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Comments: Started out doing the crawl since there were people around me and then when I got comfortable I started doing the freestyle but found that I was real slow as a lot of people were racing far away from me . Eventually switched over to breaststroke since I felt that it was much faster and it was :) Was probably taking it a bit too easily ... heck , I even watched a couple of swimmers go off-course and see the lifeguards try to rein them in :) All in all , was a good swim considering I was LOBOP or maybe the last in my AG but still was a comfortable one albeit not too fast . What would you do differently?: Get my freestyle speed improved for starters ;) Also, get focussed on swim and not watch all and sundry :(  Transition 1
Comments: T1 time is approx. since no splits is provided by event . Everything went as planned . Had my gel and drink before starting off. washed feet and dried off before socks went on just fine and got on the bike quite well . What would you do differently?: Probably need to time myself next time so I know how much time it takes . Ensure that the bike is in a low gear next time and not medium so it reduces gear-switching time in the beginning.  Bike
Comments: Had a great bike ride ... no , AWESOME , actually ! On my training rides , have pushed myself quite a bit , but was able to do everything right ... do the right gear changes , maintain the right cadence , generate very good speeds (upto 30 mph) on one stretch . The hill on the return was one where I struggled ... just 'cos I was scared of shifting into too low a gear since that would change the front sprocket and has screwed up my rhythm in the past . Was probably pushing myself a lot on the bike but it was all good :) What would you do differently?: Try and figure out the hills/gears vis-a-vis the low gears so I use all 21 gears instead of only the middle 9 gears :( Work on my cornering skills so I don't lose time on these . Transition 2
Comments: Again , split times are approx. T2 was very efficient . Had gel+water . Stretched a bit too and then headed out on the run . Was comfortable when I set out on the run . What would you do differently?: Nothing ... was perfect :)  Run
Comments: Was brutal ... absolutely brutal ! Was expecting a hill or two but this more of a "hill-trail" than anything else . Nothing like what I had prepped for . Was thinking more like some flat trails with a hill or two thrown in . To compound this , my HRM just gave up after the bike so wasted a min. or two trying to get it to work . Furthermore , due to the criss-crossing structure of the route , I had no idea of the mileage , only time . Hence , I was unaware of how much more was there and hence how much to push myself . The best part of the run , was when I got down from the hills on level land and someone said 100 metres to go ... its like my legs started sprinting towards the finish :) So , yeah , I finished real strong at the end . What would you do differently?: Train on hills ! Hills , Hills , Hills for the next event :) Do a couple of runs where I don't have mile markers or the HRM with me to get a bearing for time-based running . Post race
Warm down: Was a little too hyper to warm down correctly . Stretched a bit between euphoric high when i was explaining to the wife about the various legs of the race . What limited your ability to perform faster: A slowish swim but more than that was the lack of preparedness for the run which sucks since that was to be my strongest event ;) Event comments: Was a well organized race though I think a bit more info. on the various legs of the race would be helpful. IMHO , the run leg was just the most wierd setup but maybe some of the smaller TRI's are like this. Last updated: 2005-03-15 12:00 AM
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70F / 21C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 297/325
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 60/66
Slept in early (@9 pm) since I had a long drive in the morning.
Packed TRI-bag and bike into car and only had the water/electrolyte in frdige to be picked up in the morn.
Got up at 4 am , had PBJ at around 4:30 am or so and was ready to leave at 5 am but waited for wife to get ready since she was ready too . Left home at around 5:15 am.
Reached event locn at 5:45 am . Got registered (had to fill in the waiver again inspite of doing it online!) & got body-marked (no line at this time). Went ahead and got the bike setup towards the far end close to a balloon on the rack behind me :)
Was all setup by 6:30 and went towards the spectators area to get the wife setup so she doesn't have to move around much (she's pregnant ;) )
Started stretching 15 mins. prior to the race . did some in-place jogging and light stretches to prepare for the swim. Stretched while I was listening to the pre-race talk and went into the lake for the 2nd part of the pre-race talk .