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Comments: Been in the pool 4 times including this race this month, just lack of pool motivation and time with all the marathon training. Also my tri-top makes a great drag suit, need to get that fixed. Right before we got in the pool it rained pretty much harder than I have ever had it during a race, lol there was quite a bit of chop in the pool due to the weather. Estimated time but I think that was what my watch said. What would you do differently?: Not take 3 weeks off from swimming.  Transition 1
Comments: Everything was soaked, just plopped my butt down on the ground to put socks on. Tried running earlier in the week without socks and didn't work to well. What would you do differently?: Find running shoes I can run sockless in for sprints  Bike
Comments: It was pretty wet out there so had to take some corners pretty slowly, plus my legs just felt heavy from all the running I have been doing I suppose. Again this is an estimate based on my finishing time, I am assuming this was my bike pace based on my run time which I was pretty sure was right on 8:00/mile so this is what the bike ended up at. What would you do differently?: Need to firgure out a bike workout that is like a tempo run. I can go fast on steep hills, descents and pure flat, but lose some speed on the false flats and long slight uphills. Transition 2
Comments: Never much to do here, again estimation  Run
Comments: Felt like I had used up too much energy trying to go faster on the bike but my run time was still pretty good overall. I was pacing with a guy most of the race which really helped, It seemed to take over 2 miles for my legs to really open up by then the race was almost over so I passed him and ran much harder to the finish. What would you do differently?: Need to drop another minute or so per mile to be somewhat competitive. Post race
Warm down: Went back and took a shower, came back to the park to watch the last people finish up and waited for awards. Finished 4th in the AG with a lot of time between me and 3rd, so something to improve on. I had finished 2nd in AG last year but there were only 13 people and I was about 5 minutes faster this year. Sam got 3rd in her AG and Karla was 1st so it was a great day for them. What limited your ability to perform faster: It was really wet when we started and dried up near the end of my race. I really like this race but I have been really run focused for the last month and not much time for the other 2 disciplines. Times are good overall but I think my bike should have been 1-2 mph faster based on the distance. Event comments: Great race, unfortunately with the rain they lost some volunteers and were not able to get splits... Next year they are going to timing chips so should be better. Last updated: 2009-01-18 12:00 AM
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Hubcity Triathlon Club
70F / 21C
Precipitation
Overall Rank = 23/278
Age Group = M 35-39
Age Group Rank = 4/26
Dropped kids off for a weekend at the beach with my parents on Friday night. Saturday drove up to Hagerstown with Wife and Karla. Pre-rode the coursse again Saturday afternoon then picked up packets. Sam and I went out to dinner, found a nice little place to eat, hopefully it is still there next year.
Woke up at 4:45 it was raining, drove over to the park, it was still raining, got set up in transition and it was raining, listened to race meeting and it was raining. (you get the picture)
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