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Comments: Decent, but not spectacular swim. Stayed crowded as we caught a large chunk of the wave that started previous to us - I was in the 3rd of 4 waves. Even caught a few from the first wave. Saw someone waving in trouble from the previous wave and directed someone on a board over to her. Rounded the second buoy kind of wide. Sighted OK. No drafting to speak of. What would you do differently?: Still looking for the right swimmer to draft off of.  Transition 1
Comments: Still a rough one for me. More trouble getting out of wetsuit than last race, and I had BodyGlide on my wrists/ankles. Had sunglasses on, but they were too fogged and wet, so I turned them around back, but I don't think that slowed me much. I'm not even sure what "helmet on, suit off at same time" means! I take my suit off and then put my helmet on. How can you do both at the same time? What would you do differently?: Practice T1 - I'd like to get under 1:30 consistently, and closer to 1 minute would be ideal.  Bike
Comments: Wet, rolling ride. Again, road out of T1 is uphill, so tough to get going and not be in shoes. I did OK, but still this as the place for my times to improve most going into next season. What would you do differently?: Not much here. Transition 2
Comments: Faster than T1 and not bad overall, but I don't do any of the things that I'm supposed to do getting off the bike. Racked OK, some fiddling with shoe laces, but an OK T2. What would you do differently?: Practice advanced T2 skills. Adjust shoe laces a bit better beforehand.  Run
Comments: Crankin' on the run. No water stops. Felt a little queasy coming up the hill in the residential part, but that went away. I misjudged that last turn and thought I had one more to go, otherwise I would have finished a bit harder. I also backed down when the clock read 1:26 and I thought I had a slower race than last year - forgot to subtract the 6 minutes from the swim waves! What would you do differently?: Ensure I'm a bit more aware of the course, especially the run into the finish. Post race
Warm down: walked around, talked to friends, waited for George. What limited your ability to perform faster: Wet roads to some extent, but mostly the usual - train more! Event comments: Pre-race environment was a bit hectic this year, but the weather probably didn't help much. Swim waves seemed to have been staggered strangely, which contributed to a crowded swim and a crowded course in general - we got bunched up. Last updated: 2008-09-02 12:00 AM
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Skaneateles Labor Day Race Weekend
72F / 22C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 60/478
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 10/54
Woke up about 4:50, had a good sized bowl of cereal and showered. Got my stuff together and waited for my ride to the race. It poured rain on us once we got to Skaneateles and I froze while getting my number, chip, etc. Got set up in transition - everything getting wet, of course, and boy did it feel good to get warm in my wetsuit.
None to speak of except about a 20 yard swim.