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Comments: I was stoked about being able to swim from the 'front' and the side and not have issues. The real swimmers made a bee line past my left. Mike said he was fighting and elbowing people, and he was a minute faster. Big scrum on the inside. I'm not ready for that shit. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1942666341/5 What would you do differently?: NOTHING!  Transition 1
Comments: I ROCKED this transition. Gained at least 10-12 spots. My wife said I was 'speedy' and she again couldn't even be ready for a picture. What would you do differently?: NOTHING!  Bike
Comments: 7 OA on the bike makes me happy. But I could have gone faster..Mechanical crap should not happen like this. Flat, get run off the course-those are unexpected but this should have been fixed but I didn't have time. That is on me. What would you do differently?: Fix my bike. Transition 2
Comments: I did pretty good coming into transition. The pebbly rocks put a number of people to the ground, according to my wife. I had loosened my shoes and ran with the bike to transition but miscounted and went into the wrong rack-off by one. It only cost me 5 seconds. Went one more and stripped helmet/shoes and got the run stuff and was gone. I don't think I've ever had any transition under 40 seconds. :) What would you do differently?: NOTHING!  Run
Comments: Just felt I had nothing to give. Tried to push and did the usual tricks of counting down from 50, matching cadence and running like my hair was on fire. Nothing worked. I was dead and tired. Left it all out there. What would you do differently?: If I had more time for recovery, a few harder brick efforts would have helped. Post race
Warm down: Crossed the line and went right to the ground. My wife was talking to me for a few minutes before I understood anything she was saying. That was hard and the beauty of these is that I'll be better within a week. Long course is too debilitating. What limited your ability to perform faster: Not enough speed sharpening stuff. Event comments: I'll give the race high marks, but there is still lots that can be done better. The swim is protected but should be split into two men's waves. The run is totally protected within the park and is challenging-I love that even though I hated it during the race. The bike needed better markings. I heard 4 people went off course. This is the 5th year, so they should have that down better. BIG signs with BIG arrows-it's not that hard. Results were quick and I did enjoy the overall venue. It could build with very little work. My AG is pretty intense down here. 12 OA, but 4 in AG, damn. I made the podium because number 1/2/3 in my AG were 3/4/5 OA. I've got some work to do! Profile Album Last updated: 2017-08-27 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 12/116
Age Group = M55-59
Age Group Rank = 5/12
Got a local hotel in Warwick so we could be close. Mike was lucky to get someone to cover his shift and we were both lucky to have Denise with us to do pretty much everything. She was always double checking to make sure we were doing all the right things. We did everything by the book-400-500 calories; shower; coffee; all good. Then Mike says he is 'out of gas' so we deter for miles to find a station. A bit late to the venue, but all good. DW and I had our tensions raised at that, but it worked out. I get too tense for these things, really.
Confirm registration. Body marking. Set up transition. Warm up swim-in the nearly continuous seaweed. No worries! Start out to the side and tell myself a thousand times to 'stay relaxed'.