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Comments: Swim out felt something brushing against my legs. Thought it was netting at first but then i realized it was some kind of plants growing up from the bottom of the pond! A little freaky. Swim was fun. Got into a good grove. Got lapped by the people doing the the long course but that was ok. Went off course once. Drafted a faster guy for the last leg home. What would you do differently?: I felt fairly slow out there but my heart rate was up and my breathing was about at its limit.  Transition 1
Comments: seeing as i have never done an off road tri before i took extra time to put on socks and gloves. I also forgot to mention that i was very dizzy in T1. I nearly fell over which slowed me down. What would you do differently?: I really would not of been comfortable with no socks  Bike
Comments: My mountain bike single track skills are not the best but even worse when its wet. Ran up a few of the hills. The big plus here is i did not crash or DNF like i did 2 years ago at WORS. NOT for the faint hearted!! So glad i did the sprint!! What would you do differently?: Practice the area a little more Transition 2
Comments: Pretty quick. Nothing fancy. I started to run out with my gloves still on. What would you do differently?: Take my gloves off  Run
Comments: I fell over right in front of a lady at one point. I was fine though, nice soft ground. I did ok. I was so fascinated by the course i probably should have ran a little harder. By BPM stayed around 145-150. Again glad i only had to do 1 lap and not 3! What would you do differently?: Run faster. Post race
Warm down: Walked around got some fruit. They had a $5 coupon included for the food truck which had really good food!!! Also they had a raffle and most people won something. I won an iphone bike case. They had finishers Medals and i got a third place medal. Really good value! Event comments: This was such a great race!!!! Only Xterra in Wisconsin! So much fun. They really made a great job of it. I really like Sat. Races as well. This is there 3rd year and it grows about 30 every year. I will be back!!! Profile Album Last updated: 2013-06-06 12:00 AM
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Elkhart Lake MultiSports
65F / 18C
Precipitation
Overall Rank = 39/54
Age Group = 35-39 Men
Age Group Rank = 3/4
I have done lots of Triathlons but never an Xterra. I have some experience in riding single track mountain bike but am not an expert.
The night before we had a good time at the Two Rivers Car show so i got in a little late.
I got to the event at 6am which was actually super early but i got to park about 50 yards away from my transition which was great. Put the race number on my bike and racked up. Took a look around. It was raining and i knew that was going to make the bike difficult on those slippery roots.
This is only the third year doing it and they said it grows by about 30 a year. There were 54 in the sprint and 84 in the full. I was worried about the lenght of the full on so i tried the sprint first this year. I had come alone but i found 1 lady i knew from the Manitowoc area so talked to her for a while. The rain finally stopped about 20 mins before the 8am start. The sprint had an 8.20am start. They didnt have anyone to sing the national anthem but i still thought it was a well run event. Its a USAT so if your not a member there is a 1 day fee for $12
We stood around in the water and noticed all the fish swimming around. Very cool!