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Dirty Du thoughts

Saturday was an adventure! I felt good on the run despite a half superman and really pushed hard. Averaged an 8:11/mi pace and 174 HR! I originally thought I had made it back to the TA in 37 minutes but that was obviously wrong. It's funny what the mind comes up with in the heat of the moment. Kinda bottlenecked after the 2nd bench which slowed me down some.

I thought my transition was fairly quick at 2 minutes then I saw the top finisher had a 1 minute transition. Renee suggested that I take a water bottle and nutrition with me on the run then do those before I get to the TA to save some time. The only gear I changed was shoes. Do you have any suggestions for speeding up the transition?

It was also staggering to see the finishing times from last year versus this year. This year definitely had a more competitive field. I thought for sure I would finish top 3 when looking at last years times.

Now comes the interesting part. The first Mosquito Flats boardwalk may have well just been covered with ice because I went down like a sack of potatoes when trying to corner it. After that my bike wasn't shifting well at all. (Knew I should've rode the SS.) One of the guys in front of me had the same thing happen on the South boardwalk. Just that kind of day. The 2nd crash was on VMT where my right glove inexplicably slipped off the grip and I went over the bars. I swear this stuff never happens until a race! At this point, I was just hoping to get out alive! I biked rather timid the rest of the course. I'll chalk it up to a learning experience.

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