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Comments: I don't even want to talk about this. It was THE definition of "all over the place". If you want the gory details, ask Mrs. Crowny. She saw it all from the shore. What would you do differently?: Not be a pathetic sighter.  Transition 1
Comments: This is where I lost a bunch of time. I still had everything sitting in my bag, I never even had a chance to set everything up on my bike, so I had to pull my shoes out, put them on, helmet, glasses, hearing aid, etc... I was running like a bat outta hell at this point.  Bike
Comments: At about mile 4, I realized another thing I forgot. MY WATER BOTTLE!! Oh snap... this ain't good. I got a case of cotton mouth something bad. I made it to about mile 20 when there was an aid station. I was so happy to see it, I went super slow through it and managed to down 2 cups before getting going again... My mantra for the race was a Lemond quote. "It never gets easier. You just get faster." I had to keep telling myself that even though I was hurting, I was still going faster. Other than that whole situation, I am pretty happy with how this turned out. There were some nasty headwinds in the back stretch of each loop. The wheels were MAGNIFICENT! I opted for the 404 front instead of the deep dish, which turned out to be a good decision, as there were some tough crosswinds at one point. I am really diggin' the ride of tubulars. Worked out really well for the first ride! What would you do differently?: Remember my water bottle? Transition 2
Comments: This was a little better, could have been under a minute had I been able to set up my shoes, but I had to pull those out of my bag, too.  Run
Comments: YESS!!!!! I finally nailed down a run!!!!! My overall finish goal was to beat 2:30, and when I exited transition I looked at my watch and knew immediately that I was going to have to keep it together on the run to beat that goal. To deal with the cramping issues, Amy suggested that maybe I try loading up on endurolytes the day before, as well as taking them before and during the race. So, I gave that a shot. I took three doses of enduros on saturday, one dose pre-race, and one dose in T2. I really did the trick. My legs felt fatigued, but I never had a single issue with cramps. Not during the swim, bike, or the run. I guess that was it, I was just underestimating how much I really lost in the heat. It got hot on the run, no shade, no breeze. I slowed down a bit during each water station and took water or gatorade at every one except for the last one. Then I kicked it! Crossed the finish and I knew I had the PR. By a long shot. What would you do differently?: Nothing! I finally nailed it down and know what I need to do for future races. Post race
Warm down: Got water and immediately went back to the finish to watch the final stretch of the Goggs/Crowny showdown. Watched those guys cross the finish, and hung out with them for a while. We eventually got our stuff and made out way back to the parking area. I think my favorite part of the whole weekend may have been the lunch at Perkins afterwards with Tony and the Crowny's! Mmmmmm chicken fried steak biscuits and gravy.... What limited your ability to perform faster: My pre-race prep was absolutely shoddy. I was not mentally prepared for this race at all, and was in a bad state of mind for a while during the race. I finally got it together and focused for the second half. I did pretty well in the heat, but I need to work on getting acclimated to the heat better, especially with Redman coming up. Event comments: It was well run with the exception of the shuttles. Was it worth the near $100 entry fee? Maybe... Not sure I will be back next year unless there is a large Donkey contingent again! Last updated: 2009-06-21 12:00 AM
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 2009-08-16 10:02 PM |
Elite  2791     Denver |  Subject: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race |
| 2009-08-16 10:24 PM in reply to: #2352225 |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Dang you fast! Nice hanging with you doot! You had a great race. Next time, though, don't swim to the middle of the triangle and you'll break 2:25:00!!! Awesome race man. |
| 2009-08-16 11:17 PM in reply to: #2352225 |
Expert 1238 Denver, Colorado | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Congrats on the PR. You're like the incredible hulk. "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." |
| 2009-08-17 4:53 AM in reply to: #2352225 |
Pro 4528 Norwalk, Connecticut | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race sounds like an eventful weeekend!!! Congrats on the PR, that is really fast dood!!! Great job!!! |
| 2009-08-17 9:06 AM in reply to: #2352225 |
Champion 5171 Racine, WI | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Awesome job! maybe being "rushed" wasn't so bad....PR...great!! |
| 2009-08-17 9:24 AM in reply to: #2352225 |
Elite 3687 | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Nice job. Put down some serious speed on the bike and the run. Swim was damn fine also. |
| 2009-08-17 11:04 AM in reply to: #2352225 |
Champion 15211 Southern Chicago Suburbs, IL | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Nicely done and it was great meeting you too. Since Mrs. Crowny2 doesn't post on here, I'll give a little insight into his "swim disaster". First and foremost, at one point, wavedog here wound up in almost the middle of the swim triangle. Nice sighting there bub. second, though, could have been a big time disaster and he was lucky it wasn't. So as I said above, you finish at essentially the same place waves are being sent off. You hit an orange turn buoy and turn left into the shore. He happened to be drafting off some feet and wasn't paying attention to where he was. That is, untill he got slapped on the side of the head by a, as my wife put it, HUGE wave of women being let off. So he figured it out, turned into the shore and finished. Beth, MrsCrowny2, said she saw the hole thing happening and didn't figure out it was you till you came into shore. Just glad you weren't hurt. Oh, and I still have to put your comment "All I tasted was a mixture of Miller Lite and Gatorade" in my sig line. That was a friggen hilarious story! |
| 2009-08-17 12:19 PM in reply to: #2352225 |
Veteran 201 Winter Park, Florida | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Holy crap! I didn't realize how bad you had it! Bad morning, no water on the bike, no Transition setup. That is an even more impressive finish time. I was looking for you and 2goggs at the wave start and thought, "they are running sooo late". Edited by eddievolly 2009-08-17 12:37 PM |
| 2009-08-17 12:54 PM in reply to: #2352225 |
| 1 | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race wasn't at race as i did bangs lake last week- congrats on a pr - I saw Lisa Bentley at Florida 70.3 in May and her motto- is to never give up and do whateve it takes and you did that cottonmouth and all suggestion for weather- liquid endurance by hammer works wonderful and you take it 3 days before race ( cleans you out as well and i seem to get thirsty from it so i drink more agua also)- i used enduralytes for florida, horribly hilly, and twin lakes and switched to liquid endurance before racine and bangs lake ( hotter and just as humid last week) - used enduralytes on day of race and had no issues - seemed to make a difference between the enduralyetes and liquid endurance pre-race for me try it out next time and see |
| 2009-08-17 7:00 PM in reply to: #2352225 |
Expert 968 Wellington, North Island | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race |
| 2009-08-17 7:34 PM in reply to: #2352225 |
Extreme Veteran 722 Madison-ish, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Nice job wave! |
| 2009-08-17 8:31 PM in reply to: #2352225 |
Expert 1192 Oak Creek, WI | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race |
| 2009-08-17 9:16 PM in reply to: #2352225 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race SH1T your a fast swimmer, doot! But, were you sighting off of casserole's melon?? WHAT?? HUH?? What did you say?? *mumble mumble* Nice job, Jon! |
| 2009-08-18 8:28 AM in reply to: #2352225 |
Veteran 298 | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Nice job out there on Sunday Doggie. Way to nail down the run. I like that race but the shuttle thing definitely sucks. |
| 2009-08-18 9:20 AM in reply to: #2352225 |
Pro 3906 St Charles, IL | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Way to overcome a little adversity there and nail the race! That stinks about the shuttles running so late. But glad that it didn't throw you off too much.
Thanks for the shout out on the run, it was good to see you out there, and you were moving pretty good yourself. That's a solid run you threw down, considering. Great race, and keep on setting those PRs! |
| 2009-08-18 2:15 PM in reply to: #2352225 |
Expert 1148 NW Suburbs, Illinois | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Yep, great race and very funny race report. Lots of little things went wrong and you still overcame to get yourself a PR. Nice to know you can easily clean those things up and kill your next race! |
| 2009-08-19 2:18 PM in reply to: #2352225 |
Master 1480 Muskego, WI | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race NICE job!!! I bet you looked like a total newbie in transition, wish I had seen it, and been able to harrass you! But, that side, way to rock donkey guy!! I want to swim like you...actually Id like to swim that pace in a straight line! Good to see you again! |
| 2009-08-20 7:43 PM in reply to: #2352225 |
Veteran 127 | Subject: RE: Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race Nice race, way to PR! One of these times might have to draft off you of you, but good time i didnt since you said you were all over the place. Way to kill it besides all the mihaps! Good luck with the rest of the year. |
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Race prep for this was an absolute mess. I had a ton of last minute things to do, compounded with the face that some family was in town, I didn't get to pack for the race until friday night. I got a new set of race wheels, which were tubular, and I didn't get a chance to even take a practice ride on them before the race. That made me nervous, somewhat. I forgot so much stuff it was ridiculous, including my race belt and some water bottles.
Also, I think I blew out the speakers in the car on the ride out...
Got to the RecPlex to rack my bike and check in. WHY DO PEOPLE MUMBLE ALL THE TIME?!? I was trying to find my way around, and people would mumble something, and I'd be like "WHAT?" then they would walk away. Finally got to the RecPlex, couldn't check my bike in unless I had a number, so I had to walk into the fieldhouse with my bike. Got to check in, got my junk, was walking out when someone yelled "SIR, PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR BIKE INSIDE NEXT TIME!!!!" Yeah ok, NEXT TIME...I might remember what you said.
Got a transition spot and racked my bike. I went back into the expo to try to find a race number belt. No luck, they are all sold out. Oy. Well, I know that there are some outlet malls on the way to the hotel, so I will just stop by and pick up some shoelaces and use that for a belt.
So, I stop by the Under Armour outlet, walk in and ask some clueless high school kid if they had shoelaces. I swear to God that was the dumbest look I have ever seen anyone give me. NO SHOELACES!?!? By now I am cussing pretty badly. I drive over to the Nike Outlet, which is a freakin' monkey house. They had shoelaces. Thank God. It was at that point that I realized I didn't BRING ANY SOCKS!!! I picked some up and it took me 15 minutes to check out....
Finally got that debacle over with, and met my man 2Goggs at the "LAH KEENTA INN". We kicked it for a bit and met the Crownys for dinner at Famous Dave's. mmmm..... The rest of the evening was a lot of fun and relaxing hangin out with these good people.
Tony and I woke up, packed up and headed out. We got to the event parking at about 5:20. We go to get in line for the shuttle, and it's a FREAKIN mile long... Transition closes at 6, and my wave goes at 6:30. I am nervous. Someone makes the announcement that they will keep transition open until everyone gets there. Oh good.
We don't get to transition until about 6:15 or so, and I find out that they are not delaying the start! SH*T. I got NO TIME. I quick throw everything at my bike, grab my wetsuit and run to the start. I arrive just at my wave is staging, throw on my wetsuit, get my cap and goggles on, and the gun goes off.
This is going to be good.