Swim
Comments: As the earlier waves went out you could see the current pushing everyone to the right. I started the wave to the far left and near the front of the group. At the gun I started with the group and quickly distances myself from the pack. At Ironclad in May I think the cold water pysched me out. Today I stuck with my regular breathing and was right on with my sighting as I went right under each buoy at the turns. My storke feltgood throughout. What would you do differently?: Not much maybe start more towards the front in future races. Transition 1
Comments: Overall it went well, I watched to BT video to get any new tips which helped me out. What would you do differently?: Maybe invest in tri shoes in the future. Bike
Comments: This is where I had mjor issues last year with my tires and wnated to do much better this year. I pushed the bike the whole time and did well hiting 22 mph on the straight aways. I still have work to do on the bike as it is my weak link. I am happy with my results so I can't complain. I actually passed people today, most of them were on mountain bikes, but I still passed them. What would you do differently?: My time riding to increase my speed and endurance. Transition 2
Comments: In and out pretty quickly. What would you do differently?: nothing. Run
Comments: Heading into transition I looked at my watch and realized that coming in under 1:20 was within my reach. I hit the course and got into a grovve prettyy fast. My legs felt good and passed numerour people. I only got passed by two. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Post race
Warm down: Got a bagel and had some gatorade I had brought. Event comments: The post race spread is not the greatest, but overall its not a bad event. It's close by and relataively inexpensive. I took almost 14 minutes off of my time from last year, and realize that Ironclad wa just a bad day for me. Last updated: 2008-01-19 12:00 AM
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United States
Long Island Gold Coast Triathlon
70F / 21C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 152/791
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 17/71
Got up at 4:30 had an english muffin with PB&J and some gatorade. i was contemplating bagging the race since I felt that I had not trained adequately. Decided to HTFU and packed my car and headed out.
As usual I got to the site super early, set up my transition area and hit the john about 4 times. Took a short swim to get a feel for the water temp, which was fine and waited for the start of the race.