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Comments: Ran into the water and after my 4th stroke, my left goggle was leaking. I side stroked for s second while I was trying to fix it, I fixed it a bit, but water was still in there and was continuing to bother me the whole swim. I had some contact here and there, but the swim was about average for me. What would you do differently?: Make sure my goggles were on better before the race started.  Transition 1
Comments: Nothing to note here. Ran to my transition area, got the wetsuit off, glasses and helmet on, put everything in the T1 bag and head out. Getting everything in the bag and cinching it shut cost me a few seconds. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Bike
Comments: Decent bike ride. I tried not to push to hard and keep my HR in check. I passed a ton of people and was not passed by a single person. I think my slower swim has me behind the top guys in my age group. The course was alright, nothing great, but not terrible. There was some crowd support in Galena near the water station, but it was pretty lonely out there. Also on the last 6 miles or so into New Albany, there was a good amount of traffic buzzing by. Transition 2
Comments: Good transition. Put socks on and shoes on, grabbed my race belt, water, and hat and took off. Felt something in my shoe and tried to fix it. That cost me about 10 seconds.  Run
Comments: The run started off great. I felt really god the whole time. I was passed by many of the pros which was kind of neat. At the 5.5 mile mark, I picked it up a notch, but I thought I only had .75 miles to go. When I hit 6.25 and didn't hear any music, I knew I had a long way to go. Then you turn a good hill for last .5 miles and that killed me since I emptied the tank to get me to the 6.25 mark. To HFP's credit, the athlete guide did say 6.55. Post race
Warm down: Walked, stretched, had some water, and a PBJ. What limited your ability to perform faster: Been working on distance for my marathon training. I think this had me lose some seed on the run and I didn't have nearly enough biking in over the past three weeks. Event comments: If this were an HFP race with HFP fees, I would give it a 5, but I expect more from a Challenge branded race with Challenge fees. Last updated: 2014-02-21 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 36/285
Age Group = M40-45
Age Group Rank = 6/24
Woke up at 4:00 to drive from Dublin to New Albany to catch the bus. Had some oatmeal and coffee on the way and hydrated quite a bit. Dropped my bag off at T2 and set up my transition area before getting on the bus. Got on the bus a little after 5:00 and waited about 20 minutes until they left. Once at Alum Creek, I got my tires pumped up, set up my T1 and then waited a while.
While the HIM waves were going off, I jumped in and swam a little to warm up. Other than that, just tried to stay off my feet and stay cool.