Roll Call Topeka TinMan (Page 2)

Short course.

Per Weather.com, High of 89. 30% chance of Thunderstorms. Humid. Winds strong - 15mph out of the SSE.

Let's hope for NO RAIN!!! and the winds could stand to die down some too!

Have a great race everyone!! It should be a blast!!

-Mike

After IMKS, 15mph winds is a blessing...

Almost pulled the trigger today, but have movers coming at 10:00am Saturday. DAMN!!!!!

Hope everyone has a great race, it's a fun one!

Wuss.

Not wuss.  :-)

Results are in!  Due to threatening weather (that fizzled out before it hit Topeka) they shortened the long distance swim to (400m) and bike (12mi) to the sprint distances, then left the run alone for what I maintain was an 8 mile run.  I'll have to check the Garmin, but my pace was routinely under 7:30/mi and a few under 7:00, but the official results have me at an 8:11 pace which isn't close to right.  Really happy with my bike pace.  After the KS Half Iron, the bike was a hammer fest with little wind and tiny hills in comparison.  The water felt like a swimming pool compared to Clinton last weekend.

The Tinman is a great even that I would recommend to everyone who has never raced in it.

Great race everyone. I was very pleased because My last event was KC TRI and my time 2:05:659:07 so that means that I dropped overall just over 15 min off my time and that was with dropping my chain on the bike and had to stop to fix it. Just need to work on getting a better place in my Div. but overall  I was 289 out of 3 something in the short course!! 

Brandon Harbert.

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Jayhox, nice work!

Thought about adding this last minute, but glad I decided not to since they shortened it.  The rain forecast fizzled all weekend.  Good for Tri's, bad for my yard.

It would have been a tight squeeze to get it in, and only worth it for the full long course of suffering.  Guess it was meant to be that I shouldn't have gone.

Maybe next year.

Thanks!  I did notice that this morning.  Ended up 1st overall in the swim and 4th on the bike.  thrilled with that, and now need to work more on the run.  With the swim and bike placings, I would have liked to see where I would have ended up for the full distance.  They essentially took away my biggest advantages.  Oh well . . .

Jayhox - that is an impressive swim time. This was my first tri and my swim did not go well. I am actually very strong swimmer but this was my first venture into the "mob". The wave I went in with was pretty large (I think) and I never could get out of the pack. What is your strategy (or is it simply "swim faster than everyone so they can't catch you"?).  

I have practiced OWS several times and was aware of the mosh-pit, but for my first time I never could get into a rythm or any kind of flow as I was constantly running over people.  My buddy who is a slower swimmer than me even beat me out of the water (he finished right after you overall).

Yes, essentially.  You need to position yourself up front when everyone lines up and sprint like he!! into the water to stay ahead of the mob.  The first 50 meters is your chance to keep your separation from the group.  Depending on the event, I may have a couple people with me after the first 10-150 meters which is fine because we won't have any interest in coming into contact with each other.

Finishing the bike:

Team Neon cheering on dear old Dad:

Why am I so angry?????

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