Swim
Comments: I was happy with my swim - it's been my best time yet and overall there wasn't much else I could've done. I tried to draft as much as possible and managed to do so for about 3/4 of the first lap. Second lap there weren't too many people around me so it was nice open water. What would you do differently?: Learn to swim faster! But in 2 years I came this far, just hope I can keep improving. Transition 1
Comments: Transition was LOOOONG! Strippers were great - they took the suit off easily. Shoes were on the bike already so that helped my have a quick transition - except I had trouble getting on my bike cause I didn't have elastics to hold them in place - note for next time! What would you do differently?: Don't forget the elastics. Bike
Comments: Definitely struggled on the bike on the way out. It wasn't the hills though - that was great! - it was the downhills where the speed combined with the wind wasn't good with my new race wheels (85mm carbons). I think I need to rethink that choice. Other than that, the uphills were great, especially on the way back, I didn't think I was in good enough "hill shape" to do well, but I managed to pass quite a few on the way back. Could've used some more training on them though because I wanted to be around 2:40-ish or lower. 2 bottles of Infinit and 2-3 gels. What would you do differently?: Get better wheels and do more hill training. Transition 2
Comments: Decided to go for socks so it took a bit longer, the feet thanked me though! What would you do differently?: Not much, went as fast as I could've. Run
Comments: Didn't have my Garmin to judge pace or HR so just went totally off perceived effort. At the start I was feeling more like last year (1:38 run) as opposed to Oliver (1:25 run) and I was worried. I really felt like I was going slow, but I was trying to maintain a pace I knew I could hold - again with no watch or anything. I had my gels (3 I think) and decided I should try some coke - which went over very well. Caught a few guys who I saw at the turn arounds that I didn't think I would catch - so that was a nice boost. What would you do differently?: Not much, pretty happy with that time after the hard bike. Post race
Warm down: stretch, go in the lake and then up to the community centre to get a massage! What limited your ability to perform faster: Bad training the week and a half prior to the event along with a sore knee from the weekend before. Event comments: Loved this race last year so decided to do it again to see if it was because I was on a high from it being my first HIM or if it really was that good....it really was THAT good!! I love this race and course. The best organization, the best volunteers and the best people! Last updated: 2008-04-25 12:00 AM
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Canada
Outback Events Event Management
25C / 77F
Sunny
Overall Rank = 30/412
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 6/18
Up at 4:30 and had a Boost, then 5am and had a bagel with PB and honey and a banana. Then it was off to the race to set up transition. Happy that we got a hotel close to the start so I could go when I wanted.
Got done in transition early and sat by the water going over the game plan for the day. Was really relaxing and calming.
Only real warm up was a few good strokes in the water.
1 gel about 10mins before race start.