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Comments: Very happy with my time. The strong current didn't help. Got tangled up with a couple swimmers, but it really thinned out once we got through the bridge. I sometimes have anxiety during open water swims, but once I was in the water, I was able to concentrate and have a good stroke. Foot cramped up once early in the swim, but I just flexed my foot toward my shin and it went away. Also had fogging issues with my goggles and had to stop once to rinse the inside... had a calf cramp when I did that, but it went away as soon as I started swimming again. What would you do differently?: Nothing except maybe buy new goggles.  Transition 1
Comments: HORRIBLE TRANSITION TIME... WORST EVER! Had to take time to duct tape the big toe on my left foot because half my toenail mas missing from a fungus a few weeks earlier. The toe really started bothering me the night before and I was worried that it could affect me the entire race. Once taped up, it was fine, but that ate up a lot of time in transition. What would you do differently?: Move faster, but couldn't avoid the taping of the toe.  Bike
Comments: I felt kind of slow on the bike and was trying to save something for the run. The hills were much tougher than I expected so I was a little more gassed at the end of the bike than I hoped to be. Need more on-bike training and to train on more hills. Had 2 Gu packs during the bike for some quick nutrition and drank lots of water and Gatorade. What would you do differently?: Train on more hills. Transition 2
Comments: Another slow transition. I was spent after the ride and had to sit down to put on my socks and shoes. I my lesson at the Tri For Our Veterans that socks are a must for me. My biggest issue is that I don't practice transitions... maybe it's time to start doing that. What would you do differently?: Practice transitions.  Run
Comments: I was spent after the bike. I was smart to eat the Gu packs on the ride and drink lots of Gatorade, but I felt like I was crashing a bit. I would run for about a mile then walk a few hundred yards and continued this until the final sprint to the finish. Most of the run was not shaded so it was getting pretty hot. At each aid station, I would drink 1 cup of water and pour another over my head. 10 minute miles is quite a bit slower than what I should normally run a 10k. Will have to do a lot more training and some more bricks. What would you do differently?: More running (training), more bricks. Post race
Warm down: Took some pictures, ate some pizza, pretzels and a ham and cheese hoagie along with lots of water. Did some light stretching. What limited your ability to perform faster: Just need to get more training hours in with biking and running. Transistion times were abysmal, but if I didn't tape my toe, it could have been a very ugly race. I'm glad I took the time to do that. Event comments: I love the Philly Tri. Where else can a virtual novice at the sport go out and perform on the same course (at the same time) as world-class athletes that are internationally known? I will always make the Philly Tri part of my Tri calendar. Last updated: 2009-02-06 12:00 AM
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Philadelphia Triathlon, LLC
80F / 27C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 1430/1921
Age Group = Clydesdale
Age Group Rank = 33/51
Spent the night at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in center city Philly. We were leaving the hotel at 4:45am, so there was no food to be had at the hotel. Luckily I took a banana from the motivational dinner (Team in Training) the night before. Ate that and then left for Fairmount Park
With the Team in Training group from Delaware, we rode our bikes from the hotel to Fairmount Park, which was about a mile and a half ride. Got marked, set up my transition area, ate a Power Bar, drank some Gatorade and then got on the bus that took us to the swim start. I was in the last wave, so I had over an hour to wait before my swim start. I got in the water for a 10 minute warm-up swim and then waited as all 11 (I think) waves went off before me. Did some light stretching while I waited.