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John Tanner State Park, GA
United States
Precipitation
Total Time = 00m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 3:30 am, had my slice of whole wheat with all natural PB and milk. Drove 2 hoiurs to JTSP. Registered and set up my transition area. Met John (JTee) who lent me a plastic bag to stave off the on-coming rain. Sought shelter from said rain. Huddled in a pavilion with 400+ people waiting to know if we were running in the rain. The lightning wouldn't stop, so the event was transformed into 4.6k (2.9 mi) race instead. What the heck? I was all dressed up, might as well get a run in.
Event warmup:

Running around putting my gear away and hopping around waiting for the timing strips to get set up. That's about it.
Swim
  • 00m
  • 600 yards
  • / 100 yards
Transition 1
  • 00m
Bike
  • 00m
  • 11.2 miles
  • 0.00 mile/hr
Transition 2
  • 00m
Run
  • 22m 48s
  • 2.9 miles
  • 07m 52s  min/mile
Comments:

Sub-8's! Are you kidding me? I am really excited to see that I can run sub-8's. Now, can I run that pace after swimming and biking? Guess that's a question for another time. BUT, it's cool to race at 7-something per mile.
What would you do differently?:

Maybe push a little faster. I didn't feel too bad at the end of the race. It's been so long since I've pushed at a race pace. I'll definitely have to start to push the tempo in my training a bit.
Post race
Warm down:

Does standing around in the rain count?

What limited your ability to perform faster:

30 extra pounds. Not enough interval/ tempo training. Precipitation.

Event comments:

I feel like I got stood up on prom night...again. (kidding!)

I got trained up, packed up, set up, psyched up and then...nothing. Just a >5k in the rain. Eeesh. There's another race in a couple of weeks, hopefully it will go better.




Last updated: 2005-01-19 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:00:00 | 600 yards | / 100yards
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance:
Suit:
Course: Cancelled due to lightning.
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time: 00:00
Performance:
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
00:00:00 | 11.2 miles | 0.00 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance:
Wind:
Course: Cancelled due to rain.
Road:   Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 00:00
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:22:48 | 02.9 miles | 07m 52s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance:
Course: Out and back course, moderate hills, mostly paved, some gravel/ muddy paths.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 1

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2005-05-01 3:27 PM

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2005-05-01 6:14 PM
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Subject: RE: Tri the Parks-- John Tanner State Park
Way to go Hawkeye! The guy with the Timex Bodylink said it was 2.98 miles so your pace was even quicker. Good job, it's always good to make lemonade out of lemons. The thing that's so bad is that Tanner was your first and many others first tri experience and everything went wrong. Wish the weather had been like today's (Sunday). My next one may be Mistletoe on June 4th.
2005-05-01 7:29 PM
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Bummer, but these things happen.
Congrats on the great run.
Here's hoping the weather improves for the next race!!
2005-05-02 12:02 PM
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Too bad about the weather. But GREAT run! I wish I could do sub-8's for 3 miles... I'll get there someday soon, hopefully.

2005-05-03 12:02 PM
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That's an awesome time for the run!  You're definitely tougher about playing in the mud than I was.  Hope to see you at another, drier race!
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