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Comments: Felt really good on the swim. I passed a number of people. My rank is pretty god considering the over 200 people started ahead of me. Finally had an OWS where I fetl really comfortable in the water. What would you do differently?: More OWS practice and more in/out practice. As always, the trip from the water to the bike rack makes me pretty tired. I may have to do a bit more beach running as well. Transition 1
Comments: Didn't realize that this was so slow, not sure why it was. My rack was too far from the gate, maybe 75yds or so. I had everything set out so that wasn't it. One thing that did slow me down was that we had to make sure we re-packed everything into one bag before we left on the bike. I hadn't practiced this so that could have ben an issue. OVerall, I need to practice transitions more often. What would you do differently?: Practice more. Bike
Comments: This was much, much harder than I expected. I started out a little slow, but once my legs warmed up I was hitting 20-21 mph without too much effort. As soon as we hit the first slow sloping hill, my legs just died. It was a fairly mild incline but it was about 3-4 miles long. There were 3 more like that with a larger incline. We finally got to Downtown LA and had to face Bunker Hill. It's only about 300yds long but it has a 16% grade. I was in granny gear and spinning like crazy ust to stay upright. We then got a break by getting to go down that same hill. I was actually able to reach 40 mph on that downhill!! A short flat area and then we got to the transition. What would you do differently?: Train a lot more on hills. They really took the power out of my legs. That and lose more weight so that I don't have to haul so much up those dang hills! Transition 2
Comments: Last year the transition was in a large parking lot directly in front of Staples Center. This year LAFD wanted to use it to train their rookies how to drive the Ladder Tiller so we couldn't use it. Instead, the transition was set up at the end of Grand Ave between 10th St and 14th st. This was very poor logistically speaking. Once I crossed the timing mat I look at my bike computer which said 21 miles. By the time I jogged to my rack it said 21.5 miles. It seemed like thoe racks went on forever, and forever is exactly 5 blocks long!! Once I got my crap off and running shoes on, I had to jog another half mile to get back to the timing mat and start my run. The other tough part about this transition was that we weren't allowed to set anything up. We had to drop off our T2 bag the day before at the Expo. When we got to our spot at the bike rack during the race, the bag was sitting there but nothing was set out. So we had to dig through the bag to get our stuff out. What would you do differently?: Practice transitions. Run
Comments: As usual, the run sucked. This one more than most. I added a mile to the run just to get in and out of the transition. Then that great hill that we got to go down on the bike was what we had to go up about a mile into the run! The rest of the run wasn't really too bad. What would you do differently?: Let's be honest, I suck at running. I simply need to do it more often, get more weight off, and work on technique. I avoid it because I am bad at it and I need to stop doing that. Post race
Warm down: Walked around the finish area for a bit. Got some fluids and snacks. Talked to my new coach who had a booth at the finish line. Met some of my wifes Marathon friends. Walked back to T2 for my bike and bag, then walkd back to finish line and to the car. What limited your ability to perform faster: Conditioning, not as familiar with the course as I should have been, T2 setup. Event comments: Although I didn't meet my goal of a sub-2 hr race, I still like my race. I learned a lot. I learned to scout the course ahead of time if possible and I need to work on hills and transitions for the future. I definately have my work cut out for me in order to improve for next year. Last updated: 2005-06-01 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 230/398
Age Group = Clydes 30-34
Age Group Rank = 11/19
Got up at 4am, couldn't sleep much anyway, and drove to Venice with the wife and one of the puppies. Ate a bagel with peanut butter, yogurt, a banana, and an apple.
Short jog on the beach followed by an approx. 250m ocean swim about 20 min prior to the start of my race.