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Race Reports for Herbalife Triathlon Los Angeles - Olympic Distance 2010

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Comments: Checked my finish time after the race and all was expected. Got home and took a nap, then after I awoke, checked the online results and lo-and-behold, I see "penalty: 2:00" beside my time. WTF??? On the bike course, after the turn around at Staples to do the 2.5 mile out and back, I had a marshal beside me for about 2 miles, and ironically, those were some of my fastest miles of the race - speed was 27mph+ for much of the time. I was picking people off one after another and had no one in pursuit. On a couple of occasions, the idiot driving the motorcycle was interfering by blocking me and putting me perilously close to the other riders that were not following convention and were hanging out in the left of the course for no good reason (and technically, should be tagged for a blocking violation). Anyways, I saw the assistant hurriedly scribbling and figured "cool, they're gonna hit these folks with blocking penalties for staying left..."...I passed at least twice between the marshal

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Race rating (5)

Comments: Considering it was my first race I think I did ok. Would have liked to be a little faster at everything especially the ride. Will work on getting faster on my bike and sign up for another in the spring. Brick workouts would be a huge help too. I had no idea how taxing it to switch from swim to bike and bike to run. Respect to you all.

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Race rating (5)

Comments: All in all, I had a very good race. It was really something to be up there battling during the bike. As a fairly good swimmer, all I've known to this point was getting passed on the bike. This time, I was able to hold my own. For the first time in my 6 month tri career, I was ranked higher in the bike than the swim. I'm really going to work hard on my run during the off season. I know run times are related to bike fitness and all that, but I want to get my run inline with my swim and bike times. I'm doing Hermosa Beach "Day at The Beach" Tri next weekend just for fun. Just going to use it as a good workout and have a good time. Then take a break for a little bit!

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Race rating (4)

Comments: I really enjoyed this race. Riding the bike on LA city streets with no traffic was totally cool. There were lots of volunteers and police around, and they were all terrific. Fellow racers were really nice and considerate. I do apologize for those folks I smacked on the swim -- there were a couple of you. Also, sorry for standing too long in the aisle in T2 trying to fix my race belt -- didn't mean to hold you up. My only complaint is that the swag was minimal. All I got in my swag bag at the expo was a small bag of potato chips and a bunch of advertisements! Come on -- how about a free gel or some other samples! I like swag. My kids each got a little Toyota backpack and a Kaiser plastic cup at the health expo. So they, at least, were happy with the swag. T-shirt is awesome -- I love the design. I was really stressing about the logistics of a point-to-point triathlon (with separate T1 and T2s). I feared my bags getting lost, me missing the shuttle back to the start, lost

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