Carl Schneider – SavageMan 70.0 – Sunday, September 17, 2017

Savage Pasta at Brenda's Pizzeria for dinner (w/Blood Orange Soda). Water bottle w/Nuun, honey and 5 Hour Energy concentrate on bike. Woke at 6:15, left hotel at 7:15, arrive by 7:30 for 8:30 start. More home-made iced coffee and bagel w/butter for breakfast. Since the family went to the bus, I dropped off my crocs & sweatshirt (w/gel) in the car. I should have kept it on and put it in transition. Took one of my 2 bike gels before the swim. Swim: Only wore clear swim mask and only Lava pants, same huge mistake, so cold on the bike, what was I thinking? Found some decent feet early, and made it to the bridge fine. Switched feet a couple of times when another racer cut me off from the guy I was drafting. One the main leg back, the guy switched from a few bubbles, (good) to massive bubbles (bad) every so often and I had work hard again to stay with him. Once I saw the yellow wiggly-man, I dropped back and swam in solo. Bike: Shivering uncontrollably, dried off with dish towel and put on bike shorts. Tried to put on arm-warmers, but I was shaking too badly to get them on. Didn't warm-up enough on Toothpick Hill, so I couldn't go aero on the first descends. Finally warmed-up on the rolling flat/downhills before Westernport. No problem climbing the wall, it was vacant and I went straight up the right side until one zig/zag near the top. Then, miles and miles of climbing, lower back (esp. left side) was the limiting factor. Tried to sit upright as much as possible on the less steep climbs, and get out of the saddle, then arch back before the descents. PR the last 20 minutes into the finish, but cramped a bit on the park road climbs. Run: Felt terrible, quads cramped before getting out of the park. Had to manage cramps the entire run. Walked aid stations, taking Coke, Gatorade, water, banana end even tried pretzels at the end. Walked up quickly the steep part of the fire road on lap one. By lap two I walked almost the entire climb, then quads hurt so badly had to walk down on a slight angle. Maybe the most painful run ever, no more doubles for me. PR on Rock Lodge Rd to DCL State Park Entrance (15:45). PR on Rocklodge to Finish Savageman (22:59). PR on Maynardier Ridge Road Climb (40s). 005/016 Male 50 – 54. 066/137 Overall Male. 012/016 095/137 0:44:17 Swim. ___/016 ___/137 0:04:42 T1. 006/016 072/137 3:57:31 Bike. ___/016 ___/137 0:01:40 T2. 004/016 068/137 2:21:31 Run. 005/016 066/137 7:09:39 Triathlon. 005. 14 54 Carl Schneider Ellicott City MD 012 44:17 4:42 006 3:57:31 1:40 004 2:21:31 7:09:39. 066. 14 54 Carl Schneider Ellicott City MD 095 44:17 4:42 072 3:57:31 1:40 068 2:21:31 7:09:39.