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Comments: 38 out of 67 ( male and female) What would you do differently?: Try and swim in choppy water. First buoy was good front crawl but after that the waves got to me and I did a lot of side stroke and back stroke. Swam front crawl on return trip going with the waves.  Transition 1
Comments: The water was so cold that my hands did not work. I couldn't close my fingers around my zipper to unzip the zipper. For a second I thought that I was going to have to get a volunteer to help. I put on a running jacket to warm up then threw to off. I should have grabbed a second shirt for the bike. What would you do differently?: Not much T1 felt good I was just frozen.  Bike
Comments: Cold. I had to use my right hand to shift my left shifter. The left hand din't work until the first loop was done. I actually mashed up the hill in the big gear on my first go. I thought I had dropped the big gear but once I looked down I saw it was still the big cog. Had fun passing guys on tri bikes that whizzed by me on the flat section before the hill and passed them on the hill. What would you do differently?: Not much. Transition 2
Comments: Good transition grabbed the jacket that I had on during T1. What would you do differently?: Not much  Run
Comments: Again with the cold. It felt like I was running with big pieces of wood between my feet and insoles. I actually thought about stopping during the first mile because the feeling was so strange. About a mile in it disappeared and I was able to pick up my pace. Run felt strong much better than the last race. Post race
Warm down: Changed out of try shorts and top and grabbed all the clothes that i had with me to warm up. What limited your ability to perform faster: Simply the temperature Event comments: The race was great. The post organization was a little off. First time running race in 5 years so I can understand the issues they had. Swim start was delayed by 10 minutes as there was abandon car on one of the trails. Police removed same. The organizer shorten up the swim due to the temperature, wind and waves. Only issues was that about half of us were standing around in the water for ten minutes waiting for the go ahead. Not really the organizers fault about the car but it would have been nice to know that they were moving it off the course then I might have gotten out of the water. Last updated: 2013-05-13 12:00 AM
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 2013-07-28 8:58 PM |
Member  120  Northern Ontario (near Lake Superior) |  Subject: Thunder Bay triathlon |
| 2013-07-29 7:24 AM in reply to: #4815341 |
Expert 972  Falls Church | Subject: RE: Thunder Bay triathlon Congrats Scott on your AG podium performance. Sounds very difficult to start out cold and then pretty much stay cold for the remainder of the race. Sounds like tri-bike shopping is on the horizon! |
| 2013-07-29 7:51 AM in reply to: hoffsquared |
Expert 1618 Temple, TX | Subject: RE: Thunder Bay triathlon Great race, Scott, but brrrrrrrr! I think my coldest tri was low 60's, I can't imagine 48 and being wet out on the bike! And besides the fact that tri bikes will give you some speed, there IS that COOLNESS factor!! Great race, and congrats on the podium!! |
| 2013-07-29 8:28 AM in reply to: Hildebeast |
Veteran 622 Roll Tide!! | Subject: RE: Thunder Bay triathlon Great Race Scott!!! I cant believe what a cool summer this is all over. Nothing near 48 here of course, but much cooler than normal for July.
You times were great. Wow your run at 7:45!!1 Wish I could pick up the pace to 7:45!!
Really strong race all the way around and WAY to Podium!! |
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Thunder Bay triathlon sanctioned by Triathlon Ontario
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Overall Rank = 9/31
Age Group = 26-39
Age Group Rank = 3/9
Woke up at 5:10 am. Ate oatmeal and protein shake. Half a coffee on drive to city. Some water. Ate half packet of Honey stingers chews about 30 minutes from start of swim.
I didn't do a warm up swim in my last race so I thought I would get in and warm up. Well the water was extremely cold.