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Comments: Best OWS ever for me! I wish I could tell if this swim was long or not, as last year it was extremely short. This was a full 1500M, and I was consistent with my form, really relaxed. After the turn around we started mixing up with the Half Iron guys and girls. At this point I realized I felt good and started picking people off one by one. Lot of open space to swim so I didn't draft much. I wasn't sure if I'd have the legs for a PR today, so I focused on not going 100% on the swim, more like 90% with good technique. It paid off. What would you do differently?: Swim faster in training, keep closer to the buoys on the way back? Not too worried as this swim felt great.  Transition 1
Comments: Had trouble finding my spot in transition for some reason. 3:29 is a little long, but it took a while to get from my rack location to bike out. Oh well, not going to lose sleep over it. What would you do differently?: have wings and fly out of transition.  Bike
Comments: Decent bike for my fitness level. I held back a little but still put up a decent time. Did a good job pushing the spots where I could. Passed a ton of people throughout the race. I enjoy the fact that an olympic bike is done in just over an hour, rather than a 3 hour 56 mile ride in the half. What would you do differently?: I have to figure out the bike. I think I underperform and don't enjoy it enough at this point, gotta change that. Transition 2
Comments: Surprised with this time. I'm happy with it  Run
Comments: Another 54:xx 10K! This is 6 minutes better than last year! On to the details, I hit the 'killer hill' and kept shuffling up the steep .75 mile hill. This hill is insane and keeps going. Once I got to the top the 10k really started. I was able to get my pace together and focused on leaving enough in the tank to finish strong. Hit the 4th mile and knew I would be ok. Pushed through the hills, and knew when I had reached the top of the final one. Saw a guy from my wave 25 feet ahead of me and decided I had to beat him to the finish. Went hard and was in an all out sprint the final 200 yards. Great finish! What would you do differently?: I was a 60+ minute 10k guy a year ago. Now i'm at 54 and will only get better. Post race
Warm down: walked around, got my medal, enjoyed some food. Hung out for a few and then to transition to pick up my stuff. What limited your ability to perform faster: Got sick and had bad training the last 2 weeks, it didn't hold me back too much though. Event comments: Great location. This race takes some heat for lack of organization, but I think 99% of it is good. Beautiful venue and a great course. I love it. Last updated: 2008-08-24 12:00 AM
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Lake Geneva Extreme Sports
Sunny
Overall Rank = 91/256
Age Group = 18-24 Male
Age Group Rank = 5/11
Arrived in Lake Geneva the day before. Spent the day in downtown area and grabbed some food and walked around. Hung out at the hotel until 5 at which point we went to the race site in Fontana to pick up the packet and have the pasta dinner.
Back to the room by 8:30 and in bed by 9:30. Had the best pre-race sleep ever, mostly due to the long day.
Up at 5 and at the site by 5:45. Got my stuff in transition and was done by 6. The pre race talk went off around 6:15 or so. I jumped in the water for 200M or so of warmup. Some long strokes, some fast quick, etc. Then it was time to cross the mat and start the swim.