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What would you do differently?: I wish I would have started further in front of the heat. I thought I'd be one of the slower ones but I did a good deal of trying to go around people.  Transition 1
Comments: Wet suit hung up on elbow for a second, but not long. I didn't have any problems putting socks and shirt on; then helmet sunglasses and race belt. Took a second (or a few) to get a drink. What would you do differently?: Probably the only thing I would have changed to have better T1 time would have been a better spot in the transition area. I got stuck in the very last row and I did run with my bike but that was quite a distance.  Bike
Comments: I am very very slow. I wouldn't allow myself to get a road bike until I figure out how to ride faster. What would you do differently?: I can't reach my water bottle while I ride. I got really really thirsty - I'd like to change where my bottle is so I can get a drink. And I'd prefer to be a whole whole lot faster. I need to practice my cycling a LOT! Transition 2
Comments: I biked in my running shoes so T2 should have been really fast but I was again all the way at the back and I really walked my bike in because I was pretty tired. I racked my bike and ended up with a pretty large bruise on my shin, took off my helmet and sunglasses and took off. What would you do differently?: Besides rack positioning and not hitting my shin with my bike - not much.  Run
Comments: I think I did okay. I could have pushed myself a bit more but I was really feeling tired. I passed a lot of people on the run. I was doing my nice easy pace and I probably could have run a bit harder. I would have on mile 3 but my sides starting hurting a bit and I was afraid to push too hard. What would you do differently?: I wish I had a watch where I could do splits. I had no idea what pace I was running. Post race
Warm down: nothing; got my stuff and walked to car to go to hotel and shower What limited your ability to perform faster: probably just being new to the bike. I think with practice I can get there. Event comments: There were a lot of little things that bothered me about the organization of the race but they weren't enough that I didn't enjoy it. The website stated that the t-shirt was a technical tee and said it wasn't your ordinary cotton t-shirt... but we got cotton t-shirts. My birthday was wrong on my label but my age was right so the age group was right. The run course not being closed was unbelievable. The water station running out of water was disappointing. I didn't like the bike racks given that my bike didn't fit in - I prefer the kind you hang the handle bars on I guess. Last updated: 2008-04-27 12:00 AM
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Topeka Tinman
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Age Group = 25 - 29
Age Group Rank = 16/25
Got there around 6:20. Realized I left my drinks in the hotel fridge. Sat up my stuff in transition area - hybrid bike tires wouldn't fit in their racks well at all - end up in the last rack by the swim entrance and it still didn't fit well and the mountain bike racks were too big. Walked to the gas station (1.16 miles) and back to get some drinks. Wore my sandals with no socks in the wet grass and ended up with 4 blisters - but top of my feel thankfully.
Didn't do anything besides stand around for 2 hours and watch people and the start of the long course.