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Comments: I beat last year's swim here by six minutes which was good. I still need to get better. But let's look at the high points, I swam straighter and was calmer with no anxiety over the swim. I also used tinted swim goggles that really kept the sun out of the mix. I could see the exit from the last turn. I did get sloppy over the last 300 yds or so. Got banged around a bit since it seemed that everyone started swimming all over the place due to the sun's interference. When I left the water I heard someone yell 'Go Deb, Go Joe' and I looked around for Deb. I didn't see her, she didn't see me but we obviously left together since we had the same swim times! What would you do differently?: Just swim to the finish and don't worry about all the bumper cars.  Transition 1
Comments: Quick spot for the rack but a long hump out of T1 to the mounting line. I was a little slow with the socks. That plus the short hike out of the beach equals a little bit of a slow T1. I chose to ride with the race number which I normally don't do but I heard someone yelling at someone to put on their number and was a bit overly cautious not wanting a penalty. What would you do differently?: I might practice standing to get those socks on.  Bike
Comments: 1.5 mph faster than last year. Still need more speed here. I really felt like I was moving it this year. I was using my S1 which I just had rigged for TT and had only used it on one training ride. It was skipping around the cassette while in the small ring and was very frustrating. In the flats and rollers it really performed well. Just out of transition is a steep climb which everyone wants to crank up. I took it really easy going up this hill to get my HR in check from the swim and T1. I heard my coach yelling at me 'EASY!' 'EASY'. (I hear that in my sleep!) It helped since I started catching people from just before Lavonia through town and out to the midway water stop. What would you do differently?: Ride harder at the higher HR while in the flats and control the hills even more. I am definitely stronger on the bike this year. Transition 2
Comments: Fastest T2 yet. However, rack was close to entrance and so it all adds up in the end. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Run
Comments: Saw JB and Bobby after the first couple of miles. With the loops I was able to keep track of them once in awhile. Saw lots of walking going on in between Miles 4 and 5. I did walk just after the Mile 5 marker for about 30 yds and got my HR in check. Then finished with a quick pace through to the finish. I could've started my last effort a little sooner. I remembered how tough 4 & 5 were and made sure that I was not blowing it out too early. This is an OLY 10K PR for me. One of my goals for the race that day. Very happy to break 50 minutes. What would you do differently?: Stretched my self a little bit more earlier starting @ Mile 4. All those bricks/transition runs have paid off. Post race
Warm down: Finished very strong and then heard some yells from tri pals already waiting. We grouped up and cheered on our friends. I stretched a little and had some water. Headed back up the hill to cheer on Deb who was questionable for the run. I heard that she had cleared T2 and headed out so I was pysched to see her coming in for the full finish. What limited your ability to perform faster: Swim is still my achilles heel. But working on it! Event comments: Kudos to a better shirt this year. Well, actually that it was a shirt and not some house painters jacket. I like this race because it's hard and at the end of the season so it let's you put all your chips in. All the racers were good sportsmen and I saw very little ego getting in the way of a great race. I am not sure if I'll be back next year because of IM WI but I will definitely come and cheer on the crew. While not a PR at OLY distance I was pretty close on a harder, longer course. Yeah! Last updated: 2006-09-11 12:00 AM
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 2006-09-18 2:32 PM |
Veteran  124 |  Subject: Tugaloo Olympic Triathlon |
| 2006-09-18 2:50 PM in reply to: #544803 |
Master 1404  Atlanta, Ga | Subject: RE: Tugaloo Olympic Triathlon Great race JS. You looked strong coming into the finish. I don't think we can say that about any of our 05 races. Nice work on all events. Training on Arden certainly didn't hurt this race. |
| 2006-09-18 2:57 PM in reply to: #544803 |
Veteran 199 Smyrna | Subject: RE: Tugaloo Olympic Triathlon Awesome Job, JS! You did incredible on what was an extremely difficult course. I know that hitting your goal of breaking 50 min on the run has to make you very happy. It was great racing with the whole gang again. SC will be a blast as well! Finally, I LOVE your dig at GaMultisports about the one snafu they made last year in giving out the tech jackets instead of a shirt. Will you EVER get over that one??? S. |
| 2006-09-18 2:59 PM in reply to: #544803 |
Extreme Veteran 597 Atlanta, GA | Subject: RE: Tugaloo Olympic Triathlon Great race JS! Congrats! I was suprised when I saw you and Deb out of the water at the same time. I was trying to take a picture of the two of you, but you were running close to the flags on one side and Deb came up the beach following the flags on the other side, so I couldn't get you both in the same picture. Funny that you didn't even know you were so close to each other.  Edited by 1111 2006-09-18 3:04 PM |
| 2006-09-18 3:08 PM in reply to: #544803 |
Queen BTich 12411  , | Subject: RE: Tugaloo Olympic Triathlon |
| 2006-09-18 9:55 PM in reply to: #544803 |
Veteran 129 Norcross, GA | Subject: RE: Tugaloo Olympic Triathlon Very nicely done!! |
| 2006-09-20 9:27 AM in reply to: #544803 |
Pro 3705 Vestavia Hills | Subject: RE: Tugaloo Olympic Triathlon Nicely done on what I thought was a tough course ... but not as tough as IM Moo! Good luck with your training with that. |
| 2006-09-20 10:03 AM in reply to: #544803 |
Master 1946 Bronze member | Subject: RE: Tugaloo Olympic Triathlon Sounds like a challenging course and you had a great race..fun to be with friends..Congrats! |
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Overall Rank = 192/500
Age Group = Clydesdale
Age Group Rank = 8/23
Woke up after a bit of a restless night. Shared a cool suite at a B/B right on the lake with three other triathletes and a friend. One attempted to use my room as the bathroom which made me nervous and probably kept me up all night! :) Pumped up tires for me and Deb and loaded up for the very short drive to the park. Saw my coach, a swim coach I know and my tri pals from Get-Fit and ATS. Set up my area and then went over to help Deb ref. her rack. My one complaint is that GA races don't seem to take the racking thing as serious as FL. There was little alternating and some front end racking that makes things difficult. At this level of race you would expect that everyone knows what to do by now.
Chipped and de-flip/flopped, I headed to the beach with friends. Saw Dr. Nick working the massage tables and then went for a warm up swim. I read that one should warm up from the swim exit so you can learn about the terrain in and out of the water as you head for T1. This was very beneficial since the lake was down about 10 feet and the bottom was part of the race from way out.