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John Tanner Sprint Aquabike Date of Race: 04/27/2013 Total Race Time = 1h 05m 20s Overall Place = 6/12 Age Group = Female 30-34 Age Group Place = 3rd Overall Female Pre-race:   For an 8AM race, I set my alarm for 4AM.  This allowed me time to snooze at least twice, double check my gear, eat, load the car, and wake Scott.  Around 5:00, I popped an english muffin in the toaster. (Some article, somewhere, said to eat 3 hours prior to race time, so I did.)  The plan was to leave the house around 5:30 for the hour drive to JT State Park, but we didn't leave until 5:45.  While only 15 minutes later than planned, I started the "oh no, I am not going to have enough time to set up transition."  It took about an hour to get to the race, and like last year, I had to pull off the road and use the restroom at the closest gas station right when we got off the highway.  Dang nerves! Once inside the park, we parked the car, and I headed towar...