Frank Dunn Toyota Triathlon
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Comments: I hate this T course. Because I tended to veer right today, I ended up in the path of on-coming swimmers too many times. Goggles were leaky, so I had to stop to clear them quite a few times. What would you do differently?: A couple open water swims in July probably would have helped - hadn't done any open water swims since the last race on July 1. Tighten the goggle straps. Transition 1
Comments: Couldn't get my wetsuit off. I was spoiled by the wetsuit strippers in Stony Plain, but haven't had problems before. Oh well. What would you do differently?: More open water swim practices in July would mean more practice taking off the suit, which would have helped here. Bike
Comments: Shannon lost her chip, so they don't have a bike split for her. I didn't catch up, so I'll give her the #1 spot in the age category. Generally a good bike. Passed quite a few people; didn't get passed by too many. Played tag with a couple of guys for a while before they either dropped me or I dropped them. Worked at some out-of-saddle climbing in a few places to keep my momentum going. I thought I would have done better than last year, but it seems many people had slower bike splits than last year, so maybe it was the conditions. An elk was on the road just towards the end of the first loop. I "yoo-hoo-ed" until I got its attention, and then it finally decided to meander off the road. I love this course! Transition 2
Comments: Not my best, but not my worst. My running stuff was under some things I didn't take along on the bike (knee warmers, jacket). What would you do differently?: Organize my stuff better. Run
Comments: I worked hard to keep my pace up, walked through the aid stations and up a couple of inclines because my right hip was feeling tight. I entertained myself by counting how many people were ahead of me. It got discouraging when it went past the number of fingers and toes. :) The guy playing music by the cabins wasn't there this year - I missed him. :( What would you do differently?: Count how many people I'm ahead of instead? :) Post race
Warm down: Nearly fell over waiting for the volunteer to get my chip off my ankle (stubborn velcro), then walked a little, gathered my gear, and walked back to the room to drop it off, stretched, showered, stretched, nap, stretched, and then went to the lunch. What limited your ability to perform faster: Two months of intense yard and garage work with not enough tri-specific training to keep me in top form. Last updated: 2006-09-27 12:00 AM
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Prince Albert Triathlon Club
Overall Rank = 85/147
Age Group = F4049
Age Group Rank = 3/9
Got up at 5 a.m. and had yogurt, oatmeal, tea, banana, peach for breakfast. Showered, gathered the stuff, remembered I forgot to check the tires, so quickly did that, then off to set up.
A little spin on the bike to check all was in order (4km, 10min). Yup.
A little swim in the lake to check the positioning of the buoys. Didn't help.
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