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Comments: My goal was to have a nice comfortable swim, since I have not been in the pool for a month, for various reasons - illness, injury and family obligations. I wanted to swim easily and comfortably, and come out of the water with HR under control. Goals accomplished, maybe a little too well. My swim time indicated that I must have stopped for coffee along the way. Can't figure that out, but it was a comfortable swim. I even thought along the way "this is good, I'm having some fun." Runnergirl29 was cheering swimmers on at the end of the finish and holding a BT sign. It was nice to have some encouragement at that point. What would you do differently?: Hit the pool in June - regularly - and work on swimming a lot faster.  Transition 1
Comments: Other than getting the mud off of my feet before putting on socks and shoes, it seemed to go pretty well. What would you do differently?: Not much  Bike
Comments: Goal was to ride the bike a little more aggressively than the swim, but still to take it a little easy to save something for the run. Generally up hill for a mile or so, turn right then rollers to a turnaround, back to another right turn, a couple of miles to another turnaround, then 3 miles mostly downhill to the finish. Took me a few minutes to get my legs going, and the hills seemed to be tougher than they should have. I felt pretty comfortable. Other than shooting Gatorade all over myself because the top on my bottle was not securely fastened, the bike was ok. Used the final mile, which was mostly flat, to get HR down and prepare for run. Passed, being passed was about equal, most of the people passing were obviously much stronger riders than I was. Mostly, it was a pretty fun and enjoyable ride. What would you do differently?: Ride faster, train on more hillls. Transition 2
Comments: Not much here, yank everything off, put on running shoes and take off. I could shave some time here by running from the dismount line, but running is my achilles heel, so I used the walk to get my HR down. What would you do differently?: Not much.  Run
Comments: Goal was to just have a good run. I don't normally have a problem with a 3 mile run, but training was inconsistent in the last month due to illness, injury and family obligations. I ran the majority of the run, but didn't mind taking a walk break if I felt that I needed it. Despite my relatively slow bike speed I must be pushing the legs and HR too much, because I have a tough time getting into a good running groove, plus my tendancy is to go too hard out of transition, when I need to take it slow and easy. Overall the time was much slower than I had hoped. So my goal for next Sprint is to train so that I can complete the run without stopping. The trail run through the woods was very nice. I also had a good time on the run. What would you do differently?: Train more, run entire course. Post race
Warm down: Stopped right out of the chute to meet and talk with Runnergirl29 and BlueJack. It was a pleasure to meet them, and to finally meet some fellow BTers. Janelle has so much enthusiasm that it motivates me just to here her talk about her training and races. I've got to get serious now about the SC Half. I hope to meet more of you at future races. Overall, not my best race. Got to figure out what's going on with the swim. But had a great time and lots of fun. This wasy my 6th triathlon - one day I'm going to be faster. I'm not too fast, but I enjoy the heck out of triathlons. Competing against myself and enjoying the fact that I out doing something that is healthy and fun is great satisfaction to me. I look at it this way...I'm a definite BOPer. I'm sure that there are a lot of people in Georgia who could do a triathlon with a lot less training and effort than me. But of the 5 million people in Georgia, only 250 or so were at this triathlon so I feel pretty good. Of course if all 5 million showed up at the next triathlon, I might still be BOP.:>) What limited your ability to perform faster: What else, training. Event comments: BlueSky always hosts a great race at the Tri the Parks series. Very fun and enjoyable. Last updated: 2006-03-10 12:00 AM
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Arrived the night before and drove the bike course. Hit Arbys for dinner. Checked in at the Holiday Inn Express, watched some TV and called it a night. Slept fitfully. Had a Clif Bar, some coffee and gatorade for breakfast. Left the hotel at 6:30 and arrived at the park about 20 minutes later.
This was a special race for me because a coworker drove over with me and did the duathlon - we did the Russell Olympic last year. We've become friends over the last several years and I really enjoy his company. He's moving back to Colorado soon after losing his job in a reorganization - and I'm the one that had to make the decision to do it. It's indicative of the kind of guy that he is that he has not let the professional mess intrude on our friendship. He's a great guy, and I'll miss him - personally and professionally. Oh, and he smoked me again on race time!
Parked a couple of hundred yards away from the transition area. Walked the bikes down, hit the restroom and set up transition area. Walked around to get the lay of the land, and stretched a good bit to avoid persistent left leg problems that have plagued my training in the last month. Swam a little before the start to get acclimated.