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Comments: Was pleased with my swim. I think I'm finally over the "freak ou"t of my triathlon swims. I swam evenly, calmly. Although I did go a bit off course on the far straight away. There was only the far corner bouy to sight on. So I veered off to the left. Hey, where is everybody? Had to swim on an angle to get back. What would you do differently?: Swim straighter  Transition 1
Comments: Pretty good transition for me. Could have been a bit faster with getting the bike shoes on. What would you do differently?: Keep working on being more streamlined.  Bike
Comments: The wind was killer. Of course when it was a tail wind, WOOHOO. Then, turn the corner into the wind and BAM, like putting on the brakes. What would you do differently?: Not much. Practice riding in strong winds? Transition 2
Comments: BIG MISTAKE HERE. I went to turn down the first lane, and for some reason my brain said, no not here, next area. So I verve back and run to the next area. Half way down I realize I was right the first time and I'm heading down the area for the sprint racers. I now have to make my way back to the oly area with means I run up and over a grassy area. Fortunately my spot was on an end. But I lost time. This will prove to be of consequence. What would you do differently?: Pay attention to where my spot is.  Run
Comments: When I checked my watch as I ran out of transition I was shocked. I had a time in my head that I wanted to make, based on my time from two years ago. I had a chance to finish ever better than I had anticipated. It was pretty hot by the time we were running, although it was getting overcast, so that helped a tiny bit. I was able to maintain a good pace through out. As I passed mile 5 I was really excited I was on track for a PR in my run. As I passed the mile 6 marker I hauled a$$ into the finish. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Great run! Post race
Warm down: Drank water and went into the lake to cool down. Felt great. Met up with my husband, sister and her family. I knew I had done well in my age group, so we decided to wait for the awards, just in case. And...... I placed third! But, here's the kicker. Remember the screw-up in T2? Well, only 5 seconds separated the top 3 places in my age group. What limited your ability to perform faster: I am very pleased with my performance. I have placed in smaller local sprints, but never an OLY with this many people. It was very cool. Of course there's those 5 seconds I will always think about. Swimming off course, T2 mistake....oh well. Part of the learning and the experience. A great day and a great race. Event comments: Just a few complaints. Needed more buses to accommodate the number of people. Also needed way more porta potties. Overall, a nice race. Profile Album Last updated: 2009-08-17 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 193/640
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 3/34
As of two weeks ago, I hadn't planned on doing this race, but my sister wanted to do this race and asked me if I would do it with her. I had done this race 2 years ago and enjoyed it, so OK why not.
I spent the night at my mom's which is 5 minutes from my sister's house. (She has 4 kids so it's much easier and quieter to be at my mom's) Staying there also knocks 40 minutes off the drive for me. My sister, who is notorious for being late, was only 10 minutes late in picking me up.
This race has only remote parking on race day. You are then bussed to the race venue. We arrived later than planned only to see a VERY LONG LINE waiting for the bus. We waited and waited and waited. I think there were only 2 buses running. Plus, we missed getting on one because a spectator and his dog were in front of us in line and got the last seat. They did announce that transition would be staying open a bit longer due to the delay with the buses, but it was still very stressful. Arrived in transition at 6:05. Realized I had forgotten my pump in the car, didn't have time anyway. Fortunately, I had pumped the tires the day before, so hopefully they would be OK. Set up transition, grabbed my wet suit, goggles and cap. ARGG! the line for the porty potties went on forever! Decided the use the bushes across the street (as did many others).
So, my hear rate was elevated for a while. Does that count as a warm-up.