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Washington FS 50 Triathlon Aquabike
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Comments: I was hoping to break 25 minutes for the first time in open water. So I was real pleased. Started out on front row but went slow to the first turn buoy. Then I sped up. Seemed like forever til the next turn. Then turned it on to the finish. Into the sun to finish was difficult. Seemed like quite a few people swam crooked heading into the sun. 7.5 minutes to first turn, 10.5 to next turn, then under 7 to finish. Real proud of the finish kick. What would you do differently?: Nothing. That was a PR and I swam pretty straight too.  Transition 1
Comments: Good smooth transition. Wetsuit came off better than normal. What would you do differently?: Not much  Bike
Comments: Started out real good. Went maybe half a mile and missed a turn. Volunteers did not tell us to turn. I knew we missed it and had to loop back. I am a very firm believer in the fact that it is my job to know the course and drove the course the day before. So I take full respectability for missed turn. First 18 miles smooth and into the wind. Made a turn and wind at our backs. Very fast then. Bumpy from 25-30 or so and 35-40. Had a great ride on the non-bumpy parts, but could not hold speed on bumps. I realized by half way that I was a little aggressive on speed. I paid for that on the bumps. But when road got smooth, I could get back up to speed. Missed my time goal by 1.5 minutes. So pretty good race. I know that I need to train more to be able to hold that speed. What would you do differently?: Start out one MPH slower for first half. Good lesson before Eagleman Aquabike, Go out slower and try to speed up just like swim. Transition 2
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Warm down: Wobbled around until adductors would work again. What limited your ability to perform faster: Worn out adductor muscles in groin area. Moved all over the saddle and moved cadence all over the place trying to comfortable on second half of ride.. I need to train longer than race distance. Event comments: Really enjoyed the race. Wish I could have run. Maybe I could have passed some of those people that passed me on bike. l would definitely recommend this race. Jason did a great job with everything about race and he even won it. I wish the aquabike awards had been sooner.I had 6.5 hour drive home. Last updated: 2012-05-22 12:00 AM
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 2012-05-22 10:18 AM |
New user 32  Hilton Head Island |  Subject: Washington FS 50 Triathlon Aquabike |
| 2012-05-22 10:39 AM in reply to: #4222616 |
Expert 1342  Apex, NC | Subject: RE: Washington FS 50 Triathlon Aquabike Killer job out there! Great swim tactics, and way to hammer the bike. Those first 18 miles into the wind sucked the life out of me; that right turn couldn't come soon enough. And I agree, the bumps were pretty rough in a few sections, and I hit the same deep ones BOTH times. I did enjoy the little swamp section near the end; got to count turtles on the logs (something to keep the mind occupied during 88 miles of bike). Nice work. |
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52F / 11C
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Overall Rank = /90
Age Group = 49
Age Group Rank = 2/5
Had to wear more clothes than anticipated. Air temp was around 52. Luckily I had some warm clothes left in my van.
Ate my usual gatorade bar and bottle of water.
Bike from parking to make sure in right gear. Too cool to ride too much more.
I brought full and sleeveless wetsuits and had fully planned to wear sleeveless because the sleeves hurt my shoulders. But weather changed that plan.
Swam 400-500 yards to warm up. After warming up, I went to talk to my wife and noticed I had sliced my big toe wide open. Luckily those sharks that were talked about in the forums were not out. Glad I was not running with bleeding toe.Bad enough in biking shoe, would have been horrible in running she.