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Comments: Pretty solid swim other than getting off couse a bit on the last leg to the exit. It was crowded through that section so got blocked some. Nice Lake and felt that I pushed a moderate/comfortable pace What would you do differently?: I was number 328 as the swim start went by order of registration. Made for a busy course. Started about 20+ minutes after the first racers hit the water.  Transition 1
Comments: Struggled with swim skin so lost some time there What would you do differently?: Be more efficient. Probably 10-20 seconds slower than most of the top 25 racers  Bike
Comments: I really wanted to work on pacing and keeping watts/effort level consistent. Spun up the hills keeping watts in a tolerable range and tried to push the other sections. Ran out of gears on the last couple of downhills heading back to transition. Never felt like I was on the edge or pushing too hard. Definitely could have gone harder but wanted to focus on having a solid bike and run. AP230/NP240 What would you do differently?: Could have gone harder on the bike but would that have hurt the run? Always tough to figure. Transition 2
Comments: Much better. Still felt like I didn't get it all perfect but I'll take it  Run
Comments: Felt pretty solid from the beginning so tried to go with a 6:40-45 pace. First 2 miles were right in that range and picked it up some for the last stretch. Felt strong throughout What would you do differently?: Might have been able to push harder earlier in the run but I really wanted to work on my pacing in this race with AG Nats next month...hoping to maintain these bike/run paces through olympic distance. Post race
Warm down: Drank some water/Powerade. Visted with friends and Team mates. Hung around for awards then drove 2.5 hours home. There was actually another guy in AG that won grandmasters so I bumped up to first in AG. What limited your ability to perform faster: I didn't crush myself in this race. Really trying to build into last part of season. Event comments: Really well done race. My first time there and really enjoyed it. Slightly cooler morning than typical for this time of year probably helped. Last updated: 2013-07-01 12:00 AM
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 2013-07-16 9:03 AM |
Master  3058    South Alabama |  Subject: Sunfish Triathlon |
| 2013-07-16 1:19 PM in reply to: #4805430 |
Member 2098 Simsbury, Connecticut | Subject: RE: Sunfish Triathlon Nice job. I chuckled at your remark about 25+ tris and still get butterflies before each one as I'm sitting at my desk just thinking about my next tri (tonight after work) and I can't control the butterflies  |
| 2013-07-19 8:19 AM in reply to: #4805430 |
Master 2912  ...at home in The ATL | Subject: RE: Sunfish Triathlon Sorry Randy - I missed that you were racing last weekend - I thought AG nationals was your next race. Great job as usual. Smart on the bike: that tight space between AP and NP will serve you well at the OLY distance. I am betting your run would have been a little faster if you instead ran a slight fade at the end instead of having a little left in the tank at the end - it is not a fun way to end the race, but I have found that (for me any way) I am faster that way up to the Open 10k/OLY distance. The math just doesn't work out otherwise. And I cannot even begin to tell you how many races I have done, but the butterflies never go away. I think that is a good thing - if they ever did it would probably be time for us to think about doing something else, right? |
| 2013-07-19 11:09 AM in reply to: TankBoy |
| 19 | Subject: RE: Sunfish Triathlon fantastic race, Randy, congrats on the 1st AG. I'm heading into my second "season" of tris with a sprint this Sunday, then a longer course in Sept and Oly in Oct. Butterflies are constant! Good luck at the Nats. Tim |
| 2013-07-20 9:37 AM in reply to: barrld21 |
Member 432 Calgary, AB | Subject: RE: Sunfish Triathlon Well done Randy! LOL at the "usual crappy sleep" -- I'm still waiting for the event where I get a good sleep the night before! |
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Sunfish Triathlon
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Overall Rank = 19/325
Age Group = M50-54
Age Group Rank = 1/31
Drove up the day before. Picked up packet and drove the bike course Friday evening. The usual crappy sleep. Wonder when I will stop having butterflys before a race? 25+ triathlons and I'm still anxious before a race.
Usual breakfast. Arrived early and there was plenty of parking near transition. Got set up then did a warm up run and swim. Gel 30 minutes pre race.