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Comments: We started in about waist deep water. Since I consider myself a slow swimmer. I started near the back of the group. It seemed to work out well. I found that I would breast stroke after catching up to the guy in front of me. He kept zig-zagging on the way to the first turn. I could not get around him so I just kept behind him most of the way. No sense burning yourself out on the swim. I focussed on my form during the swim. ran into a few swimmers at different times but no problems. Just took it easy for the swim. What would you do differently?: Spend more time working on stroke during my training swims to improve my swim time.  Transition 1
Comments: They had wet suit strippers so it was off just after you exited the water. I really like having wet suit strippers. After listening to the speaker the day before describe how you should approach transition, I used his approach and it seemed to work well. Put on my Garmin, my biking shoes, sweatband, sunglasses, helmet and head out. I was surprised to see that my bike wasn't the only one left on the rack. What would you do differently?: practice the transition.  Bike
Comments: I've learned that I need to pace myself to survive on the run. Therefore, I used my HR monitor to prevent burning out on the bike. It seemed to work perfectly. I had taped two gels on my bike with the plan to take one at the start of the bike and then another near the end depending on how I felt. As soon as I got on the bike, I grabbed the first gel. The top did not tear off so I had to mess with it to get it ripped open. I also carried two bottles on the bike, one with water and the other with gatorade. Over the bike course, I drank 2/3 of both bottles. I enjoyed the ride and felt good when it was over. I did not wear socks. What would you do differently?: Make sure that the gel will open when I pull it off the bike. Make sure to drink all the water on the bike portion Transition 2
Comments: Bike in was fine. Mary was right outside next to my rack and greated me as I put up my bike. Short conversation as I changed shoes. Thought about putting on socks but decided to run without them. What would you do differently?: practice the transition  Run
Comments: I used my HR montor to adjust my running pace. It seemed to work well as I started aroung 11 minute miles and ended around 12 minute miles. I walked through the water stations and genrally took both Gatorade and water at each one. I was shooting for a 3:15 time and saw the finishing clock almost at that point so I sprinted the last 200 yards What would you do differently?: spend more time traing for the run Post race
Warm down: Drank a bottle of water. Removed my shoes and ate a banana. Talked with a few people and finally was able to get a beer. Perfect ending. What limited your ability to perform faster: Not pushing myself in training. Last updated: 2012-12-03 12:00 AM
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 2012-12-03 3:10 PM |
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Overall Rank = 268/319
Age Group = 55-59
Age Group Rank = 12/14
Woke up around 2AM and did not go back to sleep so decided to get up around 3AM. Had a banana and a PBJ sandwich. Made a couple cups of coffee around 4AM and another PBJ sandwich. Rechecked that all my gear was ready to go. Left the Hotel and rode about 1/3 mile to the transition area around 5AM. Was able to get my spot in transition, last spot away from the aisle. I take this slot since there is usually a little room at the end of the rack. However, the rack was right up next to the fence. Spent time talking with people in the transition area and got my chip.
Put on my wetsuit about 15 minutes prior to the start. Met Jay and Rebecca at the water's edge and walked over to the starting location. Jay and I got in the water. I swam some to warm up. I was having problems with my goggles as water would get into the left goggle. I kept adjusting it and must have gotten it set correctly as I did not notice any water getting in during the swim pertion. It was the first time using these goggles in a triathlon. They are prescription so I could actually see the bouys during the swim.