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Cottage Lake Tri and Tri Again - TriathlonMini Sprint
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Comments: 400 yards felt good. I am worried about the 1/2 mile swim on July 10 4/19  Transition 1
Comments: I took my time, really took my time, in T1. It's only my first race after surgery after all. 5/19 in AG 91/230 Overall What would you do differently?: Practice trasitions, do bricks  Bike
Comments: stopped on lap 2 to pick up someone's sunglasses on the road, my good deed, and then realized they did not fit in my bento box. I put them in my jacket pocket. slowed on the corners/turns; I haven't been riding in the rain so I was not taking any chances of riding beyond my abilities. 6/19 What would you do differently?: Zip my jacket pocket. When I finished the glasses were not there. No good deed goes unpunished. Hill repeats during training. Transition 2
Comments: Again, I just walked through T2, I may have even taken a nap! 18th in AG of 19! 211/230 Overall What would you do differently?: practice transitions, stay awake :-) do bricks  Run
Comments: I love running :) 4/19 What would you do differently?: brick training Post race
Warm down: walking; eating PB on wheat toast (yum), banana, and fruit leather Event comments: Nice super sprint. Very, very wet! Last updated: 2011-06-14 12:00 AM
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 2011-06-18 8:18 PM |
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Mary Meyer Life Fitness
50F / 10C
Precipitation
Overall Rank = 69/230
Age Group = F 45-49
Age Group Rank = 4/19
Fri-My pre-race routine started the night before the race. I picked up my race packet at 4 PM and then swam the course. Got home and put everything together and into the van (except my bike and wetsuit) then set my alarm for 5:50 AM and tried to sleep.
Sat-Woke up to the sound of a car driving on very wet pavement. Not really a surprise. Put on my trisuit and discovered that the zipper was broken. So I broke race rule "Don't try anything new in a race" and put on my brand new, unworn tri-shorts and tri-top. When I went out my bedroom door, I found a sweet note from my son David on the floor that said "Good luck, we love you, p.s. wet suit" (I had left a few notes around to remind myself to grab my wetsuit which I had hung to dry). I ate a bowl of steel-cut oatmeal, a banana, and drank a cup of coffee. I loaded my bike and wetsuit and hit the road. I arrived at the race site at 7 AM and set up, suited up, and headed to the lake for a warm-up swim.
Did a warm-up swim, then a man sang the National Anthem exceptionally well, Mary Meyer knows how to motivate! She gave a very heartfelt talk to all the racers.
All this happened in the pouring rain :)