Swim
Comments: I seem to forget how to swim during this race. First 200m seemed great I was hanging with group. I felt someone touch my toes so I kicked to discourage them grabbing me and suddenly I was very breathless. I rolled onto back and flutter kicked to regain composure. After about a minute I rresumed freestyle. I rounded bouy great and then cam the long stretch. This is where I started to wander. I think a combination of inexperience of swimming in the suit combined with my shoulder problem is causing me to change my stroke and swim crooked. Mentally I couldn't get into a rhythm. when I finally got to the beach I immediately stripped my suit. It is a 1/4 mile run to T1 and I knew it would be faster to srtip suit while wet and run unencumbered. What would you do differently?: Swim straight and swim like I train (duh) Transition 1
Comments: Very short run from rack to mount line. Put shoes on in T1 and jumped on bike. It pays to practice :) What would you do differently?: nothing Bike
Comments: I was playing catch-up from the poor swim. I kept that in mind becuase I was passing so many people and didn't want it to go to my head. I may have been able to go a little faster but I wanted a strong run this year. There were many draft packs and groups blocking the whole road making it hard to keep my own pace. What would you do differently?: nothing Transition 2
Comments: T2 smooth. dismount and racking great. Shoes and number on and out the gate w/o sitting down What would you do differently?: nothing Run
Comments: Felt stiff coming off bike, of course. I focused on a snappy step with good turnover to keep fresh and not try and force myself to loosen up. I gradually got up to pace. After that I felt like I was locked into a pace and couldn't surge if I wanted to. I was a slightly submaximal and probably could have pushed a wee more. But I had the tiniest twinge of a stomach creeping up and I didn't want to implode. My head was in the race and I picked off a few runners and let the one go I knew I couldn't catch. What would you do differently?: Push a little harder Post race
Warm down: eat banana, r u kidding? who warms down? we all talk and eat. What limited your ability to perform faster: My fitness level and poor swimming Event comments: Better organized and marked than last year. No events on base unfortunatly. I am disappointed with the swim and it is shading my accompishemnts. I had a good race, a better time, good eating and drinking. Last updated: 2007-07-18 12:00 AM
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United States
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78F / 26C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 243/657
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 46/77
Arrive, collect chip, setup transition
15 minutes running with some high steps and heel flicks to get loose and warm. 10 minutes of swimming. ran out of time to swim more