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Comments: Somehow, I managed to find myself on the INSIDE when coming to the first turn (bouy). Sure enough, I had to slow down because someone was swimming breast-stroke to and around the bouy (pefectly fine). Next time, I'll keep a better line so I don't have to slow around the turns. What would you do differently?: Don't get caught in the inside "traffic".  Transition 1
Comments: First transition. I didn't think I was all that slow, but I guess I wasn't really hurrying all that much. You would have thought that I would have been quicker since I didn't have a wetsuit to mess with. What would you do differently?: Act like I'm trying to get through T1 quickly  Bike
Comments: Everyone I destroyed in the swim got back at me on the bike. Note to self: get a road bike What would you do differently?: Get a road bike. Sitting straight up is NOT aero! Transition 2
Comments: I came back to T2 to find that the person next to me was there, packing up their stuff, AND in my spot, too. I excused myself as I ran over their towel as I racked my bike. I drank some water, and put away my bike computer. I probably took too much time in T2. I'll chalk it up to noob. What would you do differently?: Be quicker. I didn't have much to do, so I should have taken about half the time to get through T2.  Run
Comments: I actually ran faster in the 5k run leg than I have in just 5k races so far(HA! I say) It must be that my legs were already warmed up, so I was already at rockstar pace when starting the run. What would you do differently?: The only changes would be cosmetic. My Tri shirt kept wanting to turn into a Tri half-shirt, exposing the belly. Nobody deserves seeing the belly... that's just wrong! Post race
Warm down: walked at the race. walked quite a bit once I got home. What limited your ability to perform faster: My short legs didn't help much. Event comments: I have nothing to compare it to, but it was a lot of fun, and we had a LOT of BT-ers there, racing AND cheering. Lots of fun. Yeah, I know I already said that. Last updated: 2009-02-19 12:00 AM
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Sunny
Overall Rank = 389/700
Age Group = Clydes 0-99
Age Group Rank = 12/25
Woke up @ 4:30, re-checked my bags, ate some raisin bran, read read the write-up on Red Wings game. Racked bike on car. Started driving to Lansing at 5:15 (or so).
Got there plenty early to park in the close lot. Found Chris and chatted around while looking at course/transition area.
Pretended to set up my transition area. Walked to concession and got a banana to eat. Found other BT-ers to chat with while waiting for newbie meeting. After meeting, checked my bike to see if I was in a low gear (I was... I am so awesome).
Went back into transition area to set up transition for real, and ate a gel. I was going to swim a little warm-up, so I wanted to ditch all my other crap, anyway.
I hopped into the water, swam about 2 minutes (mostly just to get a feel for the water, and I had nothing better to do for a few minutes).
Got out, talked with a couple of people I didn't know. They were asking me if I worked out all the time. (haha... just kidding)
Before I knew it, it was time to gather in my wave, and head off to the starting line.