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Comments: I didn't do the swim portion but the indoor pool was SWEET!!!!!  Transition 1
Comments: Struggled mightily getting my left foot clipped in. Definitely wasted 15 to 30 seconds probably. What would you do differently?: More practice with the clip ins as I've only been in them a few times.  Bike
Comments: My goal was to hit about 43 minutes. I was doing good and under that through the 6 mile marker (17:23) when my legs started to fade and I struggled on the inclines to maintain speed. I don't know if I went out to fast or if the heat had an affect but I was noticeably slower the second half of the race. So much so that I went from 40 seconds ahead of pace to almost 4 minutes over. What would you do differently?: More rides on the bike in preparation and more hard rides where I push myself more. Transition 2
Comments: Jumped off bike and saw Jay waiting to take off running so I ran up to him. He ripped off the timing chip, put it on himself and took off. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Can't do much better in reality.  Run
Comments: I didn't do the run portion, though I was tempted to run with Jay for as long as I could keep up. Wasn't sure the organizers would like that so I ditched the idea. By the time the run was started it was flat out hot and near 90 degrees. Everyone was suffering as they came on home. Post race
Warm down: I stretched out my legs a bit, found Sue and congratulated her on her 1st foray into Tri's (she's now hooked and may do another relay and a teammate based race in September in PA) and waited for Jay. I knew he wanted under 22 minutes so went over to the finish line at about 18 minutes. On the way over my friend Jared was coming out of the bike transition onto the run so wished him well. What limited your ability to perform faster: Not enough time outside on the bike and not pushing myself hard enough in training either. Event comments: Was impressed by the race as I know they had issues last year (their 1st). The bike course was very well marked and had great volunteers to make sure you were on the right track. They should probably do a better job of keeping the transition area clean. Since it was an indoor swim there were people coming in off the bike for quite awhile after others finished and it was pretty cluttered at times for the folks trying to get out on their run. Last updated: 2009-02-06 12:00 AM
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West Deptford RiverWinds
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Sunny
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Nicole stayed overnight at the in-laws so got up, ran through the shower to wake me up a bit and went and picked up my Dad. Stopped with him to get a bagel like we always do and shot down to the race site.
Not much. Hooked up with my relay partners, got registered and racked and just marveled at the awesome facilities/pool of the country club the race was held at. Watched Sue swim about 10 of her lengths and then went and got in position with my bike so she'd just have to strap the chip on my ankle and I could be off.