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Comments: My coach instructed me to go easy and relax to the first buoy, then build to the second and hammer it home after the 3rd. Did exactly what he said. It was a freaking washing machine with the waves. The first 200 I felt uncomfortable with the wetsuit tight around me, but not gasping or anything. One goggle got kicked and leaked during the outbound leg. Kicked on my back for about 7-8 kicks to get them re-set. Learned a cool technique for turning at the buoys, and did that for both. After the first turn, I was settled in and started my build. Lots of trouble breathing to the right with the incoming waves. Went from bilat to 2/4 count breathing to the left side and felt great. Going easy on the first leg gave me tons of energy left in the arms to hammer the last part and it felt great. I was sitting on someone's feet whenever I could and passing when they got slow. Sighting was good too. I sighted much less than last year and generally just followed the crowd. The bilat breathing kept me pretty straight as well. Great swim for me. Totally happy with my swim. Took about 2.5 mins off of last year's time and in worse conditions than last year. What would you do differently?: Keep getting stronger in the pool.  Transition 1
Comments: Left foot stuck for just a second. Right foot came right out. Had half the wetsuit off by the time I got to my rack. What would you do differently?: Gotta learn to tie up the shoes and put the feet in while on the bike course. Could save 30 sec easy that way.  Bike
Comments: A little disappointed with the bike this year. Did the bike last year at roughly the same time. This year, I had a tri-bike and a disc on the back. Coach's plan was to spend the first mile at a med-high cadence in a lower gear to get everything settled in. Then find a race gear and hold there. Save energy for the last 10 miles when the headwinds and the slow grind back to T2 were underway. I did ok with the plan, but expected to be in the 21-22 range. Oh yeah..nearly forgot. I gelled twice on the bike. One at the 5 mile mark and one at the 20 mile mark. The gel at the 20 mile mark, I squeezed and the son of a bitch exploded all over my hand. So here I am biking in aero with this thick, sticky, goopy stuff running down my hand. So I start licking my hand. LOL! Trying to get it off. That got me nowhere. Next, I wipe on the pants. That just made everything sticky. I ended up getting a big mouthful of gatorade and blowing it all over my hand to wash off as much as I could. I just couldn't get it off. It stayed with me until I got to the first water station on the run. What would you do differently?: Longer and more consistent on the bike. Transition 2
Comments: Good T2. 1:13 is right in there when you look at the top finishers in my AG. Went crusing into T2 standing barefoot on one pedal. Watched the volunteers panic as I approached the dismount line at about 10 mile/hour then hopped off the pedal and started running. Honestly, when I hit the ground, I was going a little too fast and had to sprint a bit to catch up. If I could learn to go sockless I could pick up another 10 secs. Proud that I ran the whole race - not even stopping for a walk break in the water stops. What would you do differently?: Switch to racing flats? Somehow I've got to learn to pickup some time by running without socks.  Run
Comments: Was the most worried about this portion of the race. Coach's plan - steady until mile 4, then start dropping the pace for the last two miles. Followed the plan....ran 8:05-8:12 for the first 4 miles, mile 5 was still a little slow - I slowed to jog beside a guy who was in the newspaper down there for competing with MD. Shook his hand, told him he was looking great and to keep on hanging in there, and then took off. Don't know if it was karma or mental, but my next mile I clicked off at 7:45ish pace and I felt no pain. Last .2 miles seemed to take forever and I was hurting, but got a good kick in at the finish. Cool to see wifey right before I crossed the line! Did the run 1 minute faster than last year. What would you do differently?: Meh....calf issues killed me for most of 2006 mentally and physically. Next year I'm going to kick this course's ass. Post race
Warm down: Found a few ice cold towels and some gatorade. Got my breathe back, chip taken, medal and headed over to the massage tent. The massage hurt, but this guy that did it knew what he was doing. Went in limping, came out feeling way better and getting around. I was surprised to be hurting so much along my upper bicep/lower shoulder and in along my ribs. What limited your ability to perform faster: Calf injury/tendonitis really hurt performance with the run Work travel schedule is killing my outside biking opportunities. Event comments: This is a great race. The bike and run courses are flat - very flat. The swim was an exception this year - it was very choppy and made life miserable for everyone. Saw tons of faces from last year and a heck of a lot of new ones. If I wasn't drinking so damn much beer, I'd probably remember more of you. LOL! Actually, we got to see lots of cool people. Denise aka BonBonNeaser, my wife, decided to volunteer after she dropped out of the race due to sickness/mono issues. So, she signs up for bike transition area and gets there. They ask her if she's ever done a tri before (she has). She gets assigned to hang with the head freaking ref for the duration of her shift. She proceed to make 2 pros go buy new helmets because they didn't have the appropriate safety rating. She moves one pro's bike because he was being sneaky (putting his #5 bike in the #1 spot). She freaking helps Hunter Kemper pump up his tires, all the while shooting the shit with him. Holy flipping shit. What a weekend! Had a blast with the crew. Drank more beer than I have all year combined. I'm happily exhausted as I write this knowing that I met even more cool BT'ers. I met the ever elusive RON! :) Great race everyone. It was an honor and a pleasure to see you all again, and in some cases meet you for the first time. I'm so looking forward to racing with you guys again. Huge props for the jock staps there too. Lane, Jess, Dan, Jeff, Tom, Shannon, DENISE! and I'm sorry for who else I'm omitting - but thank you all for being out there. You're presence makes a tangible difference in my race and performance. Great to see you all and I hope I can pay it forward in the future. (and I'll make sure to remember by driver's license, and sharpies too). Hey Kreuser - you beat the freaking waves bro. Way to go! Hey G8RMike - you beat Wendi bro! The seagulls found you this time. ok...I can go on forever here....see you in 2007 Last updated: 2005-12-07 12:00 AM
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 2006-05-01 2:46 PM |
Master  1791     Raleigh, North Carolina |  Subject: St. Anthony's Triathlon |
| 2006-05-01 2:51 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Buttercup 14334  | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon AWESOME! As in full of awe! Your swim speed is so inspiring! Great to see you again, Jeff. |
| 2006-05-01 2:59 PM in reply to: #411418 |
Master 1468 Tampa, Fl | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Great race. It was great to meet you and your wife and the Pink Dragon. Sorry I didn't get to meet more of your family... they could have steps on my toes too. hahaha |
| 2006-05-01 3:04 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Extreme Veteran 427 Winston-Salem, NC | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Well Jeff, just a killer race dude!!! You smoked those waves! You lowered your time this year even with all the traveling and the calf issues! Can't wait to race with you in the future; maybe I'll get my slack-ass to St. A's one day!!!! Now, I'm curious to hear all the POST race stories!!!! Any Pics? |
| 2006-05-01 3:22 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Pro 3906 St Charles, IL | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Dude, you rocked that swim. That is freakin' rock-star fast. Get some more run-time on that healed calf and you'll be sub-2:20. Then you win the bet. This year was awesome. Next year, we're going to tear the roof off! -C |
| 2006-05-01 3:39 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Master 1480 Plant City, FL | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Jeff....you freaking rock the house!! As always, it was great to spend time with you and BonBon! Ya'll are just good people!!
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| 2006-05-01 5:06 PM in reply to: #411411 |
| Online or Offline | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Look at those times!! Did you swim the same course as the rest of these people at the race?? Hell, were you even at the same RACE VENUE?
Nice job! |
| 2006-05-01 5:56 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Champion 6627 Rochester Hills, Michigan Gold member | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Attaboy. What a great race, Jeff. Plan the work, work the plan, and the plan worked. Or something like that. As usual, it was a fantastic weekend - Great to see you and Denise again, and we've got plenty more chance to race this year. Plus the December 15 party. |
| 2006-05-01 6:06 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Elite 3223 Hendersonville | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Great race, Jeff! It was so great to "re-meet" you and Denise. What great people. |
| 2006-05-01 6:27 PM in reply to: #411411 |
| Regular 56 Wilmington, NC | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon You have reached an amazing level ... you absolutely rock! Excellent race, my friend. |
| 2006-05-01 6:28 PM in reply to: #411411 |
| Regular 56 Wilmington, NC | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon You have reached an amazing level ... you absolutely rock! Excellent race, my friend. |
| 2006-05-01 6:40 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Master 1558 Pensacola, Fl | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Dude, it was great to finally meet you. I had a blast this weekend!!! You are absolutely right....Karl's sister is HOT!!!
Anyone have a sharpie I can borrow??? |
| 2006-05-01 6:58 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Master 1573 Red Sox Nation | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon A great race and all that energy still to burn. You two are a howl! Congrats on a great race, espeically after bouncing back from injury. Hope to see you two next year!  |
| 2006-05-01 7:36 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Wife, Mother, Friend. 2457 South | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon which one was Karl's sister? wow. you're speedy. How about Denise hanging with the peltzmeister??
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| 2006-05-01 7:37 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Expert 941 WA | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon jeff, i still remember reading your 1 year anniversary post talking about how you started all this because you sat in your lazy boy and realized you had a gut. look at how far you've come! holy effin A you rocked that sh*t! and the best part is, you got gu squirted all over yourself! i laughed when i read that snippet. |
| 2006-05-01 7:40 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Master 1728 Pulaski TN | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Man nice race and what a swim!!1 |
| 2006-05-01 7:52 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Expert 1049 Jacksonville, FL | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon WOW! Those are some great times. I peed in my wetsuit too but didn't have any gels blow up in my face. Imagine your times if you had been healthy the past few months. |
| 2006-05-01 8:34 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Master 2447 Marietta, Ga | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Boss, you just keep getting faster and faster. Great race, love that swim time...Chris is right, you get rock star status for that one. You and Denise are awesome people. I am wondering, however, why you would ever buy something for your wife called "Pink Dragon".
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| 2006-05-01 9:12 PM in reply to: #411411 |
| Extreme Veteran 353 Randleman, NC | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Your swim times never cease to amaze me but doing 1:26 100's in that chop is just freakin amazing. I have read lots of the St. A's race reports and you are the only one it NOT slow down. Don't worry about that bike. It will come. My travel is screwing things up too. Just keep doing what you're doing. Awesome race Jeff. Fred |
| 2006-05-01 9:21 PM in reply to: #411411 |
| Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Wow you were smokin' fast right across the board! Nice race!! LOL @ the gel mess...like having an elephant snot all over your hand. Some days you just can't win!
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| 2006-05-01 10:00 PM in reply to: #411411 |
| , Alabama | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon |
| 2006-05-01 10:06 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Elite 2777 In my bunk with new shoes and purple sweats. | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Jeff, you nuked the freakin race. Outstanding job. Look forward to seeing you there in 2007. |
| 2006-05-01 10:54 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Elite 2768 Raleigh | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Great Race... looking forward to being there next year |
| 2006-05-01 11:01 PM in reply to: #411411 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Wow....great race! Amazing swim....good to see you work your plan...gels...was it chocolate by chance? What a mess! |
| 2006-05-02 7:28 AM in reply to: #411411 |
Master 1978 Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Wow, what a great report! Damn that swim freaking ROCKED HARD! I have a goal now! You guys inspired me to the uppermost level this weekend...I can't wait to do this race with all of you next year! It was great meeting you and Denise this weekend...OMG the pictures...I can't even imagine!!! Congrats on an awesome race Jeff!! Woohoo!! |
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Woke at 4:30. Yogurt and some Red Bull then water/gatorade. Sat in car and snoozed outside La Veranda until some half naked strange person started jumping on my bumper (It was either Kreuser or Mike S..I can't remember) The usual - bodymarking, setup T-area, chip pickup. Walked over to the swim start with Kreuser and ran into the rest of the extended family while over there. Oh...and if you ever get a chance to meet Karl's sister - she's smoking hot...married, but still smoking hot. Heh heh.
At 60 mins before the start, I jogged until I could feel the legs loosen up. Gelled 30 mins before my wave's start. 15 mins prior to start, got in my warmup in the water. Peed in my wetsuit..*cough*colostomy bag *cough*, then went into the start chute.