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Comments: I never have good swims but this was a pretty bad swim for me. There was a lot of contact early and then again in the middle of the swim. There was a few times where I had to stop completely as I just got tangled with someone else. This isn't really a big deal except I just don't have the swim endurance to stop and go like that. My sighting was pretty bad and I started to really get tired. I decided to back way off the pace and just relax until the finish and make it up on the bike. What would you do differently?: I am actually starting to enjoy swimming and this was great motivation to work hard this winter on improving. I just need to move into Seth's basement :)  Transition 1
Comments: The transition went fine. I was running a little to slow at first coming from the water but gradually came out of the daze and picked up the pace. What would you do differently?: Run faster earlier  Bike
Comments: I honestly didn't have a game plan for the bike. Go hard and see what I had left for the run or back off and try to have a good run. I decided to just try and stay smooth and never push any one section too hard. I saw Dan early on, Jo about 20 min later and Kathy right at the end and they all looked very strong. The early part of the ride was fun as I was catching a lot of people. But then I hit a long stretch where there was just no one behind me and no one ahead of me. I got a little lazy at this point and backed off the pace. Soon enough I saw someone up the road and picked up the pace again. For whatever reason I had trouble focusing on going fast. I wasn't tired, I would just lose focus at times. But I have to say this was a great bike course and I had great time. The bike is definately my favorite part What would you do differently?: In retrospect I could have gone much harder as I felt way to good on the run but these things are always difficult to judge. Transition 2
Comments: Good transition...no comments  Run
Comments: For the first time this season, I had a really good run off the bike. As soon as I started running, I was pretty sure I had good legs but took it a bit conservative the first mile coming through at 7:00. I decided to push the pace a little and came through mile 2 at 6:36. From there I decided I could maintain that pace and stayed between 6:30 and 6:40 all the way to the finish. It was by far the best I have felt on the run all season and if this is my last tri of the season, it was an awesome way to finish it up What would you do differently?: Nothing, other than push harder on the bike so I didn't feel quite this good :) Post race
Warm down: Grabbed some water and did a little strecthing. Went over to everyone else to see the other BT finishers. What limited your ability to perform faster: As always, I am a lousy swimmer :) Event comments: This is a great race and I will definately be back next year. It was the first race where I got my nutrition and running where I wanted them to be (hmmm, think there is a link between the two :) ) It was great to have all of the other BT'ers there and see them out on the course. It makes the day so much more fun. Last updated: 2006-08-28 12:00 AM
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 2006-08-28 3:59 PM |
Expert 842   |  Subject: Cranberry Country Triathlon |
| 2006-08-28 4:11 PM in reply to: #524739 |
Master 1946  Bronze member | Subject: RE: Cranberry Country Triathlon Way to go SPEEDY!!!!!!!man can you RUN!!! Glad to hear you enjoyed the bike & "could have pushed more" (!!) getting to like swimming-OMG-LOOK OUT Mark is serious about this sport now! Glad to hear you've got the nutrition thing worked out- and I hope it's NOT your last tri of the season because you have definitely hit your stride...really good to see you again- only wish the CT posse part 2 could have had a bit more time to hang out ...Congrats on a really great race- and you looked pretty happy! |
| 2006-08-28 4:48 PM in reply to: #524739 |
Master 1265 CT | Subject: RE: Cranberry Country Triathlon awesome race Mark! you are one fast runner and pretty darn fast on the bike too if you get your swim in order, you'll be downright dangerous way to rip it up!! : ) |
| 2006-08-28 6:20 PM in reply to: #524739 |
Expert 795 Oak Ridge, | Subject: RE: Cranberry Country Triathlon Great race Mark! If that was your swim backing off we all have to watch out when you kick it in. Your run is just unbelievable for us slow guys to fathom. You even looked fast when I saw you warming up barefoot. Your racing so strong I hope this isn't the end of your season. Madison? Hammerfest? Forget Seth's basement, I'm thinking he should build a guest house so I can move in as well. |
| 2006-08-28 6:20 PM in reply to: #524739 |
Champion 8903  | Subject: RE: Cranberry Country Triathlon Whew, 6:39 per mile after the swim and bike. I couldn't do that for just one mile if someone lit a firecracker under my a$$. LOL Nice race as usual, another one of those guys that goes blazing by me on the run while I plod along singing songs to myself!
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| 2006-08-28 6:33 PM in reply to: #524739 |
Resident Matriarch N 43° 32.927 W 071° 24.431 | Subject: RE: Cranberry Country Triathlon alright, to put that into perspective for me, your run is almost TWICE as fast as mine! LOL Nice job Yeah, I found the swim a bit disconcerting as well. Sounds like you handled it the right way and more than made up for it later in the race. Wish I had gotten a chance to say hi. Next time for sure.
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| 2006-08-28 6:54 PM in reply to: #524739 |
| Pro 3903 Andover | Subject: RE: Cranberry Country Triathlon Excellent race, Mark! Dude, if you get that swim down over the winter, you will be on the podium next year for sure! I'm really looking forward to seeing you up there my friend. Way to represent TRR,  CONGRATS! |
| 2006-08-28 7:33 PM in reply to: #524739 |
Pro 4612 MA | Subject: RE: Cranberry Country Triathlon Your numbers are intimidating 1:50/100 yd swim = "pretty bad swim" Sorry I didn't get to talk with you. Always hear about you from Rob's blog. Hope to see you some other time. |
| 2006-08-28 7:59 PM in reply to: #524739 |
Extreme Veteran 532 Plymouth MA | Subject: RE: Cranberry Country Triathlon Wow! great job. You certainly smoked that run!! |
| 2006-08-28 9:11 PM in reply to: #524739 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: Cranberry Country Triathlon You rocked the whole course...8th in your AG! I hear you on the swim...but the best news is that you like it. I bet you'll put some good hours in the pool this winter and it will make a huge difference. Wow this is just your first year doing Int'l distances. I can't wait to see what you do next year. Noone around to smack talk with you as you are to fast for all of us! Thanks for encouraging me on the bike course....fun to actually see you racing!
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| 2006-08-30 8:39 AM in reply to: #524739 |
Expert 1160 Avon, CT | Subject: RE: Cranberry Country Triathlon An awesome performance as usual! I expect to see you on the podium next year . |
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I drove up the morning of the race with Seth, Dan and his sister so it was a pretty early start. It was nice having company on the way up and Seth driving made the morning even easier. We arrived about 7:00, plenty of time for number pick-up and to set-up transition
I usually run a fair bit before the start but transition was closing and I didn't bring a second pair of running shoes so I did a little warming up by running barefoot on the grass. I put on the wetsuit about 15 min before my wave started.