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Comments: Well I have only swam a total of 20ish times since last June, so I can't expect too much out of the swim. It was a lot harder than I expected though. I really struggled sighting (obviously by the fact that I swam a ton extra). I didn't get any draft because it was really small waves and very mirky water (hard to see feet). I swallowed a lot of water due to the waves and trying to sight. Overall I just realized how much I have lost in swim fitness. What would you do differently?: Swim more leading up to it. But for the effort put into swimming, I can't be too dissappointed. Transition 1
Comments: This was a long transition (0.3 miles from beach to transition area) up a sandy hill. I was able to grab my sandals and run up it pretty well. Wetsuit came off pretty well. I decided to take the extra 15 seconds and put socks on. The bike exit was tight so I put my bike shoes on as well. What would you do differently?: Overall, it was pretty good. I could have pushed harder to run up the hill, but switching from swim to bike was pretty quick. Bike
Comments: Definitely learned the importance of pacing by power vs pacing by HR during a race. I would not have gone this hard if I was looking at HR, but the pace felt pretty good. I had one stop to try and help a guy who had crashed. Once the police came, I continued on. I at a GU at about mile 16 and drank about 1/3 of a bottle that had three scoops of perform in it. I was going for a 250 avg power, but the downhills made it hard to keep that average. The two hills I was targeting 320 W while trying to stay around 250-280 for flats. This is the first race I was able to stay aero the whole time other than when climbing the two hills. It made a big difference. What would you do differently?: Overall I am pretty happy with the bike. I think I could have pushed the flats a little more to make up for the downhills. Also would help to not have a 30s stop in the middle or such slow turns. Transition 2
Comments: Pretty quick and easy transition. What would you do differently?: Only error was I forgot to hit my watch coming off the bike, but I will take that error. Overall it was a good transition. Run
Comments: I got off the bike and saw that I needed around 41 minutes to get under 2:20. My plan coming in was to shoot for 6:50, 6:40, 6:30 mile splits for the first three miles and try and hold as close to 6:30 to close it out. I was pretty happy with hitting those goals pretty spot on (other than the 5th mile). I had a small side stitch during the first mile (proabably due to the gu on the bike), but after that felt pretty good. I didn't eat or drink anything and I am glad I didn't as I think it would have hurt if I tried to. What would you do differently?: Not too much. I was pretty happy with the build and the pacing. I think I could have started my finishing kick a little sooner, but not a whole lot. Post race
Warm down: I collapsed on the grass and within 5 seconds Bryson was jumping up and down on my stomach. I walked around after that and tried to eat what I could, but eating and drinking were not appealing. What limited your ability to perform faster: I think I have had some mental hurdles that I have had to get over and today was a big break through on a lot of them. I obviously need to swim more, but the bike and run I just need to mentally believe it is there, and today was a big step in that direction. Last updated: 2014-04-15 12:00 AM
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United States
Saw Sports Productions
60F / 16C
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Overall Rank = 12/110
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 1/3
Was sick most of the week so I didn't get to workout most of the week. Did some short easy efforts with pick-ups on Thurs and Fri. Starting Wed I watched to make sure I was getting a consistent ammount of water. Thurs and Friday I took quite a few smaller meals that were carb heavy, but made sure there wasn't any one significant meal. Biggest meal was Thurs night.
Saturday morning I woke up at 0445. I took my time getting dressed, and eating breakfast while watching youtube clips. For breakfast I had two pieces of ciniamon raisen toast with cinamon butter, a banana, and 500ml of beet juice. I took a bottle of perform with me to sip on while setting up transition, but my stomach was feeling sloshy so I drank maybe 1/4 of the bottle. We left the hotel at 0530 which got us to the transition area at 0600. I set up transition, got body marked and went to the bathroom by 0630.
I went for a 5-10 minute bike ride. This was more to check everything out than to actually warm up. I did work through the gears and got a few pick-ups in. After I racked my bikes I went for a jog. I went about 1 mile total at 7:30-8 min/mil pace. I After that was done I went to the pre-race meeting, put on my wetsuit and headed down to the water. I got in the water at 0710. I swam approx 250m. I was going to eat my gel, but I realized that I left it in my tri top pocket that was now under my zipped wetsuit.