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Comments: This was probably the roughest swim I have ever participated. Water was really hot. I seeded myself about two rows back from the start line--mistake. Apparently the guys who put themselves in front of me were more optimistic than realistic. When the gun went off I took about three strokes and immediately swam into the guys in front of me. They were not fast swimmers. Nor were they smooth. I was surrounded by a whole bunch of flailing guys. I was punched, kicked, scratched, maybe bitten once--kidding. I never really got into a good thythm for some reason. I felt like my legs were dragging very low in the water and I just never felt smooth or good in this race. I never felt "bad" like things weren't OK, but I just never felt like I got up to a reasonable pace. Also, I kept drifting left so it would not surprise me if I actually swam an extra 100 yards. What would you do differently?: Swim better Transition 1
Comments: Long run up hill to transition. Bike
Comments: I felt like I was going pretty hard for much of this course but I still do not think I pushed hard enough. I passed a lot of people and nobody passed my on the entire course. I felt good. I was able to stay in aero the whole time. I remember the last time I did this race (2009) that 14 miles seemed like so long and this year it was over before I knew it. I did lose my water bottle in a rough patch of road coming out of transition. I made the decision that I needed it for the race so I stopped and picked it up. Probably lost 15-20 seconds?? What would you do differently?: I still need to work on getting out of my comfort zone. I think I am using the, "well I have to run after this," excuse to not push hard enough on the bike. Not lose water bottle Transition 2
Comments: Put on socks. Otherwise no delays and up with the big boys in this race for T2. Run
Comments: This is a hard run. When I did the same course as an open 5 mile race two years ago I did this in 40 minutes flat and struggled. Today I did it in 36:59 off the bike and felt pretty good. When I first started my stomach felt too full of fluids and I was very sloshy. I had taken a gel an some water on the bike, a little bit too close to transition. I had a little trouble getting up to pace because of the fluids and I was also a little nervous about the hills ahead. As I went further and further, I felt better and better and was able to pick up the pace considerably. Three people passed me on this portion. One of they guys I cauught at about mile four and another I was catching but I ran out of real estate. I felt good at this race and had something left so I really pushed the last mile. What would you do differently?: Start faster. Drink less on the bike. Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster: Need to mentally toughen up and embrace the suffering. I was 16 minutes faster than when I last did this race three years ago so making progress. Event comments: Really fun local race. Sorry to see that it has shrunk in size. I hope this is just a one year thing and that it grows again. I don't know if the change in dates has hust this race. It used to be many folks first race of the season and now it falls on a weekend that has other events competing with it. Last updated: 2012-07-09 12:00 AM
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82F / 28C
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Overall Rank = 14/159
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 2/14
The usual. I was surprised at how small this was. This used to be a much bigger race.
A little stretching. Swam about 200 yards out into lake and back.