Tempe International Triathlon - Olympic Distance
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Tempe International Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic
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Comments: The swim was good, I felt very comfortable and I think i sighted well. I caught up to both the women waves in front of my wave as well as the way back of the M-35-39 who started 6min before us. Most people were way wide to the left, so I just stuck to the center of the lake to find clear water. There was no one to draft off of, so I was on my own. I hit the starirs in 27:5x, and laughed. I knew it was long but I went around 1:23/100 in the water and was happy with that. Transition 1
Comments: There was about a :30 run to the timing mat to stop your swim time and enter T1. My bike was in the third rack at the end, so I had a long run to the exit, but I went fast and got out quick. Bike
Comments: I headed out onto the course and tried to settle into a rhythm I would be comfortable with. At first I felt like I was pushing a bit too hard, but I kept at it and was able to keep it going. My HR was right at 163 for most of the ride and I made sure I drank my complete bottle of water + 3 GU Roctane's mixed in. The course wasn't too crowded and I liked my new position on the bike. I had the second fastest split after the guy who won the race, he went 59:15 and finished in 2:01, 6min ahead of Patric Bless! Yikes! Transition 2
Comments: I had a brain fart as I ran downthe racks and had to stop ansd stare at the racks for at least 10 seconds to find mine, so that wasn't so hot, I should have been quicker than this. What would you do differently?: Remember where I parked. Run
Comments: It had to be over 90 degrees when i started the run and I knew I had to be careful. I was running great for the first few miles. When I climbed the stairs for the first time, it really elevated my HR and I had to recover a bit crossing the bridge. I didn't look at my HR monitor once on the run, the news wasn't going to be good so I ingnored it. Once back down on the gravel path on the south side of the lake to start lap 2, I came around and felt good again but when I ran over the Scottsdale Rd. bridge and down to the north side concrete rec path, I really started to suffer. I backed off and just tried to hold it together. It was very tough. Once I hit the stairs again, I really felt awful but only had 3/4 mile to go. I tried my best to pick it up and about 200 meters from the finish, a guy in the 30-34 AG I think caught me. Since I had started at least 6min behind him and had nothing left, I couldn't respond and he finished just in front of me. I felt like I had runa 40+ and was very happy to see my actual split. It was a solid run for me, :30 better than last year with hotter conditions, but there were some fast runners here this day. Post race
Warm down: I hung out for an hour or two, getting the results and chatting with everyone, but I wanted to get home to Jamie. At first I was a bit dissapointed in my overall placing, but once I saw the splits, I was much happier. I ran the best race I could, it's jsut some really fast guys showed up. Last updated: 2009-03-23 12:00 AM
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United States
Tucson Racing Inc.
85F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 8/540
Age Group = M40-44
Age Group Rank = 1/86
Woke up at 4:00 am to find Jamie in pain and distress from a nasty ear infection. She had been up all night stressing about the race and in pain. When I told what she already knew, that she couldn't race, she had a good cry and got it all out of her system. I sent her back to bed and I headed down solo. Once there, I grabbed her bike and put it in the Grand Cherokee. I hung out with the local crowd and caught up with folks I hadn't seen this year yet. My friend Matt and I stood along the lake looking at the course and knew immediatley it was too long. It was called a non wet suit swim, so I broke out the ZOOT Speedsuit and got ready to go.