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Pinehurst Oly - TriathlonOlympic
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Comments: Great swim!!! For once, the course was counter-clockwise and I could breathe to the left the whole time! It was fun to race in the wetsuit again. Nothing more to say here, except I took it easy... maybe even too easy. I took a gel about 20min before the start...  Transition 1
Comments: There was maybe a 200 yard run up a hill to the TA area. This actually helped to get the blood to the legs and to catch my breath. I lost a little time with the wetsuit, but no biggie. I ate another gel and washed it down with water, grabbed the bike and was off... felt good... What would you do differently?: practice this more often  Bike
Comments: I was little concerned because this was the first race with my new shoes and pedals, but I mounted just fine. First 2 or 3 miles I used high cadence, low gears to get the blood flowing. Felt good... mile 15 ate another gel... ok... around mile 20, I notice I'm falling off the pace a bit and more racers than usual are passing me. My legs started to just fail me...not really cramping, but just spent. I drank some more water...and made it to T2...didn't think much about it..., but felt CONCERNED! What would you do differently?: Don't know... Did I go out too fast? Not enough water? Probably more like, dahhh, not enough long rides before the race... Transition 2
Comments: 1 more gel. What would you do differently?: nada  Run
Comments: OK... WTF??? I felt terrible.. I had no legs whatsoever. I decided to run with a short step and high cadence for a couple of miles hoping to get my legs back...just never happened. People just kept passing me.. I'm so competitive...GOD this killed me!!!! I started to walk up the hills around mile 3. I changed my total time goal to just break 2:40... then when that wasn't going to happen, I gave in and just tried to finish the thing before it finished me... What would you do differently?: I don't know... I believe I hydrated correctly... I think I took it out too fast in the bike segment. I THINK I can bike better than I really CAN bike. LOL!!!!! This winter is all about the bike. How can my tri club members do this distance in 1:05? Yeah baby, ride lots in the winter...!!!! Post race
Warm down: Got some water and a cold diet Coke and sat down to recover. I later ate 2 hot dogs and some rice and beans. Had a couple of beers later with 3 of my tri club members. What limited your ability to perform faster: I will work much harder to build that bike endurance and strength up over the winter months!!! Event comments: Overall, a very good race. Great swim venue!!! Ok bike route. Very challenging run course that I will kick butt next year!! Last updated: 2005-09-19 12:00 AM
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 2005-10-03 8:33 PM |
Extreme Veteran  427   Winston-Salem, NC |  Subject: Pinehurst Oly |
| 2005-10-03 10:31 PM in reply to: #258669 |
Pro 3870   Virginia Beach, VA | Subject: RE: Pinehurst Oly Good race! I really liked the course. Still working on my race report. |
| 2005-10-03 10:45 PM in reply to: #258669 |
Regular 123 | Subject: RE: Pinehurst Oly All the short little hills killed me and I wound up in the same boat as you... downshifting my goals as the run went on... by mile 5, just wanted to finish! tridaddy.blogspot.com |
| 2005-10-04 5:51 AM in reply to: #258669 |
Master 1480 Plant City, FL | Subject: RE: Pinehurst Oly AWESOME race Mark! |
You kicked butt!! Isn't the diet coke at the end the best tasting thing in the entire world?? | 2005-10-04 7:02 AM in reply to: #258775 |
Regular 77 Cary, NC | Subject: RE: Pinehurst Oly I know what you mean about the fancy-shmancy non-reflective street signs. I had to turn around twice in the dark before the race. What did you think about that mile-long steady uphill on the bike? Speaking of the bike course .... I blew past some race volunteers at one corner because they weren't indicating a turn. Luckily they started yelling for me to come back, so I locked up my rear tire and swung around to take the turn. I must've been so fast that they didn't not seen me coming! Either that or they were discussing their golf game. I honestly don't know which one.  Now we know what to expect out of the event. Watch out Pinehurst 2006! |
| 2005-10-04 7:16 AM in reply to: #258669 |
| Extreme Veteran 353 Randleman, NC | Subject: RE: Pinehurst Oly Hey Mark, I love the street sign description! You are not the first person I have heard talk about the leg-sapping rolling hills of Pinehurst. So you had to change strategy, so what? You had a great race and an especially good swim. Way to hang in there and finish that run! Lots of people would have just quit and walked. You and I both will be on the bike lots more this winter, hopefully some of that together. Great race and report! Fred |
| 2005-10-04 8:59 AM in reply to: #258669 |
Master 1791 Raleigh, North Carolina | Subject: RE: Pinehurst Oly Great race Mark! Congrats on your finish. It sounds like it was a tough race! Glad that you got another one under your belt. Was this your first Oly???? Also sounds like the competition was stiff. Some of those splits are downright scary. I agree with you on ride lots. Seems like having a great bike portion makes such a difference in races. Keep on working that engine! |
| 2005-10-04 7:01 PM in reply to: #258669 |
Regular 57 | Subject: RE: Pinehurst Oly I agree about being passed by what seems like hundreds of people! I was getting frustrated but REFUSED to let it wreck my race goals. I just kept on keepin' on. Just part of the mental game I suppose. You're so right - the set-upinc.com directions are not very good, and they have the worst dang road signage I have seen in a while. At least you were smart enough to scope it out the day before when there was light. I did the same thing last year too. Made the drive from Holly Springs at 5:00am easier to deal with since I wasn't stressed about where I was going. Good to see you had a great race in 2005. See you next year at 'hurst 2006! |
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Age Group = 45-49
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Drove down Friday afternoon to check the location and drive the bike and run courses...this was my first time at Pinehurst and I got lost! The street signs are all these little fancy-smancy richy-tichy wooden things and I'm so blind... I finally found the race site after some frustrated minutes. Picked up the packet and then tried to drive the run course, but got lost again! I gave up and headed off to the Hampton Inn and did the usual OCD thing with all my gear... maybe got a couple hours of sleep... got up around 5:30 and ate a banana and a bagel, 2 cups of coffee, and some gatorade.
Got to the race site around 6:30, set up my TA, and put on the race shoes. Went out for a little run, maybe a mile... felt good.. Found MTbonker's (Victor) race number and introduced myself. We chatted a short while... took the bike out and rode about 3 miles... felt good... put on the wetsuit and swam about 300 yards or so... felt good...