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Comments: Water temp was great. A good number of people went with no wetsuits. I considered that for a moment and dismissed it for craziness:-) Swim went well. I caught a really good swimmers draft about a 1/3 of the way through, followed around the buoys and most of the stretch in. When I got out of the water and into transition I was a bit surprised cause there was no one around! Decent swim for the level of swim fitness I currently have.  Transition 1
Comments: My heart was racing getting out of the water so I didn't really push to my transition spot that hard, and I just went at a comfortable pace getting my suit off and helmet/glasses on. I think I still had a decent time though.  Bike
Comments: Huh. I really need to get my act together on the bike! I can't stand getting passed:-) I pushed really hard today and my time is just a reflection of my current ability on the bike. Much better than last-year at this time (my first summer of biking) but still tons of room for improvement. What would you do differently?: Tune the engine, and work, work, work! I'm going to get re-fit on my glorious road bike turned TT bike (professionally vs. myself in the mirror) early next week, and will probably be getting a power meter next week too. Hopefully I will be able to use the power meter as better motivation to push to my potential on more of the training rides and recreational TT's I'm doing this summer. Transition 2
Comments: Felt like I smoked t2 and I was pretty satisfied. Even got held back a bit as I got kinda stuck behind someone getting off the bike.  Run
Comments: Well, I got 1st in my age by ~50 seconds, but... I was really hoping to be <6/mile and I thought I had a chance given some of my training bricks this year. I was really sucking wind that first mile though and finally felt comfortable for mile 2 which was 5'52". On the third mile I felt like I was still pushing, but couldn't see anyone that would be my age in front and just didn't have the guts to crank out that last mile any faster on a "training" event. Each year I get a little more soft:-) Post race
Warm down: None. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of deep aero wheels/rear disc, and possibly bike position. But, I have a long ways to go to improve the engine still, so nothing really to blame other than my bike ability... Event comments: I was not expecting much from the race given it was being used as more of a training/practice opportunity. It was really fun and fairly well run. I will definitely do this race again next year if it works out with my schedule. Last updated: 2010-06-01 12:00 AM
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 2010-06-06 5:04 PM |
Regular  92  Shoreview, MN |  Subject: New Brighton Triathlon |
| 2010-06-07 8:00 AM in reply to: #2903784 |
Pro 4675   Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: New Brighton Triathlon Nice job on the AG win! Nice meeting you too. |
| 2010-06-07 2:48 PM in reply to: #2904570 |
Champion 10018 , Minnesota Bronze member | Subject: RE: New Brighton Triathlon Nice work! Aren't you glad you signed up at the last minute? Yeah, your bike was pretty pathetic Did you ask Jenny why she did that? It's so weird! Edited by BikerGrrrl 2010-06-07 2:49 PM |
I am sure you'll be unstoppable if you can match the fast guys on the bike with that running speed! I should have taken the chance it was you during awards and said hi. Next time.| General Discussion-> Race Reports! |
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Overall Rank = 15/347
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 2/35
Laid out shoes, helmet, glasses, goggles, etc... on the floor next to my transition and gum bag. Double checked that I had everything and packed it up. Filled the bike tires up, packed the car with everything. Left @0600 and arrived @0625 to get set up and packet picked up.
Went out for a 10 min easy spin on the bike out to Irondale and back.
When I got back, I found that some lady had stolen my spot by moving my wetsuit, which was over the rail where my bike had been, and moved my shoes/towel/race # setup that was on the ground under where my bike would have been. I was a little pissed cause it was a really nice bike and I was sure the person knew what was up who move my stuff... I squeezed in on the same rack and just gave the chick a hard-time when she came to put on her wetsuit (turned out it was Jen Wilcox the overall female winner who gancked it:-0, darn elites;-P)
Ran for ~10 minutes and just did a quick swim to the first buoy and back.