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Lake Lanier Duathalon
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Lake Lanier Duathalon - Duathlon
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Comments: No problems, felt like I was stuck in third gear the entire way. What would you do differently?: Break a sweat.  Transition 1
Comments: My transition layout was a cluster (insert word: _____) - not well thought out and certainly not well laid out. I simply did not think or focus at the task of setting up all of the gear in the order of necessity. I was waaaay too lax and because of that I short changed myself of a real T1 transition. What would you do differently?: Use my brain.  Bike
Comments: Drank two bottles of water ... had to urinate again in T2. That said, I was thirsty the entire ride. Threw my front derailleur twice - big bummer. What would you do differently?: Had absolutely no nutrition plan during the bike. Remember that this is a dry-run race for St. A's. If I were really running the second run (and it was more than 2 miles), I could have ran out of gas. Transition 2
Comments: Clipping out didn't go too smoothly, so I had to lock up the brakes at the dismount line. Running in Speedplay cleats is just plain weird given how high they are on the balls of your feet. Ended up waiting a bit for my running buddy. Took the time to go to the Port-o-let, talk to the volunteers and watch the others come in off the bike leg. What would you do differently?: Have my transition are better laid out. Racking the bike with the rear drink holders was new to me. Think through the T2 process before hand so that it is a mindless exercise as opposed to a goat-rodeo looking for things scattered about on my towel or still in my transition bag. Run
Post race
Warm down: None Event comments: Great race, well organized. The USAT officials missed more than one participant running with a MP3 player/iPod on the bike + both runs (looked at the penalty chart for Brett as he was certain he would jinx it if he did it himself ... and no penalties cited for 'personal audio devices'.) Last updated: 2006-04-24 12:00 AM
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 2006-04-24 10:48 PM |
Pro  3705     Vestavia Hills |  Subject: Lake Lanier Duathalon |
| 2006-04-24 10:52 PM in reply to: #405494 |
Pro 3883 Woodstock,GA | Subject: RE: Lake Lanier Duathalon Those USAT officials evidently missed a few penalties, that being said there were only two of them so I think they did a good job. I can't believe you peed twice during the run. |
| 2006-04-25 9:15 AM in reply to: #405497 |
Cycling Guru 15134 Fulton, MD | Subject: RE: Lake Lanier Duathalon Great job on keeping it under control and not overdoing it before the big race next week! Always good to have a buddy that is slower to keep you in check when you really want to blast. Nice ride average as well! |
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Even though I got up in plenty of time, I misread the directions and thought I could approach the lake from the other side ... so instead of taking the easy way, I looped around the sucker. Didn't stress though in that this was a "C" race that I was going to 'sweaty jock-strap' (as Heather (HBlackmon) calls it) my old training buddy and use it as a training work-out with a dry run for St. Anthony's.
I did, however, eat the obligatory bowl of oatmeal and a banana.
Ran into Brett (Rocketman) in the parking lot and we ran over to the transition area so that we could get our club team picture prior to the start of the race.
Other than that, none - not even stretching (because I am an idiot ... but that is just the beginning of the mistakes made).