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Comments: I'm slow. I'm a solid swimmer and I look pretty good in the water. I don't sway and flail and I can keep a straight line. I'm just a little slow. This is where I need to make the most improvement in the off-season. Other than my issues with the sun I had a hard time sighting in the back half of the swim. I really didn't have a lot of confidence in my line. And I came out of the water on the swim in side of the landing (yikes). I turned the last corner far too wide. Oh and I wasted a lot of time trying to "relax" in the water. I didn't "relax" and it ended up costing me probably about 30 seconds worth of hard swimming. I was very frustrated getting out of the water and was in no mood. What would you do differently?: Never mind the bad swimmers (not slow but the bad twisty, turny flailers) around me and begin to swim over people the way others swim over me I guess.  Transition 1
Comments: I was the second furthest rack away from the bike in and out. And in the middle. Which I thought was no big deal but I over shot my bike looking for it. I just may get a Sponge Bob balloon to mark my bike the next full race like this. Lots of navigating on the way out. Little slow getting into shoes. I crushed the heels a little bit. Forgot to put body glide in the back of the shoe to make it easier. What would you do differently?: Put the body glide in the shoes.  Bike
Comments: I heard this was short. I know I was comfortably over 21 mph average but not 22.8?! I'll take it. It looks good. Like I said I was a little angry about my swim and my time in getting out of transition. I actually was out of the saddle for the first minute of the bike and yelled a little bit to myself in frustration as I was getting up to speed. I did a lot of out of the saddle up the hills since I was instructed to bike like I didn't have to run afterward. Didn't take as much advantage of the sling shotting on the second loop as I should have. What would you do differently?: More sling shotting. More out of saddle on hills. Transition 2
Comments: I don't know how this was slower than T1. Oh I know - there was this chick that slid just past me around the final corner and force me way to the out side and I had to slip outside the cones and just missed clipping the wooden divider horses on that narrow stretch into the bike dismount. I flew off my bike and she then would not get out of my way in T2. I yelled on your left and she wouldn't let me by. She was running in her bike shoes and way too slow for me. I let her have it verbally (much to the dismay of her cheering section outside the transition barriers - sorry folks). What would you do differently?: Not sure. Did everything as fast as I could but was set up on the opposite end of the bike in and run out.  Run
Comments: Solid run and I've gone faster but I also had to "go" again. Second race in a row. I saw the johnny in the middle of mile one and just had to defuel. I know its only an olympic and I should have done the deed somewhere along the way but I just can't do it. Even with the stop here are my splits: 1 - 7:26 (potty break) 2 - 7:04 3 - 6:48 4 - 7:31 (what happened here?) 5 - 7:01 6 - 7:01 .21 - 1:18 What would you do differently?: Not stop in the johnny. Post race
Warm down: Walk, walk, walk. Gatorade stat. What limited your ability to perform faster: I blame Genetics and the man. The man is always keeping me down. Event comments: Great race as always. PP knows what they are doing. The field is always stacked for this race which makes it a lot of fun. I was a little out of sorts because Jen wasn't there. I saw a chick between around mile 5 right around the time I probably would have seen Jen who was wearing a top that Jen typically wears. That bummed me out a little bit. I missed having her there post race (but she's still a Rock Star and an awesome tri chick so don't let her absence fool you). I have to be pleased with my performance regardless of the nit picking...my previous Olympic distance PR was 2:30 (and that was like three weeks ago) and the last time I did PP (2006) my time was 2:39. Sure 2:21:58 is no Schmize (2:09!) but I'll take it. Last updated: 2008-03-29 12:00 AM
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 2008-08-18 11:47 AM |
Regular  80  Oak Park, Il |  Subject: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race |
| 2008-08-18 12:18 PM in reply to: #1610650 |
Master 1980   Waukesha, WI | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Sounds like you were racked near my. How the sam hell did you pull off those "t" times? Damn. Great race. |
| 2008-08-18 12:21 PM in reply to: #1610650 |
Pro 3906 St Charles, IL | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race That's a solid race right there, that's what that is. You blasted the bike, and then the run. Some work on swimming, and you'll be in rockstar territory with Schmize soon enough! Mile4 was definitely marked long, as I've seen several splits now where that was 15-20 seconds off for people from the rest of the course. That's the mile with the run turn on the highway, so I think it depends on where they spot the turn. Good to see ya out there, and Laura just wants to add "Hey, your head is sweating!".
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| 2008-08-18 12:49 PM in reply to: #1610650 |
Expert 1357 Mukwonago, WI | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Nice job! You fast!! |
| 2008-08-18 1:39 PM in reply to: #1610650 |
Expert 1148 NW Suburbs, Illinois | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Great PR, man! That was a solid race for sure. You stuck with the game plan and finished strong. FWIW, that time is very similar to mine from last year. So, just work on that swimming in the off season, don't go to the bathroom on the run, and you will smoke me next year. Really. Screw "the man" As always, great to see you out there. Holly and I stayed at the Radisson, as well. Should have organized that a bit better.... |
| 2008-08-18 1:51 PM in reply to: #1610650 |
Expert 1148 NW Suburbs, Illinois | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race whoops - double post. Nothing has changed. Great race Edited by schmize 2008-08-18 1:52 PM |
| 2008-08-18 5:08 PM in reply to: #1610780 |
Regular 80 Oak Park, Il | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Joe Runner - 2008-08-18 12:18 PM Sounds like you were racked near my. How the sam hell did you pull off those "t" times? Damn. Great race. flying elbows and lots of expletives. |
| 2008-08-18 7:13 PM in reply to: #1610650 |
Expert 968 Wellington, North Island | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Great job at the race. Awesome to set a PR like that too.  And I'm so glad you didn't have to make that dark 20-25 minute walk in the rain with eerie lightening flashing somewhere off in the distance like last year. |
| 2008-08-18 7:22 PM in reply to: #1610650 |
Master 1563 Chicago | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Even though you forgot to mention me in your race report JONATHAN, I will give you a hearty CONGRATULATIONS on a very good race!!! Well done! It was nice chatting with you on Saturday in transition...by the looks of it, I may be out for PF Chang's, but then again, it is only August, so we'll see! And since we were in the same vacinity, I would have to agree on what a clusterf*ck it was in our area...not good! Way to make the best of it.
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| 2008-08-19 10:38 AM in reply to: #1610650 |
Extreme Veteran 451 Algonquin, IL | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race The Man was out there? I didn't see him. Wait, I did. It was you. U da man! You were keeping yourself down. Figures. It is always an inside job. I wish I could run 7 minute miles in an OLY. As Beavis would say, "Yeah, em, that would be cool". The thing is that I weigh 200lbs! I could blame it on genetics, but I still like to eat whole boxes of cereal at a sitting. What am I talking about? word, words, words I am assuming that since you did not mention anything about nutrition, it must have went well. Great race! Thanks for stopping at the potty and letting me beat you |
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Overall Rank = 88/634
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 20/79
Got up at 3:45 to go out for a 10 minute run to wake up and shake things loose. Met Laura (startingtotri) and Ellen in the lobby of the Radison at 4:45 for the 20/25 minute walk to the race start. Hit the johnnys, got marked and chatted quickly with Whizzz, Dave O and Dave Clough. Got set up quickly and ready to go right at 6:00.
Other than the 10 minute run when I got up and then the walk to the race start, I got in a 10 minute swim. Water was beautiful. Saw everyone pre-race from the Salt Creek Tri Club as well as a ton of others from BT. It relaxes and keeps me loose to have the pre-race chit chat and comradery .