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Comments: I started at the front right and broke out of the pack before the first buoy. I was the 3rd female out of the water overall. I felt strong, confident and like I stayed on course well. Was surprised to be passing people who started in the wave before me. What would you do differently?: Not a thing!My goal was to be at 9:00 or less and I WAS!  Transition 1
Comments: Had a bit of difficulty clipping my left foot in for some reason. What would you do differently?: Be sure to get my timing chip band on the OUTSIDE of my sock, it was rubbing the heck out of my achilles tendon during the bike - OUCH! Not screw up my Garmin by hitting the wrong button by rendering it useless for the rest of the race :(  Bike
Comments: Was the 3rd woman on the bike - got passed by one woman right out of transition but then didn't get passed at all (by men or women) until the turn-around! I was thrilled - I thought I'd be early out of the water but then passed by lots of people. I felt strong and steady. I wanted to "coast" at the top of the hills but kept reminding myself that I wanted NO REGRETS so I dug in and pedaled hard! What would you do differently?: Nothing - just work on getting faster but for my total INEXPERIENCE at biking I was thrilled! My goal was to be at 45:00 and I beat that! Transition 2
Comments: Got some muscle cramping in my abs while bent over to get bike shoes off/running shoes on - that was STRANGE! I paused a bit to down some water before taking off on the run but really felt that I needed to (and was glad I did!) I could hear my kids and husband cheering for me while in T2 - "hurry up mommy, go faster" and it made me laugh! It was awesome that they were there! What would you do differently?: Learn to go faster but, all in all I think it was "OK"  Run
Comments: Hard to find my rhythm the first 1/2 mile or so but then I got in a groove and felt good. They had the distance on the course marked in kilometers and clearly my brain was NOT working. When I passed the 2K sign I thought awesome, only 1 mile to go (thinking we were at 2 miles)...imagine my shock when it dawned on me that I was not even half way done - YIKES! I just focused on not getting passed and catching one person at a time in front of me! All was well until I tripped on a root, landed on my right side and rolled like a log roll due to the momentum carrying me - I was not hurt and got up quickly to carry on! What would you do differently?: Not fall! Check out the route ahead of time (like weeks ahead of time!) to know what I was about to be up against. Post race
Warm down: Just walked about a bit waiting for my friend to finish (20 minutes later) while I chugged lots of water! Hung out with my kids/husband and some friends that came to watch. Headed up for a free massage, BBQ - YUM!!!, checked out the results and couldn't believe my eyes so...stayed for the awards ceremony! What limited your ability to perform faster: Transition times. Falling on the run. Uncertainty about how to pace (novice!) Event comments: What an awesome experience! I'm a TRIATHLETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Profile Album Last updated: 2010-06-19 12:00 AM
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Eastman Recreation
68F / 20C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 52/181
Age Group = F 35-39
Age Group Rank = 2/18
Got up about 3 hours before the race, drank some water to get ahead on the hydration game. About 2 hours before the race I drank 1/2 my carb/protein shake as I headed off to the race to check in. Parked in the lot and topped off my tires so I wouldn't have to bring the pump to transition. Got body marked (and even for my OCD personality the body marker did a good job! LOL!) Took my stuff to transition area and scoped out the best spot for my station. Set everything up and set off to find the bathroom. Took care of business and headed back to transition to get the other 1/2 of my shake and a rice cake with almond butter (now about 1 hour from race time) - ate that as we checked out the exit from the water to the bike, the exit to the bike course, and the exit to the run course - walked about .25 of the run course. Headed back to transition and chatted with a lot of really friendly athletes until it was almost time for the pre-race meeting and headed over to the beach to warm-up a bit in the water before the meeting.
Swam about 5 minutes - nice and easy and then hung out a bit waiting for the pre-race announcements. The first wave went off at 8am and each wave was 3 minutes later - I was to be in the 3rd wave.