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Comments: By far my worst swim ever! I am not going to offer up any excuses on this one. Yeah it was my first ocean swim, yeah it was my first "running" start, yeah there was a bit of a side current but nothing at all can justify the time I posted on this swim. The only thing going for me was that there was an approximate 200 yard run up the beach after the exit to transition. What would you do differently?: Focus training on swimming. Its been my most depressing leg of triathlon and I know it needs to be done. Thankfully, starting Sept. 10th I will start to be coached and I hope this will help out with what I need to learn to improve.  Transition 1
Comments: Transition time for T1 was a bit slow. I needed to regroup myself after that swim so I took my time getting my sh*t on for the bike. What would you do differently?: Nothing, I needed the extra seconds in T1 and it was the right thing to do.  Bike
Comments: This is where I made up the bulk of my time for the sh*tty performance in the water. I was dead last coming out of the ocean in my AG but made up 15 spots while out there on the bike. I was determined to make time back up and it is exactly what I did. I went hard enough but was comfortable with my pace to take a good chunk of time back. What would you do differently?: Nada Transition 2
Comments: Good T2 for me. I was in and out in no time. What would you do differently?: Nada  Run
Comments: My run wasn't as good as I was aiming at but it's nothing I am about to complain about. I have never run on sand or at the beach so I didn't really know what to expect. Ideally I would have liked to have posted about a 7:00 to 7:15 mm factoring in the sand issue but I will take what I got. I had trouble with the soft sand. Seeing that finish line was great and seeing I was only about a minute and a half over my goal made me feel a little bit better... My watch wasnt working properly. What would you do differently?: Maybe some training in the sand? I dont plan on doing too much sand running so its not all that important to me. Post race
Warm down: just your general walking around chatting with people. Pack my sh*t up and take it over to the jeep and load it up. What limited your ability to perform faster: swim training, not having my proper pre race routine. Event comments: The race was really well put together. Steven the race director did a great job in the duathlon I ran in April so I knew it would be great this year. After reading some of the RR's from last year I was worried it wasn't going to be good. There were bouys on the swim and the course was well marked. TONS of volunteers (thank you so much) and overall it was a great race. I just wish my swim wasn't so bad or else this probably would have been a happier race report. Last updated: 2007-08-09 12:00 AM
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 2007-08-27 7:29 AM |
Veteran  269   Media, PA |  Subject: Tri the Wildwoods |
| 2007-08-27 8:22 AM in reply to: #941536 |
Extreme Veteran 643 Connecticut | Subject: RE: Tri the Wildwoods AJ - I am not going to say anything about the swim, except you know what needs to be done to improve it. That is a Fkin fast bike time man oh man. Sounds like a fairly tough day in the office. You have had a great season this year and I look forward to seeing your results improve gain in September... |
| 2007-08-27 9:03 AM in reply to: #941536 |
Veteran 351 Bucks County | Subject: RE: Tri the Wildwoods Yo. Thanks for the comments. Great race. Really great times. Even in the swim (about my time in the swim last year - fyi that was my first ocean swim for a race). I know what you're saying about the swim. Each of us has a weak link in each race. Swimming any distance in the ocean takes getting used to, especially breathing. Last year I tries to carry my bi-lateral breathing from the pool to the ocean swim and it didn't work - the waves were just pounding me and I could only turn my head towards the beach to breathe. I used that to my advantage this year. Just as long as you take your experience and apply it to the next race - you'll be fine. Great race and good luck in the rest of your races. |
| 2007-08-27 11:07 AM in reply to: #941536 |
Veteran 308 Denver, CO | Subject: RE: Tri the Wildwoods I think what you take away from this race is that your bike time was fantastic, and it certainly looks like that may be your strength. Swimming is the weak link right now, but it's nothing that can't be solved. For better race results, you just have to focus on your weakest sport. A big block of swimming and just some focused effort will get you there. I think the run was pretty solid given course conditions. So overall, not a bad race and a great learning experience and jumping off point for next season. |
| 2007-08-29 8:52 PM in reply to: #941536 |
| Veteran 185 Philadelphia | Subject: RE: Tri the Wildwoods Jeebus you smoked that bike course! Way to go AJ  |
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Drove down to stay at my brother in laws parents house the night before. Set the clock for 5am. Got up and had my usual PB&J, got some things together and headed over to the race site. My brother in laws father was running in the duathlon and it was his first race ever so I spent some additional time talking to him and explaining stuff to him.
The only warm up I got was about 5 minutes of running about a half hour before the start of the race. I spent more time helping out my brother in laws father and going over the motions with him than worrying about what I needed to do. It wasn't a big deal because I didn't have much expectations from this race... I wasn't even planning on running this race until about two weeks ago.