Talk to me about the Gary Kirby (Page 4)

Yeah.... I figured it out once I got out there.  Doh.  I could have sworn it said Thursday, but now it's Friday.  Maybe I'm just losing it.  See ya tomorrow at 8 or Saturday morning.

Don't fret, Mark.

I looked at your bike and run splits from 2009.  Chances are we'll meet, again!

Hey...All I've got is spandex.  Is anyone else gonna be wearing spandex?

Once again......If you can find me after the race (if my number is still right-side up).....let's grab a beer.  I should have a few with me.  And, if the neighborhood's too rich to (kidding) let us swim in their cement pond.......we'll just tailgate in their parking lot.

Looks like my AG is too small for my top half of AG to make sense, so I'll adjust to top half of overall men. Does anyone else scope out the competition? There are a couple of guys that beat me last year that I'd like to beat this year. One of my weaknesses is a lack of competitive spirit, so I'm trying to push myself. Dan Bowen from WRAL is in my AG, he looks fitter than me, though.

My overall goal is 1:16. How about you guys?

...But we all know you have a secret time goal. Just like I would secretly like to come in closer to 1:13 and Dave is really aiming for under 1:10.

And BTW, Dave, you are totally going to kick that guy's behind!

I'm getting a little too wound up. Truthfully, the only time I'm unhappy with my performance is when I know I held back too much. I pace myself too slow early and can't make up for it late. For your first few races you really can't worry about that too much, it really is about the fun.

No wonder you guys are fast.  It doesn't take you so long to do the course....and you can rest, more.

Yes.  I secretly (OK...not so secretly, now) have a time I want to beat.  But, honestly.....it's not uber-ambitious.  I would love to:

6:30 (incl. getting to the mat); 2:00 T1; +/-42:30 (17mph); 2:00 T2; 31min. = 1:24

I'm gonna pace myself and have a good time, though.  I've only been training 2mos.....and I can't expect too much.  I'm OK with that.

Say nice things as you lap me on the bike course.  I'll be the huffing, 190#'er with the embarrassed P2.

Louis, I might have talked about a race where the lady and husband (and please excuse the judgement) who clearly should have been way in the back were #1 and #2. Can you imagine, standing there in front of everyone, wearing #1. I genuinely felt bad for her. No one would do that on purpose and people were definitely noticing.

I'm a little bummed I'm so far back from the rest of my AG. I saw the same thing you did that many of them are probably up that far by mistake. Still, I've got several ladies in front of me, hopefully they'll encourage me to swim faster.

If I see anyone in my AG it either means they had a major problem or I am and it's one of the few starting 11+ minutes behind me. I picked out a random guy to try to catch, don't even know his AG. If he is about the same as last year, catching him would give me a great time.