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Comments: I just went all out on this. I was 2nd out of the water overall, about 10" behind the first guy out. Was about 10" in front of the rest of the pack. I was even with the leader for a while. It was a cool feeling having the lead kayak right there. T1 was empty when I got there. I definitely gotta get to the front. I pushed my way up to the front line, inside at the start, and just held my position the whole swim until the first turn when I pulled away from the pack. Definitely a kick-ass swim. The time above is the time at the entry to T1 which was after a good little jog from the water. Stopwatch says I was out of the water in 7:59. If that's true I just obliterated my PR swim. I think the course was little bit short though. Either way, I'm happy. :) What would you do differently?: Hang on the leader's feet. I let him get away the last 200m.  Transition 1
Comments: Hill right outside T1 ( literally ), so I put shoes on before getting on bike, rather than trying to put them on while going uphill. Took a bit longer than normal, as we had to stuff all our gear into a bag for them to bring to us at T2/Finish ( since this was a Point to Point race ). What would you do differently?: Coulda gone a bit faster, but didn't rush things.  Bike
Comments: Yowza. Lots of hills. Being in the first wave and 2nd out of the water, and only a couple people out of T1 faster than me meant I was riding dead alone for nearly the entire bike. I was passed by 3 people, and passed nobody. Got lonely at points, when I look in front and see no one, and look in back and see no one. At least no bogus drafting penalties to worry about this time! Hah! Mooed at some cows when I went past. They just stared at me chewing their food. Held my ground pretty good on the bike, better than I did in St. Anthonys. What would you do differently?: Attach helium ballons to my bike so I can go uphill faster. I've got good power, but I'm a bigger guy than the spidery little cyclists that zoom uphills so climbs always make me work. Not much I can do to change that though. Transition 2
Comments: T2 was the end of the race for me. After talking to my coach about my achilles, and going by how it felt, decided that a hilly run was not the best thing to do with my A race, 1/2 IM @ Racine, 2 months out. So, I purposely left my running shoes in the car the night before, jogged out of T2 barefoot, and stepped off the course. It was actually harder than I thought, so I'm glad I took the advice of not leaving running shoes in T2 to tempt me. So, I became a spectator at that point and cheered for Steve as he came through a couple minutes after me ( he was in the 4th wave, I'm *not* faster than he is :D ). What would you do differently?: Not get hurt the week before so I can finish the whole race. :)  Run
Post race
Warm down: Got some water and banana. Walked around barefoot in the grass, stretched. My glutes/hammys were tight from all the hills on the bike, so I stretched those a lot. What limited your ability to perform faster: Hurting my achilles. Event comments: The point-to-point logistics made this race a little annoying. Lots of waiting around for your stuff. Organization-wise, it was really good, just the reality of it made it a bit interesting if you weren't in the mood to sit around for a couple hours post-race while they brought stuff around for you. Everything went off on time, and the course was closed to traffic ( in the direction of the race ). Lots of volunteers and police out at every intersection to keep cars out, so hats off to them for making it a great day. I made sure to wave or say thanks to them as I went past, most of them waved or cheered back which was cool. Last updated: 2005-05-13 12:00 AM
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 2005-05-21 6:18 PM |
Pro  3906     St Charles, IL |  Subject: Galena Triathlon |
| 2005-05-21 6:33 PM in reply to: #161082 |
Elite 3223 Hendersonville | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon Great race! Wow, it's weird we both hurt our feet this week. We'll see how I do tomorrow. Awesome swim. What a great feeling that must have been. Good for you for doing what was right for your body! Jessica |
| 2005-05-21 6:38 PM in reply to: #161082 |
Master 1494 Kingston Ontario | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon Chris, you are totally smart to listen to your body like that and not let pride get in the way. What a smokin' swim time!! And a great ride too....amazing! Good work! Jen |
| 2005-05-21 8:14 PM in reply to: #161082 |
Champion 11641 Fairport, NY | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon A totally rocking swim followed by a really strong bike followed by an exceptional judgement call and prudence all accompanied by a great attitude and outlook. Well done Chris, and thanks for sharing it with us. |
| 2005-05-22 8:51 AM in reply to: #161082 |
Master 2447 Marietta, Ga | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon Killer swim, Chris, simply awesome. Glad you had a good time. You have a very wise coach since I, too, would have been tempted to finish the race if my shoes were sitting there staring me in the face. But, as you said, this was a training event and you need to be ready and healthy for Racine. Thanks for the RR. |
| 2005-05-22 11:15 AM in reply to: #161082 |
Pro 4228 Broomfield, Colorado | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon Great race Chris! You kicked butt!  |
| 2005-05-22 11:58 AM in reply to: #161082 |
| Master 1741 Boston | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon Hey Chris- Nice job on the first two legs. Glad you listened to your coach also- why kill yourself over just a measly sprint?  That's cool you got to meet up w/ Steve- did you see any other BTers? Let us know the prognosis of your foot. Have a great day! |
| 2005-05-22 12:19 PM in reply to: #161082 |
Member 21 Graham,NC | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon You smoked em man! Blitzed the swim and all alone on the bike. Way to hang in the hills. Gotta hate those skinny little guys going by, but sounds like not too many made it by you. Congrats. Sorry about the achilles, but your doing a smart thing by bagging the run. Must have been tough doing it, but smart. Great race Chris. Says is from BonBon, but she can't get credit for my inspire...Next time I'll remember to log her off. LOL! Jeff Edited by BonBonNeaser 2005-05-22 12:20 PM |
| 2005-05-22 12:31 PM in reply to: #161082 |
Champion 7704 Williamston, Michigan | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon Way to be smart about things Chris I should take a page from your book. great job on your swim and bike and Hope the Achilles is better soon....PS Celebrex is a wonderful drug |
| 2005-05-22 4:08 PM in reply to: #161082 |
Master 1480 Plant City, FL | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon Good for you Chris!! Great race. |
| 2005-05-22 9:44 PM in reply to: #161082 |
Veteran 258 Plainfield, IL | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon Hi! Glad to hear you had a good race, you really did not miss too much with that run. I struggled with the race, but it showed me my training has been very lacking. Glad we had such good weather for the race. Congrats on a strong swim and bike. I don't know if I could ride alone like that, but I don't think I will ever have to worry about that, I sort of enjoy looking at all of the bikes as they pass me. |
| 2005-05-23 6:56 AM in reply to: #161082 |
| , Alabama | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon |
| 2005-05-23 8:14 AM in reply to: #161082 |
Extreme Veteran 401 Plant City, Florida | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon darn...what a swim ....swimming like a dolphin even though you can not get any pictures...they are fast.......interesting view from the front on the bike....way to listen and not push an injury....GREAT RACE!!!! |
| 2005-05-23 3:04 PM in reply to: #161082 |
Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon WOWZA you got some POWWA in those legs! How sweet to be 2nd out of the water and great bike time even with all those hills! |
| 2005-05-25 9:38 PM in reply to: #161082 |
Extreme Veteran 475 Blaine, MN | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon Congrats... your a quite the tri nut with all those races ... holy makeral man! I hope you heel gets better soon so you dont have to sit by a race again... sounds like you could have almost won this last one.>>!! |
| 2005-05-27 5:18 PM in reply to: #161082 |
Extreme Veteran 391 Oregon | Subject: RE: Galena Triathlon |
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Up at 6. Clif bar, starbuck doubleshot, and odwalla superjuice. Walked over to the parking area from my B&B, met up with Steve and we caught the shuttle to T1.
Got about 20 min swimming in. Sighting practice and drafting practice w/ Steve. I was in the first wave ( woo! ) so I finished my last swim with a quick sprint about 10 min before the gun.