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Comments: Easy start, wading in. was on the outside of the future turns for the start and on the rt of the group as the sun would be on my left. Had my tempo trainer dinging in my ear and that was reassuring during the swim. Could have set it a little faster. New wetsuit was nice surprise, very supple and great shoulder movement. Kinda forgot i was wearing it, really... Good turn on first bouy stayed in normal swimming motion all the way around. Goggles leaked a couple times and had to eaither breth left or close mu rt eye as the whole rt side filled. treaded water to dump it out 3 times. Hard to see the small bouy's! They were orange and there were red race caps, easy to confuse them. Just used a house in the distance for sighting. Nice easy strokes all the way through the long back leg. Great turn on last turn bouy and felt really good coming into the end of the swim. bouys were in a strange place so i just went straight to the finish bouy from the last turn. Boat ramp was good to get out on but the edge of it was a little abrupt. Helpers pulled me out though and that was nice. Remebered to unzip the ankles and back in time for a big strong girl to strip me down ! lolo. Off and away w/ no drama. What would you do differently?: Well, the goal was to finish, so I didn't want to do anything fast really. Well, i accomplished the not going fast part pretty easily ! lolo I could have pushed the swim faster and in the future probably will but i was really afraid of having a really great swim and not finishing the race...  Transition 1
Comments: Robin was able to run right next to me going to T1, that was nice to see her face, she is such a great cheerleader !! Spent to much time thinking what i needed to wear. Ended up w/ leg warmers and my riding jacket. jogged out okay What would you do differently?: I need to be decisive when setting out T originally !!  Bike
Comments: Well, what can i say about the bike... UGH ! I made lots of people feel good about themselves on the bike. Me and my anchor just motored along as if we were sight seeing... It was pretty but i had TOOOOOO much time to look at it ! Great volonteers at the aid stations and road crossings. Got to watch a train cross in front of me in Richards (like I needed to be slowed down) w/ 10 others! Tweaked my L quad right after that (mi 25)and had to work around that for the rest of the ride. And there was wind, did I mention wind ? Nice, brisk headwind ! Kinda tough on me coming back in, but i made it and didn't have to get swept off the course ! yea ! lololo Definetly need to get stronger on the bike, maybe a little suffering in practice will keep me from bleeding during a race like this... What would you do differently?: Stronger, faster ! Maybe a 6 million dollar man renovation ? That bionic eye thing would be cool too... Transition 2
Comments: Good switch, things went pretty smooth w/ no real complaints. Nice to see Robin, Kay and Mom when i rode into T !!! Great cheering squad, raised the 'ol spirits but getting off the bike did alot for that too... What would you do differently?: nothing, good change over !  Run
Comments: Well the plan was 3(zone 1)/7(zone 2)/3(zone 3). 1st 3 to ease into the run, the next 7 tto actually run and then the last 3 to see what was left and maybe run faster. Okay, so i'm not a fast runner, want to be and faster than i was last year, but still slow... :( The first 3 sucked ! Rt hamstring was cramping during mile 2 and 3. took in lots of water and started to take in more salt. I think i had a dehydration issue going on because it went away w/ the water and salt pills. yea ! Next 7 were better and was able to get into a rythem, kinda. Smiled while i ran (sorry Robin), thanked the volunteers and took in fluids and salt. big hill at mile 10ish that was a pain. Stopped and talked to my cheering squad, they deserved it ! next 3 miles were pretty cool even though I knew i was bringing up the back of the pack. I knew i was going to finishand my mood was light and stride felt really good. Last 2 miles felt really good ! Definetly felt the best of the entire day ! Passed a few folks during this time and felt great ! What would you do differently?: understand the distance a little better but I do know. Could have run faster earlier in the day and maybe still had something left for the end. This off season is run focused so next year will definetly be better! :) Post race
Warm down: Walking, drinking gatorade and water, ate some oranges, a banana and some pizza. Got into dry clothes. Minor stretching, actually felt pretty good physically... What limited your ability to perform faster: Let me count the ways... Swim - Okay T1 - indecision Bike - New Bike, stronger legs, drink more water/salt T2 - Good Run - better hydration, in general run faster, okay Event comments: Great volunteers !!! Make the swim caps a differant color than the swim bouys! Profile Album Last updated: 2008-09-02 12:00 AM
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52F / 11C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 163/185
Age Group = Male 40-44
Age Group Rank = 31/31
Good breakfast (cereal w/ blueberris and mile) at the house w/ Coffee. Glass of accelerade drink. Arrived about 45 milutes before T close, plenty of setup time. Everything felt okay but was unsure of what to wear for the bike in terms of warmth...
Stretches, water was too cold to really swim warm up... I need to get a little better at this.
Good shoulder and hip strtches waiting though...