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Gulf Coast Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: This was a pretty good swim for me. Solid considering my lack of training in this dept. I grew up in Daytona and surfed alot, so I was totally fine with the conditions. I did stray a little off the buoys on the return swim, but caught it before I lost more than a minute or so. Upon exiting the water, I saw them working on someone, little did I know It would be a tragic day. My thoughts and prayers going out to the Kane family What would you do differently?: swim more! Transition 1
Comments: Crossed transition mat, stopped and pulled off wetsuit and had a pretty clean transition. It was a large transition area, so I am pleased with this time What would you do differently?: continue to practice and find ways to shave seconds Bike
Comments: Great ride for me. I was passing people all over the place the first half. Had a nice tailwind and was easily pushing 24+ mph. played leapfrog with Kraig most of this ride. the return trip was much more difficult. At times I was cranking it out and only going 17-18 mph into the headwind. All the fancy aero bikes finally started catching me a little. I finished strong and aced the flying dismount. I felt I was going to crush this race at this point. What would you do differently?: Work on cadence to save the legs for the run. I pushed huge gears, and pretty much mashed it out. That said, this was my best ever bike split on any distance Transition 2
Comments: pretty clean. I took an extra few seconds to put on socks and take a gel What would you do differently?: nothing Run
Comments: I bonked after mile 3. I was puking and my mind/body did not respond to anything. It was the worst run I have ever had. I walked by mile 5 and and run walked the rest of the way. the only thing that helped was the pepsi. I had no nutrition/hydration plan and the payoff sucked. I finally mustered the strength to run the last 3/4 miles to finish running. What would you do differently?: Practice nutrition and hydration- have a plan. Also I am going to start doing some shorter rides followed by long runs. Post race
Warm down: stumbled across the finish line dazed and confused. had a beer and wondered "what the hell just happened?!" What limited your ability to perform faster: I gave it my all- I just didn't have a plan and possibly disrespected the distance. I still PR'ed, so I am not too disapointed. It was a good learning experience and I had a great time with the NAMC people. Event comments: This is an A+ event. I missed the party, but heard it was a blast. I will do this race again Last updated: 2008-01-26 12:00 AM
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Gulf Coast Triathlon
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Rocketman and J22 came and gave me a ride from my condo to the race site. I forgot my PBJ so I just went with a Gel before the race.
Hung out, set up transition and did a couple quick laps to get acclimated to the water