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Comments: Was not prepared for trying to get around people, if I could have just swam it would have been much better. Lots of water swallowing, nerves and standing just to get my bearings. What would you do differently?: Nothing, but I sure as hell better practice if I ever decide to do the Sprint!  Transition 1
Comments: I was SO cold I could barely feel my feet. Took ages to get my bike shoes on as I'd forgotten to loosen the straps. What would you do differently?: Loosen the straps, bring a toque!  Bike
Comments: Felt pretty cold on the bike for just about the entire ride, was shaking so hard but just kept going. Starting warming up as the sun got hotter. Rode in the big ring, not sure if that was the right move. Focused on staying safe in the turns as my judgement wasn't the greatest being so frickin cold! What would you do differently?: Wear more clothes. Transition 2
Comments: Was still cold, feet were frozen so hard to get shoes on. Transition was way faster. What would you do differently?: Nothing, it was about as good as I could expect  Run
Comments: My feet were balls of ice by the time I put my runners on, it took nearly the whole race to warm up. Did pretty good despite my trashed quads, I was pretty low on energy too but stayed positive and passed a lot of people in the run. What would you do differently?: Fuel differently, possibly drink more water. Post race
Warm down: Walked, stretched, got my dry bag and had my Vega recovery drink and a PBJ. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of conditioning, being COLD Event comments: Loved the experience, as it was my first lake swim. I know what I have to work on, and may or may not be ready for an open water sprint tri next year...if not it would be great to come back and improve my performance on the short tri. Profile Album Last updated: 2015-08-15 12:00 AM
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Canada
Kelowna Apple Triathlon
12C / 54F
Sunny
Overall Rank = 31/60
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 7/8
Brought my own oatmeal, bought bananas and blueberries. Only had a sip of coffee which was not enough, I had a bad caffeine headache all day. Did not sleep well due to nerves and felt pretty exhausted and crappy waiting for the swim. Got there too early, it was cold, didn't want to take off my stuff too early. But I'm not a quitter! Sipped on Tailwind, had a bar before the swim.
None, basically froze my ass off waiting for the swim. I was pretty much hypothermic before the swim start.