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 Swim
Comments: For some reason I couldn't get in a groove on this swim. I've been doing a fair amount of open water swimming and I wasn't really tired...just slow and I couldn't get my form right. Still need more swimming I guess.  Transition 1
Comments: my mount stunk but otherwise, fairly basic transition  Bike
Comments: I was really trying to improve the bike this time out so I pushed pretty hard here. I think I paid for it later. The first hill coming out of the park and going up to the first right turn was rough. It was better the second and third lap because I was able to carry some momentum into it. The course was mostly smooth but one section was really broken up road and there was no way to avoid it. What would you do differently?: I still need bike work but I need to figure out how to hammer the bike without thrashing my legs. Transition 2
 Run
Comments: This could've been a pretty run, it was a nice course but I was still sucking wind from the ride and couldn't get my heart rate down. Second half of the course I was able to smooth it out a bit and catch a few people. What would you do differently?: I've been focusing on the bike possibly to the detriment of my run so I need to strike a better balance there. Post race
Event comments: Overall this was a good course and a nice race but it was really the fist hot (I mean hot) weekend of the year and I think it took the race director by surprise. The bike course had no aid stations and while the run course had lots of aid, they were running out of water and cups and I think they were picking up cups tossed by runners and re-using them. Once I figured that out, I stopped taking water so I didn't catch anything. At the end there was no water except the drinking fountains at the restrooms at the park. There were some pissed off thirsty people. Last updated: 2010-04-19 12:00 AM
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Tri Events
90F / 32C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 76/255
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 11/27
I got up at 5 am and downed a quick clif bar and a bottle of water. I had packed my bag and bike and what not the night before so I didn't wake the house so I just loaded up the car and headed out. I was on the road by 5:30 and arrived at the park at about 6. It's amazing how well freeways work when there aren't 5 million other people on it at the same time. Packet pickup / registration didn't start till 6:30 so I wandered around and checked out transition and the reservoir before going back and picking up my number and stuff.
half mile warm up run around the park followed by a couple hundred yards of swimming while waiting for the race to start