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Comments: For my first competitive open water swim I was happy. I had bought some Aqua Sphere Seal XP goggles the night before and was not impressed. I figured I should get something with more visibility than the ones I use at the pool but they started leaking about 1/3 of the way in. I had to stop 3 or 4 times to clear the water and I'm sure it cost me some time. I managed to catch the wave in front of mine before the turn-around and that was a mess. Trying to pick a spot to pass while some people were swimming off line made it difficult. What would you do differently?: Get different goggles. The ones I bought are going back. Once everything started clearing out past the second buoy I settled into a comfortable pace for the rest of the race. Next time I will pick it up more. Transition 1
Comments: T1 went well considering it was the first time I had to deal with removing a wetsuit in a race. After changing I started running out of transition and realized that I had forgot my gloves so I turned around and went back. That probably cost me 30 seconds or so. What would you do differently?: In hindsight, since I spent the bulk of my time in the aero position on the bike I really could have gone without the gloves. Bike
Comments: Right before the first u-turn I started feeling a twinge in my left hamstring and that stayed with me the rest of the day. I stood up and stretched in the pedals as much as I could and stood on some of the hills to stretch out my legs. That helped a little. What would you do differently?: I need to work on the bike more. A 16.X AV speed won't get me any closer to a FOP finish. That said, this was within 0.1 MPH of my best average for a 20+ mile bike ride so with the wind I can't complain too much. Transition 2
Comments: Good T2 for me. Nothing exciting, just took care of business and got out of there. What would you do differently?: Besides get even faster, not a whole lot. Run
Comments: I still wouldn't consider myself a runner and my time backs that up. I was able to run the whole route without stopping though and I have come a long was since running 16 minute miles 10 months ago. The wind was killer in a few parts, especially right towards the end but everyone had to deal with it so no big complaints there. I beat my PR for a 10k by 2:39 so that was a good feeling, especially since I had the swim and bike before it. What would you do differently?: Keep working on the run and get in some more speed work to drop my average time. Post race
Warm down: Ran 10 feet and got mobbed by the timing chip dude. I understand they need their chip back but I think they could have positioned themselves a little further past the finish line. I was a little shaky right after the race and he was lucky I didn't collapse on him. What limited your ability to perform faster: I think the wind cost me some time. That and I don't have access to HGH. My "perfect scenario" goal going in was to finish in 3 hours and I missed it by 10 mins. I don't know how I would have done without the wind but I think it would have been much closer. In my mind I knew 3:15 was probably more reasonable and I beat that so I am happy. I also think I went out a little too easy on the swim and could have knocked a minute or more off that time. I also took too long to settle in on the bike and that cost me some. Event comments: I had three sprints under my belt since August of '07 and was able to make the jump up to the Olympic distance and finish so I am happy. I am still concentrating on the Redman Half in September and todays race let me know that I can finish it. Taking 2 weeks off (still doing light training) then starting the 20 week training schedule. Last updated: 2008-02-16 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 145/242
Age Group = 35-40
Age Group Rank = 19/37
Got up awfully early and got the bike loaded. I had packed all my gear the night before so that really helped. Ate a protein bar and then headed out and picked up Jonathan at about 5:00am.
Lots of stretching.