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Guelph Lake II - Tri-A-Tri - TriathlonMini Sprint
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Comments: Not a very fast swim. Once I got in for my warm up I knew I was just going to manage to get through it. However at the gun I had not passed out or thrown up so I leaped into the water like a gazelle. Ok maybe not quite so graceful but it was pretty good. Hit the water and again did my pail full of snakes thrashing for the first 15 strokes. And yes I was at the front of my age group for the last time this day. From there I immediately dropped into my pace stroke. Came out of the water in reasonable time and just ahead of one of the athletes I had been coaching. I could hear him hollering behind me "come on coach Rob". Once I hit that stinking hill again I went bounding up it like a turtle. Absolutely nothing in my legs to carry me up hill. My athlete passed me and ran on up. What would you do differently?: NOt a whole lot. Maybe not do a race just before this one.  Transition 1
Comments: Good transition. I was able to beat my athlete out of transition as I had my shoes on the bike and had no trouble getting out of the wet suit. What would you do differently?: nada  Bike
Comments: Just not enough in the tank to make this a spectacular ride. I had trouble at the mount line as I couldn't get my left foot into my shoes. I had forgotten to check the strap and it was still partially velcroed from the previous race. Overall a decent ride What would you do differently?: make sure my shoes were porperly mounted on the bike Transition 2
Comments: good transition and amazingly I felt much better than the first race as I was able to run out of transition and onto the course What would you do differently?: nothing  Run
Comments: crappy run. 4 minutes over my normal time for this distance. Had to walk all the hills as I just had nothing in my legs to propel me up. What would you do differently?: again not race two races the same day. Post race
Warm down: Hit the finish lien and just sat down and leaned against a tree. A pra medic came over with some bags of ice and a cold water to help me cool down. I was drastically overheated by the time I sprinted across the finish line. Sat there for about 15 minutes to recover. A pretty redhead para medic came over as well when she found out I had done both races that day. That helped a bit;) Afte I could get up I went over to the massage table where I had my calves worked on. I could feel them starting to seize. What limited your ability to perform faster: too much racing. too much weight loss. too much stuff going on outside the race. but cest la vie. it is what is is and I will do better next year. It is all but impossible to get enough nutrition etc back into you in 1n hour and 1/2 between races. Event comments: Once again Subaru puts on excellent races. Last updated: 2011-09-04 12:00 AM
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 2011-09-04 7:35 AM |
Master  1952     Guelph, Ontario |  Subject: Guelph Lake II - Tri-A-Tri |
| 2011-09-04 8:47 AM in reply to: #3672508 |
Champion 6973 marietta | Subject: RE: Guelph Lake II - Tri-A-Tri you crazy ol' coot... AWESOME JOB!!! |
| 2011-09-04 6:29 PM in reply to: #3672549 |
| Subject: RE: Guelph Lake II - Tri-A-Tri Yeah, two races in one day - and a hot day at that - sounds like a recipe for suffering. You made it through, though! Great job! |
| 2011-09-04 9:06 PM in reply to: #3672508 |
Extreme Veteran 668 NW Georgia | Subject: RE: Guelph Lake II - Tri-A-Tri Great job on a tough day, Rob. |
| 2011-09-06 8:16 AM in reply to: #3672508 |
Master 2436 Apex, north carolina | Subject: RE: Guelph Lake II - Tri-A-Tri At IMCA they were announcing the finish (in front of me I might add) of a woman who had done the entire race course the day before because she wanted to do her own personal back to back IM race. I thought of you when I heard this. Personally I think you picked a much smarter combination of races. Way to go stud muffin. |
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Overall Rank = 93/380
Age Group = 50-59
Age Group Rank = 9/29
go to truck after the first race and stuff myself full of nutrition for this one. walk around a bit to try and lose some of the lactic acid. Stretch and lie down on the grass. Strangely I didn't feel I needed much of a warmup. I knew this was going to be a very tough race beacuse I was reeady to hurl a couple of times between races.
Nada other than the fight to get into my still wet sausage casing for the swim. I did get to the beach and into the water. Still not feeling great and was wondering if I should even attempt this race. While waiting for the wave to start on the beach ( again in the last wave of 4) I felt like I was going to pass out due to the heat. I knew once I got into the water I would be OK because the water was cool.