Swim
Comments: The swim was crazy, I was all over the place and wasted both a lot of time and energy back tracking. For the first time I was not having an problems swimming because of endurance, it was all directional. What would you do differently?: Need to find a way to swim straight or do a better job sighting. Transition 1
Comments: T1 was smooth, it was a long run from the beach and by the time I got to the bike I pretty much had my barrings and had caught my breath. Wetsuit came off fairly easily. For the first time in a while my shoes went on without any major problems. What would you do differently?: Nothing Bike
What would you do differently?: Not sure what I could have done differently, bike was ok although my pace seemed to slow on the second 12 miles. Felt like I was on the course by myself since I was so behind from the lousy swim I had. Transition 2
Comments: T2 also went well although my legs were still shaking from the bike. Did not have any problems dismounting of the bike. What would you do differently?: Nothing. They did not get the splits for T2, the time was added to run. Run
Comments: Thought this was going to be a good run when I started. Legs felt pretty good and I was at 8min + for the first mile. I think every mile after that got slower and I felt like I was never going to reach the turnaround. Once I got to the turnaround I was at about a 10min pace and getting very tired. Tried to turn it up a notch the last couple of miles and actually passed some people. Around the 5 mile mark I was in pain and my back was killing me, which has never happened before. What would you do differently?: Need more brick workouts, every race my run is not what it should be and I think that is the reason. Post race
Warm down: none whatsoever, wife and kids were ready to go. What limited your ability to perform faster: Need more bricks and open water swim work. Event comments: Again, I think there needs to be more there for the spectators during the race and something after so that people want to hang around. Last updated: 2008-11-28 12:00 AM
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United States
HFP Racing
Sunny
Overall Rank = 170/187
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 18/19
None, did not have a lot of time to warm up. Drove from hotel to race (about 30min) and had to wait in a small line for packet pickup. Was very nervous for this race because it was my first at this distance.
Only got about 5 minutes in the water before the waves started.