Nokia Sugar Bowl Triathlon
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Nokia Sugar Bowl Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic
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Comments: I didn't push too hard and felt good most of the way. The waves were crowded and I was always in traffic. I prefer it that way as I don't sight well. I got new prescription Barracuda goggles and they rocked. The rocks at the start and end should have been cleaned up before the race. What would you do differently?: Push a little harder on the 2nd loop. Work on drafting. More open water practice. Transition 1
Comments: didn't do shoes on pedals as start of bike is real technical. Overall very happy with T1. What would you do differently?: get there faster. Bike
Comments: I was happy with my time. I was almost 6 minutes faster than in August but I am pretty sure the course was a mile longer and it was raining most of the bike last year. Goo fell out of tri suit which was a bummer as I think I might have needed one. What would you do differently?: Not lose the goo Transition 2
Comments: really good transition. Run
Comments: Melt down, not sure if it was the day before activities or nutrition or what, but I collapsed. I was hoping to break an hour today but by the end of mile 1 I knew it wasn't going to happen. I struggled and was scorching hot the whole time. No sports drink on the run, which was irritating as the cups were gatorade cups and when they only had water I was disappointed. I was stronger on the return portion of both loops but I got whipped. The biggest disappointment was that I had the same 10K time in the Gulf Coast Half Ironman 3 weeks ago and really thought I would be able to improve off that. Very bad blisters from pouring water on my head and getting shoes wet. I really had to fight off mental demons to keep going, but if you can believe it, I didn't walk. What would you do differently?: take in some nutrition on the bike. I lost my goo and I probably should have taken the endurolytes before I got to the run. Post race
Warm down: watched my wife finish about 2 minutes later. She beat me by 48 seconds and thats after racing the Girl Power Tri yesterday. What limited your ability to perform faster: I blew up on the run. Event comments: Loved the new swim course, its so nice not to get lost, but the shoreline should have been cleaned up. Did they shorten bike course and not tell me??? No sports drink on the course. Happy that I improved 11 minutes over last year but disappointed in the run. Last updated: 2005-05-29 12:00 AM
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84F / 29C
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Overall Rank = 203/302
Age Group = M 40-44
Age Group Rank = 26/38
Woke up at 3:45 AM and went outside, lots of lightning and then a really bad squall. It cleared up by 4:30. Had Oatmeal for breakfast with a rice krispy square. Left house at 5 and at the race site by 5:30. My wife raced yesterday so packing went easy. Transition area was great, had a lot more room than most local races.
got in the water a few minutes just to understand the swim course. There was alot of broken rocks in the area where you start and end the swim. I tried to clean it up, but quickly realized it was futile. Kissed wife told her see her on the bike.