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Comments: Sucked wind on this really. I was chatting and laughing about it being so shallow that I could walk! And when I swam, that's when I really moved. But this was the first time I didn't panic much. What would you do differently?: shut up and swim more  Transition 1
Comments: futzed around with toweling off too much. What would you do differently?: skip the water sips and toweling so much.  Bike
Comments: Again... 13 ranked..as in my wave... hmmmmm. Theme? Anyhow, really bummed about this performance. Had hoped to do better on my biking over last year. Wind felt huge but it wasnt' really. And wish I had gone in a later wave so I didn't have umpteen peeps pass me. I passed maybe 2, on the hill, and then one out on the course - a chick with a busted chain on the side of the road. What would you do differently?: Build stronger thighs and push harder. Transition 2
Comments: I paused a moment...'did I forget something?" nahhh What would you do differently?: move it on out faster.  Run
Comments: tried gatorade from station - YUCKMOLA! I will stick with h2o thank you.. anyhow, better than last year but walked 2 times on big hill and was cautious on down hills (maybe afraid if I pushed it, my legs would crumble from fatigue) What would you do differently?: practice hills more. Post race
Warm down: Watched others come in a bit - saw first couple of 1/2 iron guys coming in off the bike - wow! flying dismounts with shoes off! ..but then headed home to hit brunch with the family. What limited your ability to perform faster: Fatigue and age maybe? ;) Hoping my olympic boosts my enthusiasm in that going long may prove for better times than going short with big speed. Event comments: Could not stomach spaghetti and meatballs at 930 am...so munched on fruit for post race. Very 'cramped' at end of race with food, fans, etc... Oh, and speaking of fans -- LOVED the fan club on the trails near campers! Kiddos giving high fives and 'way to go's' to us all! :) Last updated: 2008-06-23 12:00 AM
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Sunny
Overall Rank = 382/494
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 13/16
Up at 5, coffee, shower and shave legs, dressed, load bike up, bagel and cream cheese and pbj (one on each half). Water, Diet Pepsi. Son got up at 530 for some odd reason so had to get him situated with food/tv before I could leave. Drove the 20mins. Got there at about 5:50 am. Parked outside of park and rode bike in to get chip etc...
No warm up..really...rode bike then stood in porty potty line and warmed up my mouth and vocal chords chatting. And ran into MaggyRuth who was in my wave. (wave 13 by the way).