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Comments: I'm satisfied with the swim, I navigated good and wasn't the last in my age-group. I was clear of getting clobbered too much from the waves that started behind me.  Transition 1
Comments: Not too fast, but I wanted to make sure that I didn't forget anything. I had a check list and that worked good for me. What would you do differently?: More organization.  Bike
Comments: This was a good ride, I stuck to the nutrition plan - drained Camelbak of Gatoraid at about mile 50 and I had picked up a Gatoraid at one of the handouts. I eat 3 PowerGels, 2 salt tables and one PowerBar. What would you do differently?: I opened my PowerBar and put it in the BentoBox without the wrapper before the swim. It was stuck to the PowerGels - not a good idea. I won't be doing that again. Transition 2
Comments: Kind of slow, but OK  Run
Comments: I had to run a 2 hour 1/2 marathon to make the sub-6 time for the event. I kept the pace up till mile 11 and then fell off the wagon. Post race
Warm down: Walked round, got some Gatoraid, Pizza and waited for Tammy to come through. Two of things: I didn't cramp at all, which has been a problem for the in the past two races (1/2 IM in Galveston and Oly in Irving). I took the lava salts, eat bananas and made sure I drank enough to stay hydrated. Of course it was much cooler today than it was in July, but I hope the nutrition was the reason. Also: I TOOK 4 MINUTES OFF MY PRIOR 1/2 IM!!!! Event comments: This race was run very well. And I'll probably plan on doing it again. Profile Album Last updated: 2005-08-09 12:00 AM
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Ironhead Race Productions
85F / 29C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 87/235
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 15/36
We stayed in the host hotel in Arlington, just my wife and I (she did this race too and cut 44 minutes off her previous 1/2 IM time). No kids (they stayed at mother-in-laws). So we got a good meal the night before and a good night sleep.
Breakfast: Banana, PB on a bagel and some OJ
Got to the park about 1 1/2 before the race, plenty of time to get setup, marked and chipped.
Got in the water and swam a few minutes.