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Comments: 1st leg went okay, but goggles were fogged. 2nd leg, went 10-20 yards out of the way rounding 1st bouy as the intermediate bouy was out of alignment. 3rd leg went 10-20 yards out of the way by just swimming crooked. After all that (and very little training) I came out of the water 5th. Still, there is alot of room for improvement. What would you do differently?: Prep goggles better; sight on TURN bouys; continue sighting even in third lap. ![]() Transition 1
Comments: The transition was in the grass, and it was nasty. I sat down and tried to get the feet clean, that probably slowed me down some. Otherwise I was pretty much in and out at a slow pace. At 1:56, I can see room for improvement. What would you do differently?: Have a big bottle of water to wash feet; put on shoes and socks standing up; try hurrying a bit more. ![]() Bike
Comments: The hilly course kind of took me by suprise, and took a lot out of me but I hammered up the big hills. I let off on some of the smaller hills trying to roll over them. I was passed by two guys, one in the 30s age group, but still it irked me. Another 50+ guy passed me but turns out he was on his first loop while I was finishing. I was tasting very salty sweat, which I hardly ever have done before. What would you do differently?: Stay in the drops/aero bars more. Drink more at every chance. ![]() Transition 2
Comments: I rode hard up to the dismount line. I jogged easily and got into the shoes pretty fast. I could have hurried more but needed a bit of recovery and also took time to take in some fluids. What would you do differently?: With a better ride (and more fluids) maybe I could shave 0:20 off this transition. ![]() Run
Comments: Felt sluggish, couldn't get pace up (or stride length). Part of that was the bike but part was the lack of training I'm sure. My first mile felt really slow. I couldn't drink alot but I did douse totally with cold water on the head. I didn't have much determination - one guy passed me in each of the first two miles. I held off one guy in the last mile though, feeling better in the third mile. What would you do differently?: Need more training, especially speed training at race pace (to raise overall speed at LT). Some bricks from intensity on the bike to intensity on foot would be good too. ![]() Post race
Warm down: Got a post-race massage. I think this helped reduce soreness significantly. I also hit the Accelerade samples (drank 8+ cups) which I think helped. What limited your ability to perform faster: Run training, and possibly some preparation and drive in the transitions. Event comments: It was small but fairly well organized. Being in a state park lakeside, it was a bit rural in nature (rocks, dust, sticker burrs), but that seemed okay. Last updated: 2007-09-10 12:00 AM
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Austin Triathletes
85F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 26/269
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 5/28
Raisin bran breakfast at 5:45, 1 cup of coffee, got in a dog walk and left at 6:20 and made it with only 5 minutes to spare into the transition area, which closed at 7:30. I would have probably made it earlier but Kevin (my nephew) came along and participated in his first so I spent some time helpng him get ready.
Not much, just wade into the water and some stretching. Oh yeah, I had to stop and pull the fishing hook out of my foot. Seriously.