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Comments: Made sure I didn't go out too hard on the swim. Stayed under control and had a slow pace. Swam a mix of 95% free and 5% breast to maintain navigation. Let lots of people go ahead of me and had a hard time getting to the first buoy. Did much better once I rounded the 2nd. ![]() Transition 1
Comments: Changed into my shoes and ran the bike to the mount area. Got in and out of the suit with no problems. Tried not to rush and forget something. ![]() Bike
Comments: Shipping my bike was too expensive and I wasn't going to be in town on time to rent one. I borrowed a mountain bike that is a great bike for cruising around town but not so hot for a race. What would you do differently?: My own bike would have been nice but this boiled down to not enough training. More miles and time in the saddle. ![]() Transition 2
Comments: Kept my bikes shoes on for the run to the rack. Got into my running shoes just fine. Felt pretty wobbly for a while. ![]() Run
Comments: First mile was a bit rough as expected. Ran with a really nice woman from SoCal who had a good pace and great attitude. We had a nice conversation on the way. We wound up passing a woman in the last half mile who nearly caught me at the finish line. It was a good strong finish. What would you do differently?: Run more I guess. Im really not all that fast. ![]() Post race
Warm down: Light walking and lots of water. A handful of grapes. Back to my friends house and 30 minutes in the hot tub and an icy cold Molson. I felt kinda weird drinking at 10a, but hey it's noon somewhere right? What limited your ability to perform faster: I had a terrible last 6 weeks of training. I just didn't put in the time, especially on the bike. My own equipment would have helped, but it wouldn't have made that big a difference. Event comments: The guy who they hired to do announcements was a piece of work. He said a lot of obnoxious and rude things about us racers in a feeble attempt to be funny. Mostly he was a jackass. The rest of the race went great. No massage available which I could have used, oh well. I'd like to do this one again. Last updated: 2009-02-11 12:00 AM
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Got up at 4a. Had a PBJ and coffee.
Lots of stretching. Not much in the way of swimming or biking