I haven't trained adequately since Windsor about a month ago. I wasn't scared this time and the suit made the water very comfortable, but I just wasn't in good enough shape and did even amounts of free, breast and back. I did notice however that I seem to have a lot of potential in the water. Whenever I freestyled, I was passing everyone around me and with a much lower stroke count. Next year.....

Also, the neck of my wetsuit puts some pressure on my neck. I think I just need to get used to it, but it was very annoying.

TRAIN!!!!! Maybe I should Pam my neck?

I don't know my times yet, but T1 was super slow. I think I just need to practice it until everything is automatic.

Practice

I certainly drank too much while on the bike because I was all sloshy and was contemplating, um, talking to a man about a horse, on the run. I did notice that everyone I saw on a MTB, I was passing and everyone I saw on a road or tri bike was passing me (much more of the latter than the former!). Not one exception. I think I need a new bike.

I think I did pretty well on the bike, I didn't need to take the corners so darn slow, though.

Drink less. Grow a sac when it comes to turns.

People kinda took over my transition spot with their stuff, so I had to move everything and knocked a bunch of stuff over.

Um, gain coordination.

UGH! This is where my lack of training really came in. I plodded along and didn't walk more than 200 yds of the whole thing (I haven't had a decent run in well over a month, partially injury, partially sloth), but my pace must have been veeery slow. And it hurt. I think my sole thought for the last mile was "Nut up, girl. Gut it out," over and over again. I had very little left for a kick at the end.

TRAIN!!!! Don't get injured. I'm proud of myself for what I did today on that run, but I'm kicking myself for the last month or so....

Walked around and to the bathroom, chatted with my bf and sister and the BT crowd. Drank some beer. Got a lecture from Joe about how it's a guy thing to not train and then decide to race anyhow. LOL!


Lack of training. Period. According to Hippie Boyfriend Timing Services. I beat my old time at Windsor by one lousy minute. Only this time I didn't have freezing cold water and sticky mud to deal with. I was kinda mad at myself for that.

That said, I was proud of myself because I really left it all out the course. I had almost nothing left for the kick and was exhausted until... well, I'm still exhausted.


My only criticism of this race is that the desperately need a bullhorn for the start. I saw a lot of guys missed their waves because they couldn't hear the girl yelling out who was to start when.

I think that from now on I'm only doing races that have beer at the finish line. ;-)