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Comments: The lake was extremely foggy which made it difficult to see buoys early in the morning but sun came out 10 minutes before the start. I don't usually warm up a lot and felt very comfortable with my short swim the day before. I had a good starting position and had a solid start. However, after the first 300 meters I began to struggle. I couldn't find my stroke or my breath and had to turn onto my back four times and was losing a bunch of ground and time. I got to about 600 meters in and finally got comfortable. I swam the rest of the way without stopping and paced with another guy while passing back others. What would you do differently?: In my practice swim I swam the course in 33 minutes, so an improvement of over 5 minutes was awesome as this was my worst leg of the race. Transition 1
Comments: Struggled to get my wetsuit off and was a little dizzy but saw my grandparents, parents, and girlfriend so that was reassuring. I had a good rack location so I talked to my dad about the swim and he was routing me on and boosted my confidence. I was blown away when he told me my swim time. What would you do differently?: Took my time too much as I caught my breath and got dressed. My bike shoes are large and take time to put on. Don't talk so much. Bike
Comments: I had finals the week before so I basically stopped all biking for three weeks. I did 10 miles of the course 5 days before which was extremely hilly and it took me nearly an hour. I was scared. I paced a guy for about 4 miles then got to the hills. I felt good and was passing a lot of people. At the turn around my other grandfather was there rooting me on and would keep going ahead for pictures which was awesome. The last 2-3 miles were downhill so it gave me chance to loosen up my legs for the run. What would you do differently?: Train more. Drink more. I had 2 GU's and felt good, but not drinking enough effected me on the run. Transition 2
Comments: Dismount came up quick and my family was there so I was distracted. Another good location for my rack (T1 and T2 in separate locations). Took my time again. My dad told me I was at 2 hours and I was blown away. I was expecting my bike to be 2 hours with my lack of training. I knew I could run the mile in 50 minutes at least and finish under two hours. What would you do differently?: Go to the bathroom. Be relaxed. Run
Comments: I started the run and my legs were heavy but I knew Id be ok. My stomach hurt from the start so i pulled over around mile 1.5 and pee'd. It hurt for about another mile but eventually got better. I felt incredible and knew I could do it. I hit my second hill and cramped in both my quads and had to walk. I knew then my time was shot. I would run the flats and walk most of the hill. A little depressed but knew I still had to finish strong. What would you do differently?: More biking/brick training. Post race
Warm down: Took pictures with my family. Drank water and a muscle milk. Jumped back in the water to cool off and got my stuff from transition to head home. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of training. Event comments: My original goal was 3.5 hours so I'm happy that I beat that but its depressing knowing how close I was to under 3 hours and that I could had done it if not for cramping. Overall though, it was a fun race and Im glad I did it. Last updated: 2014-06-04 12:00 AM
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Im a sophomore at Cal State Fullerton played baseball my whole life and raced motocross. In November I had a serious accident almost paralyzing myself. I had surgery on a compound fracture on my collar bone and wasn't allowed to ride a motorcycle for an unknown amount of time so I decided to attempt a triathlon to cross off my bucket list. I found the race online and had 12 weeks to train.
Woke up at 4:50, showered and made toast with nutella, apples with peanut butter, and a fiber one bar. Loaded bike onto rack was on the road at 5:30 and parked at 6. Set up my transition and relaxed till around 7 as my line went off around 7:20.
Wrote numbers, put on sunblock, put on wetsuit, stretched a little, and swam around 100 meters. Typically don't warm up a lot.