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Comments: The first five minutes was the usual bumping and shoving. I actually don't mind it much anymore, although I had a major collision with another guy that stopped me and caused me to stop swimming for a moment. I felt good, but not great on the swim. I drafted when I had the opportunity. The water was so much warmer than last year, I started roasting in my wetsuit. A sleeveless one would have been much better. What would you do differently?: Swim more in the months leading up to the race! Transition 1
Comments: I had a little trouble getting one leg out of the wetsuit. I wasn't lightning fast, but didn't sit around either. I subtracted the bike time from my watch from the combined bike/T1 time in the results. I'm not sure that I was really this fast. What would you do differently?: One of these days I need to learn to start with my shoes attached to the pedals. Bike
Comments: A few minutes into the bike it started pouring rain. I got a little cold and started thinking that I made a mistake not wearing something with sleeves. But then I warmed up and it wasn't bad at all. The rain lasted 15-20 minutes and then stopped. It misted on and off. For a few miles we were in a pretty decent headwind that made me feel sluggish. I kept checking my back tire thinking that it was flat. Then a guy pulls up and says 'it feels like my tires are flat.' I got a good chuckle out of that. Another guy then pulls alongside and starts bitching about the wind and the rain. I said screw this and took off. I felt better and better as the bike progressed. Bombing down the hills on the wet pavement was nerve racking. I did slow up a couple of times after my front tire slipped once, that wigged me out a little. I felt good on the bike for a change. What would you do differently?: I'm sure that I could have pushed much harder. Transition 2
Comments: I'm glad that I covered my shoes with a plastic bag. They were reasonably dry. Run
Comments: I ran by feel, trying to keep a pace that I could maintain. I didn't look at my watch at all on the bike or the run. I walked a little on 4 of the bigger hills. This run course is tough. I saw Lauren heading into the neighborhood as I was leaving it and then Traci a few minutes later. On the last mile, this 16 year old kid came running by all of us like we were standing still. Punk. What would you do differently?: Push much harder. Post race
Warm down: Got some food, saw a bunch of BT'ers and then realized that I was freezing in the wind. I packed up my stuff and dug some warm clothes out of the car. What limited your ability to perform faster: I have not been training consistently and this is about where I expected to be, a few minutes slower than last year. Oh, also Ernie and I were dressed alike and I'm sure this threw off our fans and they were not sure who to root for. Last updated: 2008-10-02 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 748/1569
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 134/222
Great BT dinner on Sat. night with more BTers than I can count.
Sunday morning, one bottle of Ensure and a few bites of a bagel. My stomach wasn't in the mood for anything else.
Trying to remember how to put on my wetsuit.