until an aid station was visible and I downed another gel and gulped down 2 cups of water in about 5 seconds flat. I needed that sugar rush, and according to my splits, it helped. Kilometer 9: 3:55 Kilometer 10: 3:38 Needless to say I SPRINTED that last km right to the finish, racing this very fast girl the whole way! It was great to have someone to race to the finish, and helped me acheive my goal of BEING UNDER 2:20!! I threw my hands in the air and was SO HAPPY! What would you do differently?: More bricks Post race
Warm down: Smiling, Smiling, Powerbar Recovery Shake, Smiling, Kissing Carolyn, Eating 2 bananas, BEAMING! A new pb by 6:16. I dont think anything could have made me happier! Except, it was MY BIRTHDAY TOO!!! The best birthday present a guy could ask for! What limited your ability to perform faster: Need to build a more solid foundation for cycling! Not enough brick workouts Event comments: Loved the atmosphere and the volunteers were generally very good! Will definitely aim to do this race again! Last updated: 2007-08-21 12:00 AM
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The Kelowna Apple Triathlon Society
21C / 70F
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Overall Rank = 70/469
Age Group = M 20-24
Age Group Rank = 8/18
So Carolyn (my girlfriend and I) drove up on Friday afternoon after we both got off work (only half days!! WOOOOO)! We got there in record time, for us anyways, at just under 3 hours which was awesome!
We were staying in my Aunt and Uncle's house for the weekend, while my Aunt was doing the walk to end breast cancer, and my uncle was in Manitoba on business. We had the place to ourselves... except their dog and 2 kitties!!
So we relaxed on Friday evening, got kind of unpacked and just had a very relaxing evening with pasta and good movie included!
Saturday morning I went for a 20 minute run with some strides to warm up the ol' leggys from the immobile driving experience the day before! Went well, and I felt pretty good, and the weather was holding up! At night, Carolyn and I made some bbq chicken breast and ate salad/left over pasta with it! Great dinner! Went to bed around 9:30!
Sunday morning, 3:20 a.m. I woke up (WIDE AWAKE) and couldnt fall back asleep. I was excited, that's all there was to it!!! Felt psyched up and ready to go, had a breakfast of a Black Cherry Cliff Bar + Bagel with Peanut Butter + Bottle of water + Bottle of Accelerade! Headed down to the racesite and met up with Sebastian (Ancientdude). I made 2 not too subtle yells of "Beginner triathlete" to see if anyone DIDNT look awkward, on the off chance any of you were around!!
So transition closed 30 mins before my heat, so that sucked! I suited up and headed down to the marshalling area, taking a gander at the guys around me to see if I had any swimming competition. Looked like I was set, until I saw a swimming coach I knew when I was still swimming (Serge Score) that had a reputation as a crazy fast athlete (at anything!).
Decided he was my target for the swim!
Sebastian came over, we chatted and discussed strategies to get out in front.
The air horn went, and we were off!