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Comments: My right goggle had water in it for most of the swim, and I don't see all that well without my glasses as it is. So sighting was pretty much out for this race. I just followed the crowd, and it was crowded. There were at least two times that some totally lost person from a previous wave swam sideways directly into me. But I just cruised at a reasonable pace, never managed to catch a draft, and came out sub-30 for the swim leg. That's good enough for me. What would you do differently?: Earn my pro card so there aren't so many bodies to weave through on the swim.  Transition 1
Comments: My transitions aren't the quickest, don't really care. I'll put effort into it if I am ever closer to going sub-5 hours. At least I had my transition set up well this time so everything was organized. What would you do differently?: Nada  Bike
Comments: I hoped to break 20 mph, but came up just short at 19.7. Next time! At least my bike split was in the top half of my age group this year. Ultimately I want to hold 21+ mph over this course. What would you do differently?: Maybe I will pick up some race wheels and an aero helmet someday. That would probably have helped me make 20 mph. This year I will make intervals a regular feature of my bike training. Transition 2
Comments: Unclipped with my left shoe still on, then had the shoe ratcheting mechanism stick. That cost me 15 or 20 seconds. Also included a bathroom stop. What would you do differently?: Buy tri shoes.  Run
Comments: My running still stinks, but at least I am training now after my injury before last year's race. I did well for the first couple miles but then faded quickly. Considering my longest training run was about 4 miles, that's about all I could expect. I still cut about :40 from last year's mile pace. What would you do differently?: Continue run training and extending mileage. Post race
Warm down: Walk around, eat pizza and orange slices. What limited your ability to perform faster: Really would have been nice to go to the bathroom before the race. Event comments: Not enough porta potties. Last updated: 2009-01-02 12:00 AM
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Ironman North America
60F / 16C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 860/2115
Age Group = M40-44
Age Group Rank = 139/313
Stayed with the wife down in Carlsbad. Much nicer area to stay than Oceanside, I highly recommend going five minutes further south on the freeway to stay there. Enjoyed a dinner without the kids at TGIF's there in Calabassas. Stayed at the Marriott Courtyard, it was quiet and the room was nice enough.
Morning of the race, got up at 4:30, loaded up and on the way by about 5:15. Parking is easy, hopped on the bike and rode down to transition. Got transition set up and tried to hit the bathroom in the swim chute, but the jerk staffer wouldn't let me use the porta potties early in the swim chute when I needed to go. So I waited in line to do my morning business only to run out of time because there are not enough facilities. By the time I got back there with a wetsuit on after waiting in the other never-ending bathroom line, I didn't have time to wait in the line for the now open swim chute porta potties. It's absolutely ridiculous that they can't provide more toilets at this race. Next time I put my wetsuit on and stand at the swim chute porta potties until the retard that they post there decides that the bathrooms are open. It ain't worth going to any other bathroom line PERIOD END OF STORY.