TRI-Family Lake Pleasant OLY
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TRI-Family Lake Pleasant OLY - TriathlonOlympic
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Comments: Not sure what happed but the swim took twice as long as normal for me. Besides getting plowed over during the 1st 5 minutes of the swim I'm not sure what happened I just could not get any speed going. Made for a bad start to a rough day fo racing Note: BT is representing: photos on the bottom, third photo is blow up of 2nd photo, I'm in the center back, dhyte(my brother) is on my right, and sfraleyiii is on my left. ![]() Transition 1
Comments: Pretty big, steep hill (boat ramp) out of the lake, my calves were burning just running up the ramp ![]() Bike
Comments: Started out real strong on the bike, at about mile 18 two spokes on my rear tire broke. Tried to push on but the spokes pierced my tube and it went flat. Came very close to not finishing, the BIG DNF. The support truck actually stopped by me with 2 other riders who where done for the day. I refused the ride to DNF and proceeded to change my tube and wrap the broken spokes around the none broken ones( so they would be clear for the big to tire to spin). The rear tire was really out of true and won't spin easy due to rubbing but I pushed on. Broke another spoke about 1 mile down the road, which went into my rear derailleur, and now the gears won’t change right but I wrapped that spoke and finished the ride at a mean 10mph max. I came in dead last on the ride, BUT I DIDN'T QUIT. What would you do differently?: Time to buy better wheels. ![]() Transition 2
Comments: uneventfull t2 ![]() Run
Comments: The run went relatively smooth. the hills made it tough and slow but I felt good during the run. What would you do differently?: Keep working on the hills. Keep building my base/ speed ![]() Post race
Event comments: This was the 1st race event this group put on at this location and it showed. I think the weather-complicated issues but the general consensus is that the race was very confusing and disorganized. As an example, the lap-turn a rounds where in the same place as the finishers and this made for a very confused crowd. The transition area was also not closed and people milled about making it hard to get to your stuff. The people where great and very supportive the bugs just need to be ironed out. Last updated: 2004-09-19 12:00 AM
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United States
73F / 23C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 148/155
Age Group = CLYD
Age Group Rank = 9/9
Set up Transition area as normal but this time when checking tire pressure for my front tire, I pulled the valve stem out of the tube and had to rush and change the now very flat tire. Forgot additonal drink for the bike portion and my camelback leaked 1/2 of my water out in my car. All in all it was a rough pre-race, high stress level.