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Burnet Tri Hard Challenge - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: Good paced swim. I had clean water the whole way and was 3rd out of the water with the other 2 being well ahead. Just took good long strokes and sighting was good. Swim was long again as all times were slow and I know I didn't swim this slow.  Transition 1
Comments: No problem getting skin suit off. Had to carry bike over grass to pavement as everyone said to watch out for pot stickers. Fortunately I didn't step on any with my bare feet. Got into shoes on the bike no problem.  Bike
Comments: Course was an out and back and was actually hillier than I thought it would be. There were some really good climbs. I knew I was 3rd out of the water and so I just started going as well as I could. My legs didn't feel great so I just stuck with it as best I could. At about mile 6 I was passed by one guy and I just stuck with him the rest of the way. I probably could've overtaken him again but I figured I'd pass him on the run. Nothing fancy on this bike. Just tried to really push hills as hard as possible even though my legs weren't great. I was surprised with my pace when I saw the splits. Transition 2
Comments: Lost my shoe when I hopped off the bike. There was no dismount line so got off quick. I didn't pick my shoe up and they brought it to my bike later. I know in a race that actually cared about penalties I would've gotten one for leaving my shoe. Oh well, I figured they wouldn't penalize at this race. Had a problem putting my race belt on and realized the clip was broken. Decided just to carry my number as I ran.  Run
Comments: I was 4th coming into transition and had a good T2 and went out in 3rd. I was passed a few 100 meters out of transition because I was still trying to put my race belt on. He was on a good pace for about a mile and then I caught him. Decided not to stay behind him and just ran past him. When he couldn't keep up I knew he wouldn't pass me later. I knew I wouldn't catch the leader but I knew #2 wasn't as strong a runner as I am so I pushed to catch him. At the last turnaround he new I was catching him and he looked back a couple times. I just ran out of real estate and couldn't catch him. If I had 1 more mile I would've caught him. Overall, good run and good pace. Post race
Warm down: Just hung out with the folks. Last updated: 2009-09-22 12:00 AM
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 2009-09-22 9:25 AM |
Extreme Veteran  492   Austin, TX |  Subject: Burnet Tri Hard Challenge |
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Age Group = M40-44
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I was hungry when I woke up at 4:30 so I had 4 pieces of toast. Warmed up Starbucks and left for the 1 hour drive to the race. Set up transition.
Same as always. Short run with some pickups to get the heart rate going and then went to water for swim. Did my usualy 2 warmup swims. I wasn't going to wear my skin suit and warmed up just in my tri suit. Decided to go back to transition and get my skin suit. Glad I got it because the swim definitely felt better with it.