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Comments: Going just by how I felt and how I navigated, I'm thrilled with this swim. My confidence was really high while in the water. I just felt comfortable and capable. Form felt ok and navigation was *on*. At the beginning I was very conscious not to go too hard. Maybe I went too slow, but that's better than blowing up in the first 200 yards. Dudley loaned me his wetsuit for this and it was AWESOME. It's maybe a bit large for me but not too bad. It certainly was better in this water than my sleeveless would have been. Started sighting every 4 strokes (l-r together). Every time I looked up I was going where I meant to, so after rounding the second buoy I switched to 5 strokes and then 6. Anytime my direction needed to be corrected it was due to being nearsighted, not to doing my usual imitation of a lure. Even though I had no idea what my time was, I exited the water happy with this swim. What would you do differently?: Draft more. Go a bit harder. Transition 1
Comments: AG: 14 OA: 152 Man, those stairs coming out of the water can be brutal. All part of it, though. Once in the TA, it felt slow but I knew that the bike wasn't going to be blistering so I just kind of cruised through it. Didn't worry about being fast, just efficient. What would you do differently?: Not much Bike
Comments: Slow. But doing a 60 miler in windy, above 90 degree conditions the day before will do that. I knew before I got on the bike that I was going to get passed a lot. I had one very scary moment when I hit a pothole or something on 54. I was very focused on the road surface there, particularly on the descents but I hit something while in aero and my bars tilted down sharply and my AeroBottle mount came loose. All of a sudden I'm off balance literally holding my bottle assembly together going downhill at 30mph on a road that's in very bad shape. I really thought I was going down but somehow didn't. My life didn't flash before my eyes, but I was remember thinking "Great, now I'm going to have to come up with new childcare options for the summer." Pulled off to the side at the bottom of the hill and reset the bottle mount. Had a hard time because my hands were shaking due to the adrenalin. I got a drafting penalty. Which I find amusing because the only time I saw an official on the bike course I was doing a long uphill at 9mph. If you're giving out drafting penalties on long, slow uphills you're doing it wrong. I was also passed by a couple of good sized packs. None of the numbers I saw in those packs got drafting penalties. I got 1 of 3 drafting penalties called in this race when I was passed by two distinct pelotons? I'm not buying it. The official may have thought that they saw it, but here's the fact: I didn't draft off of anyone today. I was passed a lot and was constantly hitting my brakes so that I wouldn't draft. I was training today, not racing. This shouldn't bother me but it does, a bit. Drafters/cheaters tick me off. I was very, very conscious about riding within the rules. The rest of the bike was very enjoyable. Beautiful day, the views of the lake and valley are just gorgeous. Drinking went ok. Could have had a bit more Gatorade I suppose. Did a gel at mile 20. What would you do differently?: Not much. This was a training ride. Transition 2
Comments: AG: 4 OA: 53 Wow. Speedy relative to the field. Felt ok. I even took a few extra seconds to reset the Garmin and change the sport from biking to running. What would you do differently?: Nada. Run
Comments: Felt ok right out of transition. Tried to keep the HR down initially. Much slower than last year, but the heat was a big factor. I may have gone too easy in the first half, but I've blown up in the heat a few times in the past, I've learned to respect it. Saw Bob coming in at about mile 1. He looked great. Saw Rob and Jackie too. Given the heat, everyone looked really good. Passed a 17 year old kid after the turn around and yelled at him to run with me. He did and worked his butt off to stay with me the rest of the race. Lap 1: 08m 13s, 08m 13s /mile, Max HR 162, Avg HR 157 Lap 2: 08m 46s, 08m 46s /mile, Max HR 164, Avg HR 160 Lap 3: 08m 42s, 08m 42s /mile, Max HR 164, Avg HR 161 Lap 4: 08m 16s, 08m 16s /mile, Max HR 172, Avg HR 166 Lap 5: 07m 50s, 07m 50s /mile, Max HR 175, Avg HR 171 Lap 6: 07m 34s, 07m 34s /mile, Max HR 179, Avg HR 176 Lap 7: 02m 22s, 06m 59s /mile, Max HR 187, Avg HR 178 Post race
Warm down: Fell down on the grass, hung out with Rob, Derek and Jackie. Watched Matt do part of the kids race. What limited your ability to perform faster: Long hot bike ride in the day before. Heat. Event comments: This is good way to start the season Last updated: 2008-04-03 12:00 AM
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85F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 111/225
Age Group = M45-49
Age Group Rank = 14/23
Rode 60 miles with Dud and Ken in some serious heat and wind the day before. I knew it would trash this race for me, but I wanted with the Tupper Lake HIM coming up, I really needed the time on the bike.
Did my usual routine of getting everything packed in the car and putting it in the garage so I could just pull out of the garage in the morning.
Didn't sleep too well, but what else is new the night before a race? Got up at 5, had a banana and some coffee and was out the door. I like driving to triathlons early in the morning. It's a great place to be in mentally; focusing the mind on the task of driving on deserted roads to participate in a hard, complex activity with so much potential. It was beautiful morning for a drive, about 1.25 hours cranking motivational stuff on the iPod.
Got to the venue with plenty of time. Met ridgelake, jackjack, rstocks3 and Matt in the parking lot. We all arrived about the same time and parked in the same small lot. Being greeted by smiling, friendly faces can only be a good sign.
Setting up transition for the first time each season is odd. This was the start to my fifth season of triathlon and my 18th triathlon overall, yet I still had the feeling that I was missing something or doing something wrong. The butterflies were there.
Had some water and a Powerbar.
Not much in the way of actual warmup for this one. I got in the water to swim a bit and they called everyone out. Suppose that's what I get for farting around in transition.