Swim
Comments: One of the roughest swims I've had from a contact perspective but it still went fairly well. What would you do differently?: nothing. Transition 1
Comments: Way too slow, not really sure why just couldn't get moving. What would you do differently?: move it! Bike
Comments: This bike was tough on me. I just couldn't get into a grove. I worked way too hard for a 20mph avg. I also had a frustrating run in with a photographer. Towards the very end of the course there were slower bikers to my right and right in front of me was a photographer. Instead of moving, she's pointing at me to move over, but I couldn't due to the slower bikers. After a 10-15 second game of chicken she finally moved and yelled something at me as I went past. Sorry, but should have I have to slow down for a photographer?? I don't think so. What would you do differently?: Run the photographer over?? :) Transition 2
Comments: I was very cold by the time I hit t2 so moving quickly was tough. My feet were numb! What would you do differently?: Nothing really - I'm usually 30-45 seconds quicker in normal conditions. Run
Comments: For me, this was one of my best runs. Last year I avg over a 9 mn mile and when I hit the top of the hill my only thought was "my God, I don't know how I'm going to make it back". This time it was "wow that went quick" and I felt good the entire time. Running is still my worst event but it's slowly getting better. What would you do differently?: Probably could have pushed it a bit harder on the way back. Post race
Warm down: Waited 5 minutes, then started to freeze. Quickly grabbed a sweatshirt and waited for my Wife and friends to finish. What limited your ability to perform faster: April like conditions in June?? Event comments: I really like this race but I do think they need to spend a bit more time providing guidance to all the newbies, especially as it relates to the bike. I do think it's great that they are out there but they need to explain how to stay right, etc. Last updated: 2009-02-23 12:00 AM
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United States
Buffalo Triathlon
50F / 10C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 152/372
Age Group = 30-39
Age Group Rank = 44/97
some oatmeal, coffee and out the door by 5:30am.
My wife blew out a tire (brand new $60 tire!) during her warmup so I spent my time buying her a new tire and getting it ready. At least it happened during the warmup and not during the race.