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2009-06-09 11:34 AM

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Subject: Dragonfly Triathlon
Any words of wisdom or experiences from the Dragonfly Triathlon in Sardis?  My wife and I are planning on doing it this weekend (it will be our first tri) and are getting excited!

Any info that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

2009-06-10 9:21 AM
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I have never done the race - I will be there. From others I have heard that there is only one hill on the bike and one HILL on the run. The hill on the run is supposed to be HUGE.
2009-06-12 9:04 AM
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Thanks for the reply!  After living in the MS delta for 2 years now I'm not sure I'm still aware of the term "hill",  but I have heard of them before and am excited to see what they look like

See you at the race!
2009-06-17 9:27 PM
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Well, how did ya'll do in the race?
2009-06-18 8:29 AM
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Tough muddy run!


8/31 in AG 5/31 SWIM 13:34 T1-1:26 10/31 RUN 49:55 MPH-21.9 T2-0:59 8/31 RUN 30:50 PACE-7:21 1:36:42

http://hubcitytri.blogspot.com/2009/06/dragonfly-race-report.html
2009-06-18 9:13 AM
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I had forgotten that race was last weekend.  Glad y'all got the race in.  Those storms were freaking nuts.  I was up in Memphis for a wedding and spent all day Saturday morning cutting and removing downed trees from my wife's grandparents' yard. 

2009-06-18 1:32 PM
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Well, given it was my first triathlon (and racing in the clydesdales), I was pretty happy with the results.  However, I had a few rookie errors that certainly slowed me down, such as leaving my water bottle in the car (no water the entire race until mile 1 of the run!) and smushing my gel out on my handlebars as I embarked on the bike.  Furthermore, I certainly need to get some aero-bars for my bike before the next race. 

As you can tell by my results, I am a far superior swimmer to the other legs; however, as I was standing around looking for instructions for the start the horn blew and there I was standing around 30yds behind the lead swimmers as they took off.  So, I know I coule of went an easy 30 seconds faster than that, if not quite a bit more.

12  Brian Ott  28    3  13:34  1:44   15  55:55  19.5  1:54   14  40:02  9:32 1:53:06

I had a blast and can't wait for the Heart 'o Dixie!

2009-06-19 8:32 AM
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Hah!  I left my water in the car at my first race, too.  Luckily it was only a 200 yard swim and 8 mile bike.

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