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Comments: This is probably the best 5k that I have ever run! I had a plan going into the race. Run it at 8 min pace. Well I hit that right on the nose! (actual data is coming as soon as I find my watch) Mile 1: 7:45 Mile 2: 8:00 Mile 3: 8:10 Ran into T1 feeling AWESOME and totally pumped for the bike leg. What would you do differently?: Not a single thing! Transition 1
Comments: Ok transition. Running shoes came off fast, bike shoes on fast. Put my sunglasses on but they started to fog up reeealy bad. I need to remember to put those in my pocket until I get moving. Tried to jump on but slipped a bit on the pavement and missed! Recovered and got moving. Couldn't get my right foot clipped in for the life of me! Probably because I was using Mutri's old SPD's because he borrowed mine for Ironman. What would you do differently?: Put sunglasses in pocket. Get my new shoes back and use the speedplay's to clip in faster. Bike
Comments: Again, I had a plan and I was right on it. I wanted to average 20 mph and every 5 miles I checked my watch and saw I was on schedule. Didn't have the bike computer. Not sure where the heck it is? Had to rely on my watch + markings every 5 miles and a little math to figure out my speed. Made it to the half way point feeling good still! I just finished my first water bottle of Gatorade as planned and made it to the bottle handoff. Picked a girl and shouted pointed to her that I wanted Gatorade. Flew past her and had a great handoff! She did a great job with the handoff and I didn't have to slow down much at all. Great job girl!! So I'm past mile 25 bringing it home and thinking about the last mile run and how I reeealy need to push myself. If I continued biking at my current pace and ran the last mile in 8 minutes I could finish under 1:10 and have a really good chance at placing in my AG! So I kicked it up another notch for the last part of the bike until... So I'm riding down the road and staying about 8 feet away from the curb because there are all sorts of leaves and branches and things you don't want to ride over. Some idiot decides that since I'm riding that far over and he wants to pass me, he's going to do it on my right side. No warning, no call out of "on your right", he just goes for it. I'm a little surprised and move over from the parking lane into the driving lane and let the dummy pass me. As I'm moving over back from the driving lane to the parking lane all of a sudden... OH CRAP THIS IS GONNA HURT! (Cool picture time!) Here's the idea of the parking/driving lanes and all the crap on the side of the road. See that little gap in between them? Yeah it's supposed to be filled with dirt, little weeds, tar, cement... The exact spot where I crossed back into the parking lane the gap was just wide enough for a bike wheel. Not only that, but it had NOTHING in the gap! It is like a 3 inch drop down. See how nicely it fits! So from what I can figure out, my front wheel went down in there and my back wheel stayed out. The front wheel got jammed in there and popped the front tire. My back wheel stayed out and when the front stopped it didn't so my whole bike went fishtailing to the right. Did a little tipping/flying and landed on my right side. Now for the aftermath! Luckily I took most of the fall and the bike got away without much damage. The only thing I managed to kill was the front rim and some nasty scratches on the rear derailleur. Chunks of metal are missing from the sidewall/braking surface. What would you do differently?: Looking back at it today, I'm not as angry about crashing now. I'm really lucky that I didn't get hurt very seriously. I easily could have broken bones or seriously broken my bike but I got away with minimal injuries! Just a bit of road rash, a nice bruise on my hip, hurt hand, and a bruised ego... What would I do differently: Not crash! Transition 2
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Woke up at about 5:00am. Showered and changed into race gear. Made a piece of whole wheat toast with peanut butter on it for food. Stopped at the gas station on the way out and grabbed a Red Bull too. Drank half of that on the drive to the race.
Ran the length of the Lambeau Field parking lot twice. About 1/2 to 3/4 mile warmup. Legs felt fantastic and I knew it would be a great day if they stayed like that!