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Comments: MY FIRST OLYMPIC DISTANCE...I FELT GREAT THE WHOLE TIME, BUT I SWAM AT A TURTLES PACE.....VERY CONSERVATIVE.... What would you do differently?: NOT MUCH.....I FELT IF I PUSHED THE SWIM TO HARD I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN INTO TROUBLE...THIS WINTER I WILL WORK ON IT....LOOK THROUGH MY NUMBERS IF I COULD TAKE 10 MIN. OFF MY TIME I COULD HAVE PLACED MUCH HIGHER..  Transition 1
Comments: T1 IS A WORK IN PROGRESS....GETTING FEET INTO WET SOCKS TAKES TO MUCH TIME...I GOT THE FOOT BUCKET AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN LINE...1 GEL AS I STARTED THE BIKE/...I DROPPED MY 2ND GEL OFF THE BIKE BY ACCIDENT...I FELT GOOD THROUI What would you do differently?: GET A QUICKER WAY INTO DRY SOCK AND SHOES...  Bike
Comments: VERY NICE, FAST FAST AND FLAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 GEL AS I STARTED THE BIKE/...I DROPPED MY 2ND GEL OFF THE BIKE BY ACCIDENT...I FELT GOOD THROUGH OUT THOUGH... What would you do differently?: NOT MUCH..I PUSHED IT HARD !!!!MAYBE TAKE A SECOND GEL....I FELT GOOD BUT IT MAY HAVE HELPED ME... Transition 2
Comments: VERY QUICK, HELMET OFF, SUN GLASSES ON AND OUT INTO THE RUN...1 GEL AND WATER OUT OF T2 What would you do differently?: NOT MUCH....  Run
Comments: SLOW AND TOUGH..A REAL CHALLENGE, BUT ENJOYABLE......NO (PR) ON THIS COURSE....THICK SAND AT SOME POINTS AND ROLLING SAND COVERED HILLS AT OTHER POINTS.... What would you do differently?: NOT MUCH I PUSHED IT HARD, BUT STILL NOT THAT QUICK....BLISTER ON BOTTOM OF FOOT... Post race
Warm down: BAGEL, BANANNA, AN ORANAGE AND SOME WATER... What limited your ability to perform faster: SAND.. Event comments: I WILL BE BACK.....NEXT TIME I WILL IMPROVE MY SWIM !!!!! http://pinebarrenstri.org/userfiles/doccenter/090608-Overall-TRI.pd... Last updated: 2008-09-08 12:00 AM
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Pine Barrens Sports & Timing
80F / 27C
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Overall Rank = 70/120
Age Group = 34-39
Age Group Rank = 8/18
THIS WEEKEND THE BIG HURRICANE WAS SUPPOSED TO HIT THE NORTHEAST AND I ANTICIPATED THE RACE BEING WASHED OUT....I LIVE APPROXIMATELY 120 MILES FROM THE VENUE SO I PLANNED ON SLEEPING AT A HOTEL THE NIGHT BEFORE, BUT DECIDED AGAINST IT B/C OF THE POSSIBLE WASH OUT... I WOKE UP AT 0430 HRS. MORNING OF AND IT WAS NOT RAINING..I MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS AND FOUND OUT THE STORM WAS NOT GOING TO HIT UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON...I DECIDED TO MAKE THE TRIP/RACE...I ATE A PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH, A BANANNA AND A PROTEIN SHAKE...GOT IN THE CAR AND DROVE GOT AT THE VENUE AT 0800 HRS...SET AREA UP...POWER BAR, 18 OZ. SUPER PUMP 250 AND TONS OF WITHIN 45 MIN. OF RACE.
NO WARM UP....I NEVER USUALLY WARM UP.. THE FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE SWIM A JUMP AROUND IN THE WATER..