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Comments: I am shocked at the swim time and find it extremely hard to believe the 4:01 time. Overall rank was 13th out of 423, again I'm not sure what occurred but I believe this was in error.  Transition 1
Comments: 11 out of 23 for the AG ... 290 overall. I might have shaved 20 secnds off via running through transition and pulling on the helmet last second. Also, no socks used for the bike shoes. What would you do differently?: Run a little faster thru transition both headed in and out.  Bike
Comments: Rough surfaces through the residential neighborhood parts ... a lot of pot holes, gouges, erosion, etc. What would you do differently?: Train more - earlier to get faster. Transition 2
Comments: Had trouble right at the last with getting my feet out of my bike shoes. I mistakenly grabbed road bike shoes instead of the tri shoes with packing up. The tri shoes have one strap with a notch to keep the strap from re-engaging in the velcro and are very easy to get your feet out of. What would you do differently?: Bring the tri shoes next time making it easier to get feet out of the shoes and on top.  Run
Comments: I started out with a cramp in my right calf. I had to walk some from the start; stop and stretch a bit in order to work the cramp out. This limited my pace at the start ... still as best it may have impacted the overall time by only 1-2 minutes. What would you do differently?: Keep training and spending more time with the run. It's my weakest leg of the three. Post race
Warm down: Grabbed a few orange slices and water. I took the time to congratulate a 64 year old lady who ran together with me most of the way ... it was her first EVER tri. What limited your ability to perform faster: The run leg ... pure and simple Event comments: I always enjoy this event. It is well run, well supported and one of the RD 'Hope' helped me with some start changes due to a family situation. Last updated: 2013-03-10 12:00 AM
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 2013-03-10 3:08 PM |
Extreme Veteran  701   Raleigh, North Carolina |  Subject: Azalea Triathlon |
| 2013-03-10 3:46 PM in reply to: #4653836 |
Pro 4360  Baton Rouge area | Subject: RE: Azalea Triathlon Congrats!!! Bummer on the run but it happens. Great swim time! If that time is true you are quite the fish! |
| 2013-03-16 10:17 PM in reply to: #4653836 |
Master 2484 St. Louis | Subject: RE: Azalea Triathlon Congrats on a solid race! Yeah, leg cramps suck. How cool that a 64 year just did their first tri! In NOLA 69.1 (swim cancelled), I got passed on the run by a guy with 60 something on his calf. I said great race and was really inspired that maybe I can do this for 20 more years. |
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Overall Rank = 401/423
Age Group = 55 - 59
Age Group Rank = 18/23
Did not do a good job this time due to time pressures. Drove down the night before and stayed with the daughter and son-in-law and just did not prepare properly in advance, and/or allow enough time to get to the race site in time to warmup, get situated, etc.
Virtually none. I walked into the pool arena, stood there literally for 3 minutes and one of the volunteers appeoached me and said you're up - go to the head of the line.