Swim
Comments: First time event I think swim went well. Was alittle surprised to see everyone else hanging back as I hit backstretch. Despite one zig-zag swimmer in front of me until I passed him there were no traffic issues. What would you do differently?: I saved to much energy here not knowing what to expect for rest of race. I actually did a good 20% doing breaststroke while in early traffic. I know Transition 1
Comments: I sucked at my first trans. I was in no hurry and didn't realize how much time I took until I looked at results afterwards. What would you do differently?: Prep time before race was limited due to late arrival and that hurt me here. I had to go thru my bag to get all my gear out as I was trans. Bike
Comments: This is where I had issues that were unanticipated. I have only been on the bike once this year and this came back to hurt me. Ran first half of bike at good pace of 19+ but suffered last 1/3rd and brought pace way down. What would you do differently?: Maybe prepare my body a little better for the bike. Transition 2
Comments: Slow again at transition but not as bad as T1. It is a learnign process and I will get it down at some point. Did almost eat it at top of hill getting off the bike. Someone siddled me right as I was dismounting. What would you do differently?: Not to much, just try to improve my bike shoes to running shoes change. Would help to have them outside my bag. Run
Comments: I was actually surprised at my pace here. Haven't run outdoors this far in over 15 years. Walked a total of 6 minutes to relive stiches due to to much water and also trying to avoid the oncoming cramp. What would you do differently?: Running will be my downfall in each subsequent event so if I can push my time to a 26 then I would be very satisfied. That would include no walking to put me on pace. Post race
Warm down: Walk and jog for 10 minutes. What limited your ability to perform faster: Out of shape, first tri event ever. Event comments: Great race and a nice starter for me. Last updated: 2008-08-31 12:00 AM
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United States
Tri On the Run
90F / 32C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 114/179
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 19/27
Breakfast early and hour drive to event.
Got stopped for speeding in Freeport 1 mile from event (nice trap on the downside of the hill) so no warmup. Not a good start to my first tri.