definitely send the link to that write up.. you kept the lead for first half of the run, it was a good race to watch develop.
we do our best, glad you enjoyed.

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Was that you I spoke to right after the race in the bagel area?

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Thanks, the race went off well: no lightning, no rain, the swim happened. Fun race.

Run was a bit short, according to an improbably optimistic split, and Garmin.

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I'm not sure, I spoke to a few people. I was wearing a Terrier Tri uniform. Did you have a good race?

Not bad. It was the first race I have ever done freestyle for the entire swim course: a HUGE breakthrough for me! I think I was 77th overall, 4th in my AG.

If it was you I was thinking it was, I said, "Good race" and you said the same to me.

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Did a sprint yesterday: http://www.lin-mark.com/tgtrioof08.txt got me $100 for top masters male (40+), which paid for the entry fee and gasoline. I got to stay on the feet of the male pro in the race (never saw him after about a mile on the bike, of course). My main competition in 50-54 missed a turn on the bike (he was about 1:00 ahead of me, after staying on my feet in the swim).

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awesome on 2 counts - 4th in AG and freestyle the whole way!

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Thanks! Yeah, I'm pretty stoked about the swim. All that help from my coach and those meters in the pool are beginning to pay off.

Next up, NYC Triathlon!

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tune up the week before at Sobe Mossman (sprint in CT) - heard good things about it....

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glad your swim meters have helped :D

love
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Did a sprint this weekend for my first race of the season... I was just out there for training/more experience and ended up pulling out 1st in my AG (25-29) and 9th overall! I was pretty stoked! First time I have received hardware (besides a finishers medal) for doing a tri :)

Hey Murph, I found that small pond today. ;-)

Franklins Lakes sprint triathlon, 16th fastest swim split out of 754 finishers. ;-)

I think there is something to that Xantusia Tri Camp, and the instruction/video analysis by Michael Collins. You should get your butt out there next year. Come to think of it, so should I. So far, I've been able to work on the arm entry/pull. Still need to work on the recovery, and the biggy, body position in the water. Who knows where this can go when I get that all worked out? Oh yeah, btw, I've been in the water twice since EpicMan, once at Harriman for the NYTri sprint last weekend, and 2200 yards in the pool on Thursday. Hahaha. (Tigerchik would be proud of my results until she read about my swim workout habits of late.)

Had a very decent bike split for me as well (not really sure why). 32nd fastest bike split (yay me! :-) ). Run kind of sucked, still being in bowling bowl shape. I need to correct that before Tupper. Ended up second in AG (some young 50 yr old whippersnapper took first), and 26th overall.

Time to work on the bike!

See you in a couple of weeks.

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I'll check it out. I'm also considering a race in NJ that weekend.

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Thanks, tc.

Your 10k time was awesome!

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I'll be in CT....then on way home will cheer on the folks I know doing RI 70.3 (which I plan to do next year)

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Sorry for the slow reply. I don't check ST on the weekends much.

How'd your race go?

I thought they did a pretty decent job with what they had to work with bike course-wise. (Although, all the turnarounds were a bit hokey.)

Steve

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Race went pretty well, can't really complain. 8:50 swim, 1:18 bike (w/ a 3 minute train delay), 32:30 run. I think I ended up barely in the top 100, w/o that train i would have been top 50ish. I was pleased for only cycling once prior this year and carrying quite a credit load this summer.

The turn arounds were def sketchy, I saw 2 near falls on them, and I've never done a race w/ dead animals on the course, but whatever...

How did your race turn out?

Adam

That road was pretty narrow for turnarounds, especially with people coming straight through, as well. But, what are you gonna do...?

I almost had a head-on on the last turn before going back into the Rec Plex parking lot. One lane, a 90* blindish turn and people going both ways. Crazy!

I ride that route regularly, so I guess I'm used to the animals (and the headwind that I heard alot of people complaining about).

I was pretty happy with my race. Got a top-10 OA and some AG hardware. Pretty good for me. I'm paying for it a bit today, though.

If you're interested in hooking up for some training some time, shoot me a PM.

Steve

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I was pretty pleased with my performance...was not prepared for the turnarounds...nor the 2-3 extra miles on the bike course, but still managed ~1:07 (if you take out transition times)...my CPU had me at 21.0mph avg.

Got 30th OA, but unfortunately only 5th in AG though...I heard a lot of complaints, but thought they did a good job with what they had to work with on the bike course. The recycling center trip was unneccesary since we were already over distance, but oh well. I liked the other transition area location better...it was bigger too

Nice race. I need you to teach me how to run. LOL! (Well, not really laughing... Look for the worst run in the top-10 and you'll find me.)

The long bike only helped me. So, no complaints.

The other transition area was definitely more spectator friendly, too. Not sure what the reason for changing that was.?.

Steve

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IM Nice Sunday 22nd

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It's good to see that a lot of people had a great race this weekend, I did too. Had my best time ever for an Oly, 2:14.49, which was good enough for 7th in my AG. I'm pretty stoked on the time because I improved everywhere, including transitions! This was my first race of the year so I'm glad to be off to a good start. Thanks to the race organisers and volunteers at Wasa Lake, the whole event was first class and incredibly well run from my perspective, I'll be back.

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Wasa was awesome. What a perfect day for a race! I ended up with a PR also, though mine was a lot slower than yours -- 16th in my AG. ;)

I never did spot your black and yellow Plasma, but congratulations on a fast race.

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Congrats to you too! Good news that you had a PR, feels great eh? The conditions were perfect and as i mentioned previously i thought they did a great job pulling the whole event together. I'm definitely going to put that race on the calendar for next year.

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