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Comments: I felt suprisingly good in the swim. I am a poor swimmer and was surprised that I got to pass so many people. I am happy with my swim result. I shaved 8 minutes off my swim time from my last Oly last August.  Transition 1
Comments: I came out of the lake very dizzy. I could not find my pull strap and could not walk a straight line. Forgett running or rushing. This has never happened to me before. Put on helmet before I realized I forgot to put on my long sleeve shirt. Had to take off helmet again. Very uncoordinated and still dizzy.  Bike
Comments: I just could not get my mind into "race mode". The headwind gusts were extreme at times. I felt like I was not moving at all. Got stuck behind groups of people in akward spacing at times that I felt I could not overtake at once. So I actually slowed down some to stay behing. If I could have had my usual race mode mind set I would have gotten out of the seat and blew past them. Overall I was quite happy with the end result though anyway. I just did not want to push to hard or hurt myself 3 weeks before my first HIM Transition 2
Comments: Racked my bike on top of my running shoes?! Started running towards the bike exit till people yelled at me and told me I went the wrong way! Was right outside T2 and remembered I still had my longsleeve shirt on. Took it off while still wearing my hat and got my hat stuck inside the shirt. Dropped my sunglasses. I was never so unorganized in my transitions - ever.  Run
Comments: After fumbling with my shirt/hat/glasses, I started the run up the steep hill. I did not get into my running mode until almost 1 mile into the race. Then I was finally able to pick up my pace and make up some time. There were some really steep hills in the run. I felt that the run course was tougher than the bike course. I caught up to a guy {Rusty} on the 2nd loop and we started running together. I told him about doing White Lake in a few weeks and he said that he could not do it because he was heading to Afghanistan. Thank you Rusty for doing what you do! I'll be racing White Lake for you and hope for your safe return! Post race
Warm down: I always forget to stretch after a race. Drank some soda and water and put some ince on my knees. Last updated: 2012-04-15 12:00 AM
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 2012-04-15 9:00 AM |
Veteran  134   Kannapolis, NC |  Subject: Belews Lake International Triathlon |
| 2012-04-15 6:04 PM in reply to: #4151517 |
Extreme Veteran 1942  In front of computer when typing this. | Subject: RE: Belews Lake International Triathlon Don't take this the wrong way but that is a really funny race report! All your mishaps just crack me up for some reason...I've run out of T2 with my helmet on before so don't feel too :-) Sounds like some tough conditions. Out there. I agree that the run course is no gimme -that first hill isn't steep for long but it drags on after that initial sharp bit for a loooong time. I did the sprint last year so you end on the downhill, but I guess you guys had to go back up again! Ouch! Anyway, nice job out there. Good luck at white lake. |
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52F / 11C
Overall Rank = 64/128
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 12/23
Got up at 4AM. Eat PB&J, grabbed a cup of coffee and got on the road.
None. It was chilly and I just swung my arms around a little bit and stretched my legs a tad before getting in the lake. The lake was closed for w/u swims at 7:45 and I did not start till 8:42:20. I did not want to have to wait around wet and being cold for so long.