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Comments: Set-up at the 8:00 min/mi pace area...before I knew it the gun went off. Caught me off guard. I hit the LAP button on the Garmin instead of the start button. Thank goodness I decided to wear the Timex as a backup. Hit the start button on that watch. Wasn't shooting for a PR (1:47:18). I had just done a 3900 yd swim on Thursday, and had a 40 mile bike commute the day before. I WAS NOT going to deviate from my HIM training plan, so decided this would be a training run. Relied on the Garmin to maintain pace. Shooting for sub 8:10 pace and tried to maintain that pace up hills. That hurt a little. Gel at mile 5. Maintained pace until about mile 8, and started to lag a bit in the 8:27 min/mile pace. Talked to Bill, the spin instructor from the Y for a couple hundred yards (he's doing the Liberty Half as well). Felt much better at mile 9. Had a gel. Checked my pace, and started creeping back up to the 8:15 range. Mile 10 was good. Overall pace at mile 10 - 8:19. At mile 11, wind to our backs. Was pacing with a gal since mile 10. She started to pick it up, so I followed. Felt great at mile 12. Started to pick it up at mile 12.5. Gal in front of me really picked it up and I followed. Funny...at the end of the race, Jason was cheering me on (he finished in 1:37...oh to be young again) and wanted me to race the gal in front of me. She motivated me to finish strong for the last 3 miles. I wasn't about to sprint past her and ruin her photo shoot. :):) We both had a really great end of race pace (8:01 pace for last 5K!!!). What would you do differently?: Nothing. Great training run. No PR goal, and none expected, but if I had known how close I was (20 seconds off), I would have gone for it!  Post race
Warm down: Talked with Jason. He blew up at mile 10 (went out too fast at the start). I can't imagine what kind of time he would have had if he had paced himself. Got some orange slices and chocolate ice cream. Went back and looked for Bryan and Roger. Jason and I needed to take off. Jason's daughters had soccer games at 11. My son had a game at 12. What limited your ability to perform faster: No taper. HIM training (3900 yd swim on Thursday, 40 mile bike on Friday). Nutrition was great, though. Gel at 5 and 9 was PERFECT!!! Event comments: Good monitored square course. No traffic to worry about. Rolling hills were tough for me. Could have had more water stops. Last updated: 2008-04-13 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 248/751
Age Group = 40-45
Age Group Rank = 39/74
Woke up super early (4am) and could not get back to sleep, so checked the weather to see what the temp was supposed to be and dressed accordingly: UnderArmor vest, LS wicking shirt, shorts. Had cream cheese in a tortilla. Picked up 4 gels (PowerBar vanilla) at Cub, and my wife dropped me off at Jason's. I couldn't remember the house number, so just relied on memory, and crossed my fingers that I wasn't waking up a complete stranger at 6:30 in the morning.
Talked triathlons all the way down to New Prague. Jason asked me about pacing (this was his first half).
Nada. Got Jason all situated with race number, chip attachment, warm-up drop-off.
Saw Bryan and Roger. Only talked briefly.