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Comments: Got in the water, ran until waist deep. A guy in front of me started dolphining, and I walked right past him. Heh. Let's get something straight...I HATE the chop. First OWS in big surf, and I was freaked. By the first buoy, I sat up, looking for the kayak. I was ready to DNF right friggin there. Fortunately, one wasn't around. So I slugged it out. I had no rhythm, resorted to just breathing right...because you'd breathe one stroke and get air, one stroke you might not. I lost all 4 minutes in the first 500 yards. I probably stopped, treading water, maybe 8 times. I breaststroked around buoy 1. And I flipped over and kicked a couple times just to avoid swimming, I suppose. After rounding the first turn, the swim got MUCH better. I got into a set stroke. At the 2nd buoy, there's a crowd trying to round the corner...and lo and behold, Karl's in front of me. We're both breaststroking due to the traffic Jam, and I bellow out "Karl Kiss, YOU ARE AN IRONMAN". He turns, give me a "hey buddy", and we hammered home. The swim in was sheer delight, and was easy. Heh. What would you do differently?: Not freak out.  Transition 1
Comments: F'in wetsuit. It's always been a problem. But I wrestled with it for a good 2 minutes in transition. Always, always gets stuck on the ankles and calves. What would you do differently?: Hack the legs off that sumbitch.  Bike
Comments: Great ride for me, considering I hadn't ridden outside - other than this weekend - in 8 months, and hadn't seen my bike in 2 months. Excellent nutrition - drank just the right amount, never felt thirsty or out of energy. Cornering was awesome - I passed TONS of people that don't corner well. What would you do differently?: Maybe practice riding my bike. Get a tri-geometry bike (DONE) so I don't use so much hamstring. Transition 2
Comments: I pushed hard on the bike...and my legs didn't want to run...I could barely run in transition. I was furious with myself, and was so furious I went down the wrong slot, killing 45 seconds because I needed to backtrack and go down the right rack (I had a horrible bike rack position, right near the fencing). From there transition went fine. No issues. Fast. What would you do differently?: Find my rack on the first go-round?  Run
Comments: Smooth and easy. Straight out of transition, saw Shannon - thanks for Jockstrappin'!!!! Ran with Karl for miles 1-3, then took off to the finish. Saw Chris at Mile 1 bringin' it home, then JamesReeves at about 2, and then all in a row - Gullah, Mike, Rich, and Jen DiCarlo. Very weird that in a sea of racers, the BT'ers were all lined up within 50 yards of one another. Hmmm. Mile 4-6 I took off and dropped it to 8's, felt strong. Finished strong. What would you do differently?: Hit the run harder. I left 3 minutes on the course; BUT I had never finished a tri's last mile without walking, so I went conservative. I need more confidence in my run. Post race
Warm down: Finished, Cold Towel, saw Denise at the end of the finishers' chute - YEAH BON BON!!! Bostic had been finished for a while, so he pointed out the massage tent, where I got worked on for 20 minutes... Then back to the finishers' chute to watch for more BT'ers, then moseyed over to the BT Keg. Socialized. Drank. Didn't eat. Dumb. What limited your ability to perform faster: * Chop in OWS (mental toughness) * Poor bike fitness * Confidence in the run (mental toughness) * POOR TRANSITIONS (mental breakdown - this can be fixed) Event comments: Awesome race, fantastic to catch up with BT'ers. Special thanks to the fantastic Jockstraps and all the folks that coordinated various weekend events....what a great crew. Fun to race with, fun to party with, good times!!! Last updated: 2005-12-03 12:00 AM
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 2006-05-01 7:08 PM |
Champion  6627      Rochester Hills, Michigan Gold member |  Subject: St. Anthony's Triathlon |
| 2006-05-01 7:22 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Master 1480 Plant City, FL | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Glad the inspiration helped before the swim, and I'm certain the pee face picture will be the best one EVER!! Great race Rick!! You freaking rock!!
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| 2006-05-01 7:28 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Pro 4612 MA | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Heh... funny race report I had made the same mistake of going to the wrong slot at T2. Guess after a while people got blank out and don't know what we're doing. Great race. Glad you had fun. |
| 2006-05-01 7:29 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Wife, Mother, Friend. 2457 South | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon |
| 2006-05-01 7:34 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Master 1728 Pulaski TN | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Great job Rick! |
| 2006-05-01 7:39 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Elite 3223 Hendersonville | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Congrats on a great start to your tri season!! Can't wait to see what happens on that pretty new bike of yours.  Always a pleasure to see you, Mr. Kreuser. And Christine is right, your t-shirts are the best. |
| 2006-05-01 8:09 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Expert 1535 Coeur D'alene, ID | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Great race Rick, especially with the water the way it was. Wish I could have joined you and all the crew...hopefully next year. Now...go have a blast on that new trike! |
| 2006-05-01 8:11 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Master 2447 Marietta, Ga | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Rick, what a great weekend. The race was awesome and thanks for pacing me for those two miles. The 4 minutes you lost on the run you gave to me. Even more hilarious was hanging with you and the rest of the BT crew on the Veranda. It was like hanging out in the frat house. What a blast. Great race and killer run. Sorry about your race time getting wiped out. We both learned a lesson that day about race chips. Go, go godzirra! |
| 2006-05-01 8:37 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Pro 3906 St Charles, IL | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Hi. You'll do.
Dude, you have the killer'est t-shirts ( is that a word? it is now ). Awesome weekend. Defintely have to make it over to MI to An awesome swim for someone who thought about DNF'ing it. You're going to kick much *** this season. And take a lot of names too. |
| 2006-05-01 8:53 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Extreme Veteran 562 | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon |
| 2006-05-01 9:08 PM in reply to: #411651 |
| Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon "***NOTE*** The entire set of race statistics and placements within AG are based on the splits from my watch, because my timing chip set off the mats after the race, wiping out my OFFICIAL times." Man, you really know how to throw the old monkey wrench into the gears, eh? Yep, first thing I did when I bought it was to chop 4" off the bottom of my wetsuit legs, makes it a TON easier! Do it man!! See, that salt water ain't so bad...even though we both hate it. Why doncha come to Cranberry and we'll let you swim in murky sludge instead! Nice race buddy! Dang, wish I coulda made it!
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| 2006-05-01 9:51 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Elite 2777 In my bunk with new shoes and purple sweats. | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Rick it was such a pleasure to meet you this weekend. Too bad about your timing chip but if you need someone to vouch for you well...I saw you right as you were passing Hunter Kemper outbound on the run. Thanks for the good humor and for passin' out the moto to all of us who were suffering the run. Hope to race with you again. |
| 2006-05-01 10:30 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Elite 2768 Raleigh | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Great Race bud, I am sorry I was not there to take in all of the good carb loading... |
| 2006-05-02 5:47 AM in reply to: #411651 |
Master 1573 Red Sox Nation | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Hey, Rick - great race! Appreciate that your report covered all aspects, including the mental. DNF girl here is taking some strong inspiration for her own illustrious season. Great to meet you in person and to finally know, yeah - you do do your own stunts! LOL! |
| 2006-05-02 7:22 AM in reply to: #411651 |
Master 1978 Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Rick...man what a comeback! I had no idea you were thinking of DNFing...way to stick it out. You rock man. I had the most awesome time this weekend. I will have pictures of your face and swiss cheese on the wall in my head for all time!! Awesome job! |
| 2006-05-02 9:08 AM in reply to: #411651 |
Extreme Veteran 401 Plant City, Florida | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon What an awesome race Rick....For someone who thinks they do not have much mental toughness I think you showed quite a bit of it....you overcame when you had to.... What a great weekend!!!!! |
| 2006-05-02 9:24 AM in reply to: #411651 |
Extreme Veteran 321 New Jersey | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Hey Rick, nice job. Definately had to be the cinnamon rolls you had for breakfast. Great meeting you over the weekend! |
| 2006-05-02 9:31 AM in reply to: #411651 |
Expert 1049 Jacksonville, FL | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Great way to tough it out on the swim. You need to get down to S. Florida and train in some real waves. I like your carbo loading routine. |
| 2006-05-02 10:31 AM in reply to: #411651 |
| Master 1741 Boston | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon I didn't even know you were nervous @ the start- you looked pretty ready...I hope I wasn't near you when you peed on yourself.... I'm glad you had a fun race! Are you ready to move to Fla. now?? |
| 2006-05-02 1:03 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Extreme Veteran 339 Atlanta, GA | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Great job. Seeing you and the other BTers on the run course gave me a little more energy. Great to meet you and hope we race together again. |
| 2006-05-02 2:23 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Master 1468 Tampa, Fl | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Nice Race. And for the record I won the harpoon bet. |
| 2006-05-02 7:29 PM in reply to: #411651 |
| , Alabama | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Great race Rick! It was so awesome to finally meet you (as opposed to admiring you from afar!!) See ya next year! Sharon |
| 2006-05-02 7:52 PM in reply to: #411651 |
Champion 8766 Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon Wow...fast despite not training AND gives killer foot massages. Yup...You'll do. When do you move in? Great race, Rick...I'm glad you stuck it out and didn't DNF! |
| 2006-05-03 2:16 AM in reply to: #411651 |
Expert 897 Seattle WA | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon hey rick - great race!! way to deal with the rough swim conditions, and still put in a good time - not where you want to be on the time, but still pretty awesome!! waht's up with the wetsuit?? i'm sur eyou can figure something out. wow, first time on the bike in 8 months, great job - the tri bike is gonna make the runs a LOT easier i bet. i think that's the biggest difference for me, although i feel like i'm slower on the bike, probably just not used to the tri geometry yet. congrats on the strong finish, that's always a good way to judge if the race went according to plan. i think you'll hit those oly goals this year, keep it up!! congrats!!!!!! |
| 2006-05-03 5:10 AM in reply to: #411651 |
Champion 5183 Wisconsin | Subject: RE: St. Anthony's Triathlon You da man! Pretty freakin fast swim for a guy who didn;t even want to start. We northerners are TOUGH, GRRRRRR. Was a blast meeting you, and now I can visualize you better when heckling in chat! |
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***NOTE*** The entire set of race statistics and placements within AG are based on the splits from my watch, because my timing chip set off the mats after the race, wiping out my OFFICIAL times.
Woke up, killed the last of the Publix cinnamon rolls Lane brought me, chugged a gatorade, and walked to the start. Set up transition, put on the flip-flops I bought for the 1 mile walk to the start. Halfway there, the flip-flops tore up the top of my feet so I threw them away. $7.99 down the pooper.
Bostic and I walked to the start, found Karl, Rich, Karl's sister, Jess, and stood around, caught a couple pictures, and tried not to look at the waves. The frigging chop was already in my head from teh previous day's failed swim - ugh - so I was NNNNNerVouS. Like DNS nervous. But the green caps assembled...and there I was.
On the start tape, Karl and I were at the front. Whizzed in my wetsuit during a photo op, got some inspiration, and BANG...we were off...