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Hartland, Wisconsin
United States
Boys and Girls Club
90F / 32C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 39m
Overall Rank = 20/290
Age Group = 25-29 male
Age Group Rank = 1/??
Pre-race routine:

I woke up early after a failry decent nights sleep and went downstairs to drop a deuce and get my PB & J going. I double checked that i had everything that I needed and pounded down a bottle of water. I knew that Hydration was going to be key today so I drank a lot of water pre race to assist in survival. Went to wake up the Michelle but she had other plans of sleeping in and driving out later to catch the start. Fair enough, I packed up the car and headed out.

I arrived at the Camp and got my transition areas set up. Drank more water.
Event warmup:

I did a fair amount of stretching and a short swim, but I knew that warmup wouldn't be important for me today because of the heat. Instead, i mingled with the Donks, Benson, Scotty, TriWI folk, ect...
Swim
  • 09m 55s
  • 528 yards
  • 01m 53s / 100 yards
Comments:

Swim went pretty well. Right away two guys jumped off of the front and stayed about 5 yards ahead of me. I was unable to get in and draft but still kept pretty smooth and in a nice groove. Despite being able to catch those first two, I did catch a number of people in the first wave.
Transition 1
  • 01m 7s
Comments:

all went pretty smooth and even had some surprise encouragement from Force as I came around the back end of transition. Everything flowed pretty well as I got my gear sorted out and up the hill and away I went.
What would you do differently?:

I would like to get a faster jump on the bike.
Bike
  • 1h 01m 38s
  • 22 miles
  • 21.42 mile/hr
Comments:

But seriously, I ride these hills weekly but the heat and the wind were something else today. I was hoping for closer to 23 mph, but considering the weather, I am please with the performance. Some portions of the course were still fairly wet too.

All in all, windy and hilly... not really where I excel and I was hoping for under 1 hour... maybe next year.
Transition 2
  • 01m
Comments:

Steep grassy hill down into transition. once again smooth as silk.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing,
Run
  • 25m 20s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 08m 10s  min/mile
Comments:

Hot hot hot... that asphalt was a killer but I kept the pace as hard as I could and as I was withing a 1/4 mile of the finish I noticed Matt Amman about to pass me from 5 waves back so I stepped on it and practically sprinted so that he wouldn't catch me. He didn't and I pulled a 1st place age group out of my ass.

Good stuff
Post race
Warm down:

Eats, Chatting and award ceremony.

Also, it was really cool on the way out to see the 86 year old woman finish. Very inspriring and cool how everyone was going crazy cheering for her!

Event comments:

good times as usual.




Last updated: 2009-07-08 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:09:55 | 528 yards | 01m 53s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/??
Overall: 0/290
Performance: Good
Suit: Tri top & shorts
Course: Out and Back
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 77F / 25C Current: Low
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Good Drafting: Below average
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 01:07
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: Yes
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
01:01:38 | 22 miles | 21.42 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/??
Overall: 0/290
Performance:
Wind: Strong
Course: Holy HILLS!!!
Road: Rough Wet Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Hills: Good
Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 01:00
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes Good
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:25:20 | 03.1 miles | 08m 10s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/??
Overall: 0/290
Performance:
Course: out and back.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]

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2009-08-09 8:51 PM

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2009-08-09 9:06 PM
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Smokin' bike, Ross. That's a fantastic split on that course with those conditions. Great time all around!
2009-08-09 9:09 PM
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e a w

 

as good as EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEawesome

2009-08-09 9:44 PM
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Wow! Congrats on some very well deserved hardware.
2009-08-09 9:55 PM
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Great job Ross.  Those are some smokin' times.  Can you please start some sort of Transition seminar for us slowpokes?  Nice to meet your bride to be today. 

2009-08-10 7:35 AM
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i'll sign up for your swim seminar....great meeting michelle. Congrats on speedy times.....i'll be screaming for you at ironman. i can never seem to talk the next day.


2009-08-10 8:57 AM
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Thanks everyone for the EAWsome support yesterday...    and helping to plant the tri seed with Michelle (she needs women convincing her to try it)
2009-08-10 8:59 AM
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With all the hard work and those kinds of times, you didn't pull a first place out of your arse, you earned it d**mit.  Great to see ya yesterday and meet the infamous soon to be Mrs.  See you in a couple weeks at MOO.

2009-08-10 11:01 AM
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Well done, dude! Hardware is nice. It was nice to meet your fiance yesterday.

2009-08-10 11:11 AM
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Force - 2009-08-10 11:01 AM Well done, dude! Hardware is nice. It was nice to meet your fiance yesterday.



Thanks!  She was glad to meet more Donks also!
2009-08-12 4:45 PM
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1st place...!!!!   kick a$$ Ross.....  you crushed everyone else in your age group...  great race...  and that was a great bike given the hills and heat...  wasn't your goal to be top 3...?!?  that is awesome...!!! CONGRATS ON THE HARDWARE... !!!


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