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Comments: Felt pretty good about this swim. Was reminded again that this is a long swim for me! But felt like I was able to site well, stay out of traffic and get a decent rhythm going. What would you do differently?: Need to continue training to build up endurance and speed. ![]() Transition 1
Comments: Ok transition. Got out of suit ok, though this is never a work of art for me. Got into shoes and helmet, remembered my sunglasses this time, so that is an improvement for me! ![]() Bike
Comments: Took a couple of miles to get comfortable. I ride this loop regularly since its in my backyard. Felt pretty good knowing where to push and where to recover. On the one hand, felt like I could have gone harder, but given how low my energy was on the run, I guess its good that I didn't go any harder. I am starting to see the need for aerobars. Hard to hold aero position on a road bike with arms that are tired from the swim. ![]() Transition 2
Comments: another decent transition for me. Took a couple of extra seconds to get some water and a goo to try and gather myself for the run. ![]() Run
Comments: Felt very tired on the run. Never got into a great rhythm. Need to do more bricks during training and run more. With more training I can improve this leg. Course was mostly nicely shaded, though there was about a 1/2 mile around mile 4 that was in the sun. By that time, it was starting to get hot. There were water stations every mile, which helped. ![]() Post race
Warm down: Walked around and stretched. Got a big hug from my daughter! What limited your ability to perform faster: Overall, I was happy with my time. Being somewhat new to tri's its hard to peg target times for me. I had hoped to be in the 2:10-2:15 range, so finishing at 2:03 was nice. Now I can target a sub 2 hours for next year. More bricks should help the bike/run transition. Event comments: This is a fun race. I really enjoy the positive overall attitude of the triathlon events. This event seemed to be very well organized. There were plenty of aid stations, and information given out. I would encourage all to pick up their packet the day before to avoid the longish line for day off pickup. Last updated: 2009-02-03 12:00 AM
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United States
J&A Productions
Sunny
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 48/79
Woke up about 4:45, ate a couple of bowls of cereal. Left for the short drive to the course. Very nice to have the event so close to my home! I learned my lesson and got to the transition area early to be able to get a better spot in transition. I got a good spot, set up my transition and had enough time to try and get a warm up in.
did some light jogging at first. Then got into my wetsuit and swam a little.