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Arizona Xtreme Desert Triathlon
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Arizona Xtreme Desert Triathlon - Triathlon
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Comments: This was a great swim for me. The time here includes the short beach run. I always seem to swim faster in open water. Pools piss me off with having to stop and turn around all the time. What would you do differently?: Nothing here. I had a great swim and actually passed a bunch of people.  Transition 1
Comments: I really took T1 pretty easy. I knew I wasn't going to have a stellar day and just wanted to take my time get everything right and get to bike course without forgetting anything. The official results lump T1 in with the swim. I used my lap data from my watch to get this time. What would you do differently?: Give a darn! LOL.  Bike
Comments: The first three hills were the worst of it. EVERYONE had to get off the bike and climb up the 60^ incline. The climbs really sapped me for a hard return. The return included a stint on pavement and I hit 35 MPH on the MTB! What would you do differently?: Find hills to climb bigger than what I have been doing. DRINK MORE ON THE BIKE! Transition 2
Comments: T2 was pretty cool. The volunteers were racking the bikes for us. all we had to do was grab out T2 bag and change out. I thought i was taking a long time to get it all done but I got out pretty fast. The official results lump T2 in with the run. I used my lap data from my watch to get this time. What would you do differently?: Nothing here.  Run
Comments: Wow what a hard run. Immediately out of T2 we climbed a large mountain. My quads started to cramp right away. I hit the first aid station at the 1 mile mark and had to sit there for 5 minutes chugging gatoraide and Gu packs. It seemed as if my legs would go about 3/4 mile and then the legs would cramp up again. All the volunteers were great and helped a lot. I took way too long on the run because of having to stop at the aid stations and walking a lot of the uphill portions. What would you do differently?: Run trails to get in trail shape. Oh and drink a TON more on the bike. Post race
Warm down: Lay flat on the grass and let my heart stop working so hard. What limited your ability to perform faster: Proper salt/hydration intake on the bike. Event comments: I was trying to hit a time of 3:30:00 for my first Xterra. I missed my goal by 20 minutes, but I'm really just happy to have finished and survived with no major problems. Last updated: 2007-01-05 12:00 AM
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 2007-04-21 6:46 PM |
Extreme Veteran  345   Tucson, AZ |  Subject: Arizona Xtreme Desert Triathlon |
| 2007-04-21 10:02 PM in reply to: #771442 |
Master 1831  Keller Tx | Subject: RE: Arizona Xtreme Desert Triathlon great race today! |
| 2007-04-22 8:20 AM in reply to: #771442 |
Champion 9600  Fountain Hills, AZ | Subject: RE: Arizona Xtreme Desert Triathlon Hey, I was there cheering you all on! My coaches company, Durapulse Perfromance, was one on the main co-sponsors and we had folks working the run aid stations. Great job, especially considering how cold it was! |
| 2007-04-22 2:14 PM in reply to: #771442 |
Elite 2661 DC Metro, slowly working my way to NC | Subject: RE: Arizona Xtreme Desert Triathlon Wow, that sounds seriously hard - great job! |
| 2007-04-22 3:42 PM in reply to: #771442 |
Extreme Veteran 372 Williamsburg, Virginia | Subject: RE: Arizona Xtreme Desert Triathlon Nice job. Sounds like you had some mountains to "ride" up. |
| 2007-04-22 4:54 PM in reply to: #771442 |
| Extreme Veteran 306 AZ | Subject: RE: Arizona Xtreme Desert Triathlon Way to go. I guess this course lived up to it's name, X-treme. And you did it! |
| 2007-04-23 10:49 AM in reply to: #771442 |
| Pro 3715 AZ | Subject: RE: Arizona Xtreme Desert Triathlon Great Job Sterling! That's a super tough course, and you did it! And you KNOW you will do another one at some point! ;-) |
| 2007-04-23 4:51 PM in reply to: #771442 |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: Arizona Xtreme Desert Triathlon WOW! That sounds hard. Great job on finishing! |
| 2007-04-26 10:11 PM in reply to: #771442 |
| Mesa | Subject: RE: Arizona Xtreme Desert Triathlon Good job! That is a very difficult course. I have heard it is one of the harder ones on the Xterra circuit. I did Fountain Mountain last fall which is the same swim and run with a road bike. Are you going to do the Xterra @ Show Low? I am signed up and have a loaner Mtn bike. How about Fountain Mountain this fall. Good fun difficult races! |
| 2007-04-27 1:17 PM in reply to: #771442 |
Elite 2553 Tucson, AZ | Subject: RE: Arizona Xtreme Desert Triathlon You did great for your first Xterra! Congrats! I did this race awhile back as my first Xterra too. It is a very difficult course, but you survived! I remember climbing on all fours on the run course. Heh. Will you be doing Deuces Wild? It's a beautiful course and well worth the trip! |
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Overall Rank = 111/115
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 24/24
Only had 1.5 hours of sleep last night. Got in late and was just too nervous and excited and tossed and turned. Not to mention I didn't have my CPAP machine for my apnea. Got up at 0430 had my protein mix and lots of vitamin water.
None really. It was a wade swim start so I had to swim out to the buoy and tread water for 10 minutes.