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Comments: I had a two minute break behind me which meant when I hit the far wall on the 25 yd turns I was able to swim down center. This swim can be a real cluster. The guys in front of me swam well; I was catching the guy in front of me but realized catching him was not going to be worth the effort. Happy with the swim - 25 seconds faster than two years ago. What would you do differently?: Given this swim where it is truly luck of the draw as who puts in true times not bad  Transition 1
Comments: Not sure why this was so slow - I had trouble with the buckle on my helmet - Note to self - loosen helmet strap. What would you do differently?: nothing  Bike
Comments: Much slower than 2012 - over a minute - no one passed me and I was riding hard but I could have gone harder for sure. I did have an issue - on Old Ardrey Kell I was passed by card flying. Then they stooped in front of me as we came upon some really slow riders. It was so frustrating and they really slowed me up - lost all kinds of momentum What would you do differently?: Go harder? no one to race against and passed everyone in front of me. So not sure Transition 2
Comments: It was a very good T2  Run
Comments: Got passed by a guy from the bike withing the first half mile and then passed everyone else. I was glad fro the time (over a minute faster than 2012). Funny story - I like to sump water over my head when I run in the triathlons. So at the first water stop - and at the second I dumped what was water on my head - it was Heed = nasty What would you do differently?: I was happy Post race
Warm down: Grabbed some water - and walked around. This has a really big turnout from vendors. Looked at my garmin and waited for results. Did a 5 minute massage (horrible). Showered and packed up. I did talk to a few friends as well. This was a huge triathlon and I was amazed to see the last person get out of the water as I was changing. What limited your ability to perform faster: This race was done as a redemption from last year. But it was clearly not an A race. It was in 2012. Interesting to PR by a few seconds in a race that was me just racing. Event comments: Great beginner race and post-race experience. Jones did an incredible job. Last updated: 2014-07-13 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 54/447
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 12/42
I have done this race in 2011 and 2012. I was entered in 2013 but I missed the race for my mother-in-laws funeral. I decided to enter the race again in 2014 but I was coming off a week at the beach - I did actually get some bikes and runs in during vacation. But I also ate very well. Got home the night before at 10:20pm.
Got up at 4:30am for the race and jumped on the scale - UMPH. I did enjoy vacation. Ate some breakfast and loaded up. Off by 5:10 for a good 25 to 40 minute drive down. This triathlon has grown and was sold out at 500 entrants. Got onsite at 6am; and did packet pickup, chip, etc, Very smooth time and setup my transition. Just was not feeling it- and realized that this race was going to be interesting. I was feeling ok but had no real mo.
Hit the pool for a quick swim (had not swum in over a week) and then went for a quick run/activation while the first folks took off. I wetn off at 7:45 and the race started at 7 so I had a good stretch of time to kill.