South Wood County YMCA triathlon
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South Wood County YMCA triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: Either because this year was bright sun or I wore different goggles, the morning sun coming off of the water surface seemed to be at exactly the right angle to make it hard to see anything. Water and the course were FABULOUS though. The day was beautiful. Feel comfortable in the water. Can't quite seem to find my rhythm. Breathing feels good when I am crawling, if I pause or look up then breathing is real ragged. Don't feel like I am working hard when I am in the crawl but when I stop and breast stroke I am always surprised at how hard I am breathing. Question is - why do I stop? What would you do differently?: Find a way to train that gets me feeling good in the first 1/4 mile instead of the last 1/4 mile. Lose 40 pounds. Train more. This is not rocket science. If I can take care of basics the rest will come along too. Transition 1
Comments: Way way way too long. Four minutes is faster than last year though. Dry feet, put on socks. I've got everything set up including a chair so I don't have to hop and balance. And I still have these outrageous T1 times. No wetsuit to take off...this is the lamest part of my effort. What would you do differently?: No socks I suppose, no sun hat under helmet although both are fast to put on. Run harder from water up to the area. Bike
Comments: This is a great course. Flat as you can make it, although it sure felt like I was going uphill on the way out. There was a slight headwind as well. On the way back had the tailwind and I could swear it felt like more downhill. Way back was much faster. This has to be head games though. The course is in the middle of some of the flattest country I have ever been in. Driving the course in a car and you would feel or see no up or down. What would you do differently?: Lose 40 pounds so I don't have so much lard ass to haul around. Find a higher head space plane and stay there. Pay more attention to breathing rate. I think I could have gone harder for longer periods. never really went into O2 debt or anything like that. Given the weight support that biking offers me, I should have been stark raving nuts with exertion on the bike leg, as it gives me the best chance to perform and make up time. Transition 2
Comments: Fairly fast. Better than last year. What would you do differently?: AM satisfied with this transition. Maybe put fast clips on laces so no need for tying. Run
Comments: Maybe I was hot at this point? Still walked a bit too much. Don't have the spring in my step. Not warmed up. Unhappy with my race pace. Just don't feel right whether bc of coming off of bike or whatever. Try harder. What would you do differently?: Need to toughen up and use my head to push through the urge not to run or to walk. Have to toughen up. Lose 40 pounds of lard ass would help too. Post race
Warm down: Had to leave fairly soon. Missed the post race stuff. Bummed me out. What limited your ability to perform faster: I'm getting a bit disgusted at my performance. I have more in the tank but I'm not giving it or delivering it. "Over-ride function" is still too strong and it says stop and walk waaaaay too much. I need to be more on fire and push harder. Losing more weight is increasingly a huge factor. I have the muscle and the coordination. I know I can go fast, I just don't do it. Gravity certainly plays a part of this. Event comments: This remains my favorite course. One that I will do every year for a long time to come I hope. The area is beautiful. Adjacent campground is the nicest I have found in the entire state so far. This place rocks and this course rocks! Course is just right and for me provides the challenge of showing a year over year improvement. Last updated: 2007-06-21 12:00 AM
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South Wood County YMCA
84F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 149/194
Age Group = Clydesdale
Age Group Rank = 15/18
Up at 0445. Pack, make oatmeal and do the 2 hour drive.Stop off and see gram prior to race.
Minimal. A small run to find a bathroom that was open. Som esplashing in the lake to get used to water temp. Which was quite tolerable.