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Sandman - Biathlon (run/bike)
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Comments: Felt pretty good. I wanted to go faster but the wind scarred me especially for the bike so I held some back. What would you do differently?: This short of a race. Just go all out! Transition 1
Comments: Transition was pretty smooth. I already had my socks on so just slip off the running shoes and slip on the cycling shoes. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Bike
Comments: It started out pretty rough but once I settled in and got my legs back from the run I was able to hold 17mph into the wind. We made a turn to the west and behind some woods so I was able to pick it up to around 21mph. At the turn around we had a head wind again for about a mile but once we made the turn south, oh yeah baby pay dirt!!! I was able to avg over 27mph with spurts up to 29. I was nice to feel what the pros ride like even for a little while. What would you do differently?: Train harder in a bigger gear to simulate heavy wind. Post race
Warm down: After the run we had a 100 meter sprint to the finish. Hello cramps in the hamstrings. Pushed through it though. My transition from the run was only 56 seconds. I kept my cycling shoes on for the sprint. Ha Ha mtnbiking shoes paid off for once. It took me 30 seconds to run the 199 meters. I honestly did not think I was that fast. It seemed like forever! What limited your ability to perform faster: Training. Just need to keep training and doing speed work for the run and power and speed for the bike. Event comments: Free beer and food for the post race. Completely humbled at the awards cerimony. Found out a 56 year old man kicked my butt....Hey that is something to look forward to. 16 more years of good racing left. How can that be a bad thing. Right? Last updated: 2004-08-13 12:00 AM
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Sandman Tri
60F / 16C
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Overall Rank = 110/467
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 25/67
Up at 0500 ate banana, yogurt and 24oz water. Showered and left the house. Swim was cancelled due to Ivan bringing high winds (25mph) really high waves and rip currents. Coverted it to a biathlon. 5k run/14miles bike/100meter dash.
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