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Comments: OMG- worst swim of my life. Get to the start and hang for a while before they call our wave. We get down and they are like, you have one minute so you better get in and get ready. I jump in, feel pretty good, position myself in the front on the outside. Make it about 150 yards ok and get kicked square in the face. Goggles completely off both eyes (reason for wearing 2 caps or my race would have been over)so I try to fix them. Now I am getting pounded from behind. Start to panic a little (this was a new experience for me and sure makes me feel for those that panic in OWS, scary!!!) and then realize that if I just can make it 50 yards left there is clear water out of traffic. Get the crap kicked out of me getting to over there .... sorry to the other swimmers who were like where the hell did this jackass come from. Get to clear water, take a minute or two to clear my head, clear my goggles and get them reset. Start swimming again but just can't find any rhythm until I round the 2nd buoy and then I finally relax and let it roll. Passed alot of people back once I got back into a rhythm. What would you do differently?: Plan the trip better to get a practice swim in before the race. Not take one to the face that early in the swim!! Not leave 5 to 7 minutes in the first part of the first race of the year!!  Transition 1
Comments: This one was for Fatty..... Came out of the water #25, left #20.  Bike
Comments: Decent bike split. Was a little stong on the power overall, but the hills were unexpected at the level they were at. Would have a been a great course to pre-ride, would have helped a lot with racing strategy. NP = 236 watts TSS= 126.7 IF= 1.013 3 scoop bottle of Heed on the bike + one complete bottle of water. What would you do differently?: Nothing, maybe back off a little on the big hill, but I didn't know it was that long until I made it through that switchback and saw the rest of it. Transition 2
Comments: Still have to wear socks, so that always costs me some time in T2. Someday I will be able to Oly without them. Sorry John. Came in #16, went out #18 What would you do differently?: Not be a sock pussy!  Run
Comments: Still not a runner. Wanted to be closer to 8:15's to 8:00's on the run, but it was a little more rollie than I expected. I really started to feel the car ride down about mile 3, slowed way down at that point and even walked once or twice. One gel and some water at mile 3 when it started downhill. What would you do differently?: Not try to squeeze 4 days worth of activity into 2 days. Post race
Warm down: Was starving, so ate 2 runners bags of food. Hung with the group for a while and then went and showered and packed. Went back and watched all the HIM'ers finish and hung with everybody. What limited your ability to perform faster: First race of the year, train more! First OWS swim of the year, train more! First bike race of the year, train more! First running race of the year, train more! Oh, and stop getting older. Being the oldest group of the AG is not fun! Next year! It was supposed to be a training day, and it was! Event comments: Was a great weekend. Trip home sucked, but wore the compression all the way home and feel pretty good, except for some tight calves. Passed lots of REV3 folks on the way back north, at least my bike wasn't out in the rain the entire way. Great MG meeting race. Ready for next year. Last updated: 2010-11-09 12:00 AM
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 2011-05-16 6:56 PM |
Master  1372    Tosa, WI |  Subject: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon |
| 2011-05-16 7:31 PM in reply to: #3502705 |
New user 230 | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Nice job! Sucks get whomped in the swim. Really messes things up! |
| 2011-05-16 7:56 PM in reply to: #3502705 |
Master 1478 Horseheads, NY | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Awesome job passing so many racers on the way home! HA! Sounds like a great race outside of the uncontrollable events on the swim. Like you told Suzy - training race. Apply the learnings to your A race. Sounds like an ironman weekend for an oly!
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| 2011-05-16 7:57 PM in reply to: #3502705 |
Elite 3072 san francisco | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Wow, what a whirlwind of a trip for you! And you managed to squeeze in an impressive OLY while you were at it. Even with all the craziness at the start of your swim, you settled in and got into a nice rhythm...see...you should have done the HIM, you would have passed even more folks!!! Great bike and run, Dino. Awesome job!!! Can't wait to see how you do once the weather in your neck of the woods gets a little more friendly for training! You'll be on Fire! (ps, couldn't you have found 2 secs to go sub 2:40?) geesh. |
| 2011-05-16 8:08 PM in reply to: #3502788 |
Master 2501 | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Awesome, Dino! Hey, if you find a way to beat that age thing, let me know, OK? Sounds like a crazy weekend, but you rocked it! Congratulations! Love the bike speed! And way to regroup and get 'er done on the swim. You rock!!! |
| 2011-05-16 9:04 PM in reply to: #3502810 |
Champion 9060 Charlottesville, Virginia | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon It was great finally getting to meet you Dave, lol you were my motivation the whole time on the run. I kept expecting you to hit me on the shoulder the entire time while I was out there so I kept pushing it. Sucks about the swim, Getting kicked hard enough to knock goggles off is no fun. Looking forward to the next one! |
| 2011-05-16 9:38 PM in reply to: #3502705 |
Master 2621 Almaden Valley, San Jose, California | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Nice job! I totally get the OWS stuff....and it sets the race up to be not so fun. Good job in turning it around!! |
| 2011-05-17 12:03 AM in reply to: #3502976 |
| Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Great race, and nice job handling all that the race and the weekend threw at you! I still can't believe you started the trip down at 3 am - yikes! It was awesome to meet you and I look forward to the next MG race! |
| 2011-05-17 1:46 AM in reply to: #3502705 |
Master 1841 Sendai, Japan | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Nice job and nice RR. I always wear 2 caps just in case, but don't want the experience of getting kicked in the face. You definitely get extra points for doing the 600 mile road trip both ways by yourself. |
| 2011-05-17 5:58 AM in reply to: #3502705 |
Champion 7163 Verona WI--Ironman Bike Country! | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Dino!!!! Great way to pull out the race after a tough swim. SO happy you joined the MG. Here's to the next one and to kicking some a$$ in IM Racine 70.3, your A race! |
| 2011-05-17 7:36 AM in reply to: #3502705 |
Expert 1037 Portland, OR | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Way to drop an awesome time, even after such a tough swim and crazy weekend! With those times being for your first race of the season, you'll rock the rest of your races this year! |
| 2011-05-17 8:29 AM in reply to: #3502705 |
Expert 1797 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Sounds like a great race on very little sleep. When did you sleep BTW? It was great to meet you and I'm looking forward to the Dells! I hope we can make it. |
| 2011-05-17 9:28 AM in reply to: #3502705 |
Master 1952 Guelph, Ontario | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Nice race under trying circumstances. I understand the trying to do too much in too little time. Congrats. |
| 2011-05-17 10:06 AM in reply to: #3502705 |
Veteran 200 | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Nice race!! and sucks about taking one to the face, lmao@ sock , I am the same way |
| 2011-05-17 10:18 AM in reply to: #3502705 |
Elite 3395 Raleigh | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon You got the bad swim out the way early in the season! Nice job. |
| 2011-05-17 1:14 PM in reply to: #3502705 |
Champion 6973 marietta | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon NICE TRANSITIONS!!!! ha! AWESOME RACE MAN!!! GREAT TO FINALLY MEET YOU TOO!!! |
| 2011-05-17 2:36 PM in reply to: #3502705 |
Expert 1121 Menomonee Falls, WI | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Nice job Dave and way to bounce back after the whole swim fiasco! |
| 2011-05-17 5:26 PM in reply to: #3502705 |
Master 1539 Sin City | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Awesome job despite the little issues...now you know what to work on for your next race!! :-) |
| 2011-05-17 7:20 PM in reply to: #3502705 |
Extreme Veteran 689 | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon considering getting kicked in the face and the swim issues your time is great. congrats. Good times all around.
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| 2011-05-17 7:48 PM in reply to: #3502705 |
Member 39 | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Hey great to meet you pre-race. To say I was SURPRISED to see you on the run is an understatement...glad I found this to understand what happen.
Going to put the dells on the plan for next year...and am thinking of doing knox again! I loved those technical downhills.
Dan |
| 2011-05-19 3:44 PM in reply to: #3502705 |
Master 2005 Silverton, Oregon | Subject: RE: Revolution3 Olympic Triathlon Ugh, that sounds like a tough way to start the swim! Nice job keeping it together and getting through it. Great race, congrats! |
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Age Group = M40-44
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It was a whirlwind weekend. Was planning on driving part of the way down on Friday night after work, but family happened and I needed to be at home. So, I got up at 3:00 am on Saturday morning and drove the 600 miles to Knoxville. With the time zone change I got in around 12:30 pm. Hotel can't get me in until 3:00 pm, so I went and checked in at the race, wandered the expo, and worked on the bike in the parking garage. Got Suzy here bike, dropped of the bike at T1 (Had to ride back to the hotel to get my forgotten athlete wrist band .. needed that to drop off the bike. DOH!) got checked into the hotel, showered, and right out the door for the MG diner. Came back after dinner, got the nutrition mixed and other gear ready, and tried to calm down enough to sleep. Maybe got 6 good hours.
Got up, got ready, ate a powerbar and 1/2 cup of joe and headed to transition.
Really wanted to get in the water, but they would not let us in. So I set up and ran for a mile or so. Stretched a little, rechecked the gear and headed to the starting line to look for the other MG's and wish them luck.