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Pacific Grove Oly - Good, bad, and ugly
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 2013-09-14 7:09 PM |
Regular  673    SF Bay area |  Subject: Pacific Grove Oly - Good, bad, and uglyDid the Pacific Grove Oly today for the second year in a row and boy was it a mixed bag:
The Good: Swim 7:29 better than last year Bike 7:10 better than last year Run 4:10 better than last year Overall - a 19:41 PR!
The Bad: Rookie mistake at the end of the ride and didn't quite get unclipped on my left side. Went down and dislocated my left ring finger and had to self-adjust in T2. The Ugly - and I'm blaming this on the Bad distracting me. I went out of T2 with my bike helmet still on my head. I knew I'd catch a lot of good-natured ribbing on the run as a result, and I did, but took the position it was making me more aero - and based on my run time, maybe it did.
Race report here: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=500862
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| 2013-09-14 7:53 PM in reply to: TTom |
Regular 673 SF Bay area | Subject: RE: Pacific Grove Oly - Good, bad, and ugly Forgot to mention - I was second in my AG  |
| 2013-09-14 9:43 PM in reply to: TTom |
Extreme Veteran 502 Tucson | Subject: RE: Pacific Grove Oly - Good, bad, and ugly Wow great job! That dislocated finger was significant distraction!! I'm impressed you stayed as focused as you did and great job in the AG. |
| 2013-09-15 6:37 AM in reply to: TTom |
Master 1526 Bolivia, NC | Subject: RE: Pacific Grove Oly - Good, bad, and ugly I've done a good, bad and ugly thread before but yours is better, badder and uglier! Congratulations on your podium. |
| 2013-09-16 3:44 PM in reply to: blynott |
Regular 673 SF Bay area | Subject: RE: Pacific Grove Oly - Good, bad, and ugly Health-wise this race was cursed. Last weekend thought I'd really injured my back, turns out I got hit with Shingles and the pain was all nerve related to that; more than once considered a DNS. Dealt with (and continue to deal with) that throughout the week, then the finger incident. Finger has has gotten worse since the incident, kinda looks like a sausage that went bad last week, so went to the doc this morning and it turns out it was a dislocation and fracture. Good time for the off season to arrive . . . |
| 2013-09-16 6:35 PM in reply to: TTom |
| Member 61 San Jose | Subject: RE: Pacific Grove Oly - Good, bad, and ugly Great job Tom! I had a similar dismount three years back, but fortunately no injury other than my ego! To have improved that much in all three areas, completely awesome. Hope your hand heals quickly and completely! |
| 2013-09-16 6:53 PM in reply to: TTom |
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| 2013-09-16 7:20 PM in reply to: Jason N |
Regular 673 SF Bay area | Subject: RE: Pacific Grove Oly - Good, bad, and ugly Jason - Considered taking it off but rules is rules, no abandoning anything on the course, right  . Kept it on until about 100 yards before the finish line as I really didn't want to have the finish video/photos immortalize my domination of the Dork category. I had to have placed first in that group. |
| 2013-09-16 7:33 PM in reply to: TTom |
| Subject: RE: Pacific Grove Oly - Good, bad, and ugly wow...I for sure wouldn't have dumped the helmet (for simple fear of not getting it back)...but at the same time I'm really not sure what I would do. Do you run back to T2? I wish I was there to see it though...LOL. |
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|  Started by MarkL2Views: 845 Posts: 2 | ||
| biker looking for swimmer and runner for Pacific Grove Triathlon | ||
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