Tupper Lake Tinman Half
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Tupper Lake Tinman Half - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: Going in, the swim was what concerned me the most. Looking at the course the day before, it looked like a long way to the turn around. Then I just said to myself, just swim buoy to buoy. So that's what I did, 8 buoys out, 7 on the way back. Was kind of rough at the start, but things spread out pretty quick. My navigation was very good, which is surprising, since I'm pretty much known for swimming way off course. Sighted every 5-8 strokes. The way back to the shore was tough, it was straight into the sun, and it was very hard to pick out the buoys. It would have been nice to have different color buoys on the way in, so you wouldn't get confused. More or less just tried to sight using the crowd in front of me. Concentrated on using long, even strokes, finishing the pull, and keeping my head buried. After I past the last buoy, started thinking about transition, what I needed to do, etc. What would you do differently?: Nothing really. Was shooting for a 40 min. swim, so I was pretty happy coming out of the water Transition 1
Comments: T1 went great. I brought a 5 gallon pail to use as a seat, and it worked awesome. Got to the rack, the suit was off my arms, sat down on the pail, and pealed it right off. Rinsed my feet, loading up my endurolytes (after takign 2 more) in the back of my jersey, slipped shoes on, and was off What would you do differently?: Nothing, T1 went just as I wanted. Had no trouble with anything. Left everything I wanted to bring on teh bike in my shoes, so I would forget. It was fast, as I wanted, but controlled Bike
Comments: Jumped on the bike, and saw a poor guy, just out of T1 with a flat. Got up to speed pretty quickly. Wanted to concentrate on spinning easily out the first 4 miles or so, because there was a big hill at mile 4. The only thing that was bothering me in teh first few miles, was the damn bike number. It was flapping in the wind, and scraping against my leg, finally I just pulled over and reattached it, and it was fine after that. The way out was into a pretty stiff headwind the whole way. Had trouble carrying speed on the downhills to pull through the next uphill. Hit the turnaround in 1:36, and was thankful to Have the wind at my back on the way in. Figured I could pull a 1:30 on the way back with not much effort, and still leave me plenty of time on the run to get to 6:00. The last few hills of the return trip, I started getting soemw cramping in the lower parts of my quads, just above the knee. Tried to stretch them out the last few miles as best I could. In hindsight, this was probably an indication that I was getting dehydrated, and not just cramping from pedaling for 3 hours. Hit the last screaming downhill at 41 mph, and spun the last mile or so back to T2 What would you do differently?: Not really sure what I would do. I don't think I could have taken in much more fluid. Ended up taking 6 bottles on the bike (120 oz), plus 4 endrolytes. Probably should have taken more endurolytes Transition 2
Comments: T2 was good as well, fast, but organized. Had everything in my running shoes that I wanted to bring. Took 3 more endrolytes on teh way out What would you do differently?: Nothing Run
Comments: I was surprised to see that I did just as well on the bike as the run, when comparing my age group and overall rankings, since I thought I did so well on the bike, and so porrly on the run The run was miserable, no other word for it. MY PR for a 1/2 mary, is almost 1 full hour faster. I had nothing left on the run. My legs started cramping from the first half mile on. I would run as much as I could, until the cramping got to bad, then walk the cramps out, then starting running again. And repeat for 13.1 miles. I walked through all the aid stations (DUH), took a cup of water, and a cup of powerade. Tried to get rid of the cramping by taking one endurolyte every aid station (about every 11-2 min). But it didn't work, my body had pretty much had enough. Not much to say about the run, except I met a lot of nice people, and everyone was very encouraging. And the people at the aid staions were god sends. I did make sure I ran in the last 1/4 mile or so, as bad as my legs were cramping. What would you do differently?: Really don't think I could have done any better. I took in approxiamtely 16-20 ox of fluid every aid station, but couldn't process it fast enough. Even with all the endurolytes, the cramping wouldn't stop. The thing I was most proud of, was never once did I consider calling it a day. As bad as it was, and as bad as I felt, I was going to finish (but not ala Chris Leigh.). I discovered a new inner source of energy, and learn what it really means to dig deep and perservere, and that's what I'll take out of this race. Post race
Warm down: Sat under a tree for about 30 min, then went and stood in the lake for abotu 15 min. trying to cool off. Drank a bottle of Endurox. What limited your ability to perform faster: Mainly the weather and my dehydration. From weighing myself after I returned home, I lost in the neighborhood of 8-10 lbs. Event comments: The only thing i'm really disappointed in, is not really knowing how well I was trained. Being an engineer, I liek to try things out and see how they work, then make adjustments based on the results. I really can't do this, with this race because of the weather condtions. If the condtions had been perfect, and I raced badly, I could make adjustments in my training. But with this race I'm not really sure where to turn. Other than, I'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR. This race owes me one. Last updated: 2005-06-27 12:00 AM
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92F / 33C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 420/690
Age Group = 40-45
Age Group Rank = 65/105
Got to the site around noon on Friday, picked up packet, checked in, and hung out, waiting for the rest of the drew to get into town. met up with a few friends back down at the expo. Went out to dinner with my wife an parents.
Woke up at 5:00AM, slept pretty good. Had 2 bottles of Ensure and a banana, then drove to Dunkin Donuts for a large coffee. Sipped on a bottle of gatorade while waiting to leave to set up. Got to the race site around 6:15, set up transition, got body marked and just hung out listening to some music and trying to relax.
about 30 min. before the swim start, the four of us (Dave (Hudnick), Dave (Daveskar), and Stacey (trigirl069)) went for a quick swim to loosen up. Took a couple of endurolytes right after the warm up