Swim
Comments: If I hand't ever mentioned it before, I really dislike pool swims. The self seeding stuff does not work. I seeded myself by giving a 100 yd time of 1:55. That got me at spot 123. After the first 50 I passed the guy in front of me. Then I passed another person. Then the logjam. I did almost 100yds at breast stroke trying not to swim over the two people in front of me. I couldn't even do a full stroke without hitting their feet. They would not allow anyone to pass. Soooo, I went around them and between them and the oncoming swimmers in the last 100 yds. I kept waiting for someone to dq me for something, but I was so pissed. Even treading water behind them I was at 1:58/100. Based upon that slow swim time, I was 49th among the men. That means I should have been seeded higher. I guess part of that sits with me, but a lot of it is with people putting in times that they can't do. What would you do differently?: put a faster time in so I was not with really slow people. Just the slow people Transition 1
Comments: ok. spent a few too many seconds apologizing to the rack mates for swimming past them. Had the first rack at the swim exit, so that was nice. What would you do differently?: speed up Bike
Comments: good ride for me. haven't been doing any hills. actually haven't ridden in over a week, so that was a good ride. Wanted to save the legs for the run. If I can repeat that ride and the run in Pinehurst, I will be happy. What would you do differently?: get more time in the saddle Transition 2
Comments: good transition. still doing ok with getting feet out of shoes on bike. not trying the riding on one side of the bike thing yet. baby steps. baby steps What would you do differently?: nothing Run
Comments: good run for me. did not feel that fast (William says the same thing about his run) But looking at the winner's times, I feel comfortable that the distance is right. Probably had another 30 sec to one minute in me, but maybe not. I was not at throw up level when I finished, so that's why I feel like I had a little bit more in me. Haven't run a 5k this fast in a couple of years and never as the third leg of a race,so I'm ecstatic with this run What would you do differently?: get to throw up level :) Post race
Warm down: walked up the course to cheer William on. What limited your ability to perform faster: bike training and slow swimmers Event comments: Nice race. Short course which is what I needed. Wilmington will be a little longer on the swim and bike. Then Pinehurst, then B2B half. This was a good confidence builder for Pinehurst. Of course, it still kills me that I can do this well on a personal level (and the overall) and only be 6 out of 14 in my age group. This age group is just crazy. Last updated: 2008-07-31 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 31/152
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 6/14
Staid at my sister's house the night before. Got up had my red bull and a veggie burger. Got William and Terah up and put some breakfast in them. Got away from the house a little late and then had to stop and get Terah coffee. So we didn't get to the race site until a little after 7.
Wanted to do this as sort of a LT test. Not sure that it worked that way. Still self limiting which is probably fine because the eyes need to stay on the prize - best possible at B2B half.
Set up transition, ran 5 minutes, biked 5 minutes, rolled the legs and went in the warmup pool for a lap. Stretched while waiting for my turn to start.
Saw dabrown while we were waiting to swim. He did great and got 3rd in our age group.