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Comments: Longest OWS swim to date and I'm very disappointed in the time. I know I'm a slow swimmer but I felt like I sighted better than my last Oly and felt like I swam more consistently. I never really got gassed so I must not have pushed hard enough. What would you do differently?: practice more  Transition 1
Comments: pretty good transition. Had a little trouble with my balance while I put my shoes on standing. Kind of demotivating having my bike be the last one on the rack. I didn't let it get to me though. More people to pass.  Bike
Comments: I was 0.7 mph on this course than I was last year (sprint has the same/course distance) and still only 17/22 in my age group. I was happy with my time. What would you do differently?: wear my aero helmet? I could have hammered a little harder. Transition 2
Comments: I shoot for 1 minute in T2 so a little slow.  Run
Comments: The first two miles I thought my usual thought of "why do I do things this unpleasant". Then a funny thing happened around mile three. I passed a couple people in my age group. That was very motivating as I could hear them trying to run me down. Good thing I caught them too since I would have been DFL in my AG if I didn't :-) I tried a new water strategy in this race. I didn't drink anything until the second half. I think it worked because it was a cool day. My shoulders started feeling achy by mile three. I think I was close to cramping. What would you do differently?: Faster than the run in my first Oly (this was my second). I'm not a fast runner. Post race
Warm down: Drank some water and had some orange slices. I felt fine. I obviously didn't leave it all on the course. What limited your ability to perform faster: Me Event comments: Excellent race venue, very well run and a nice course. I knew I wouldn't rank well at this race because it is a qualifying race for age group nationals and people faster than me show up. I did the sprint here last year and did place well because all the fast people did the Olympic. My time today would have landed me at 3/11 in my first Oly (in May). I would have needed a 2:40 to be top half today and I'm just not that fast. With more training I should be able to get there. Last updated: 2011-03-19 12:00 AM
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 2011-07-17 1:37 PM |
Master  2484    St. Louis |  Subject: Evergreen Lake International Triathlon |
| 2011-07-18 7:19 AM in reply to: #3600342 |
Veteran 241 Waterloo, IL | Subject: RE: Evergreen Lake International Triathlon |
| 2011-07-18 11:20 AM in reply to: #3600342 |
Champion 14677   Bronze member | Subject: RE: Evergreen Lake International Triathlon Really good race for a lame guy |
| 2011-07-18 5:29 PM in reply to: #3600342 |
Expert 1694 Illinois | Subject: RE: Evergreen Lake International Triathlon Great job out there! I don't know how your bike time could have put you 17 out of 22, there must have been some insanely fast people there. It looks like the water was very very warm that day, which is not surprising. YOU ROCK!!!!! |
| 2011-07-20 9:47 AM in reply to: #3600342 |
| Veteran 306 | Subject: RE: Evergreen Lake International Triathlon I agree with abake about your bike time - in my world, that's smoking fast and I only hit 20 mph on the downhills. Great race, especially after having pizza and beers for dinner. Elizabeth |
| 2011-07-20 8:02 PM in reply to: #3600342 |
Pro 4360 Baton Rouge area | Subject: RE: Evergreen Lake International Triathlon Nice race Mike! Bike looks good but if there were qualifying then 20.3 is going to be MOP at best (but at least know you would be ahead of me!). I did 20.2 on my last sprint and came in 4 out of 7 on the bike. Run looked great! I am doing my first Oly distance swim without a wetsuit next month and it will be hot. Pretty much finishing the swim and doing under an hour are my goals. |
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Met up with Annie and Ryan the night before the race for some deep dish pizza and a couple beers. Got up at 4:30 am, ate a yogurt and banana then headed to the race site. Got to park very near transition so that was nice.
Jogged a little to see how my foot was feeling and it was good!