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Geneva, New York
United States
84F / 29C
Sunny
Total Time = 2h 26m 39s
Overall Rank = 171/175
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Stayed at in cousins pop up about 5 miles from site. Woke up at 6:15 and drove to site. Put shoes and shirt with bike(racked on Saturday) Drank water and gatorade. Ate 2 banannas and a pbj sandwich. Got marked and use restroom. Watched Mussel Man competitors finish swim leg.
Event warmup:

stretching.
Swim
  • 10m 28s
  • 500 yards
  • 02m 05s / 100 yards
Comments:

I started on left side of group in back figuring I will have a easier time getting in front of everyone. Horn sounded and everyone started running, we kept running because the water never got very deep. I dove in and tried to swim but my hands kept touching the bottom. So I kept running.We run out of the sand and hit the rocky area where the zebra mussels were attached to the rocks. They are very sharp critters and my feet are a little chewed up. About 50 yards from the bouy it gets deep enough to swim and I pass a few people. we make the turn around the bouy swim 50 yards in and then have to start running again. My legs are crushed at this time. The people that I pass pass me back once we stop running.
What would you do differently?:

Where running shoes, practice running in water since I plan on doing the musselman next year.
Transition 1
  • 03m 37s
Comments:

Took my time.Drank some water and kissed my wife.
What would you do differently?:

For now nothing, once I am more competetive have more of a sense of urgency
Bike
  • 1h 22m 29s
  • 15 miles
  • 10.91 mile/hr
Comments:

This is what is killing me folks. I figured that the bike would be my strong point but it is actually weaker than my run. It is not that my legs aren't strong enough but that I am too heavy. I need to lose the weight more. I have gotten lazy and off my diet and put on some of the pounds that I lost. Now that I have set my goal on the Marathon in January. I really need to get more strict with the diet.
What would you do differently?:

Spend more time on the bike and lose some freaking weight quickly.
Transition 2
  • 01m 57s
Comments:

Ate bananna drank water
Run
  • 48m 8s
  • 3 miles
  • 16m  min/mile
Comments:

For the first two miles my back was killing me. I could not get comfortable and I did a lot of walking. Ran with a girl who was doing her first triathon for a few minutes but walked some more. Very dissappointed in my run performance because I have worked on this area a lot a but my back was in too much pain.
What would you do differently?:

Here is a tip. Check your bike seat. When I pulled my bike off the rack it must have turned a little and was not aligned so that might have led to my back pain
Post race
Warm down:

Walked stretched and got a massage

What limited your ability to perform faster:

My weight. Possisbly my seat.

Event comments:

This was a first year race but very organized. The only bad part was the swim being too shallow and that is a little Ironic because the lake is 600 feet deep in some spots. The pre race activities were great, the post race was great. I would fully recommend this race to everyone. Especially if you are doing an IM next year. The Musselman Course(1/2 Im) would make a excellent training race.




Last updated: 2004-07-13 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:10:28 | 500 yards | 02m 05s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/175
Performance: Bad
Suit: Tri-shorts
Course: Out and back in Seneca Lake
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 72F / 22C Current: Low
200M Perf. Below average Remainder: Below average
Breathing: Good Drafting: Bad
Waves: Bad Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 03:37
Performance: Below average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
No
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Below average
Biking
01:22:29 | 15 miles | 10.91 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 172/175
Performance: Bad
Wind: Little
Course: Scenic course in Seneca county. Alittle bit of everything
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Below average Cornering: Below average
Gear changes: Below average Hills: Below average
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Not enough
T2
Time: 01:57
Overall: Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike Average
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
00:48:08 | 03 miles | 16m  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 171/175
Performance: Bad
Course: Pancake flat on bicycling and running trail along seneca lake.
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2004-07-13 12:20 PM
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your building up a quite impressive list of races this year...u gotta be feeling good!
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