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Comments: Sighting was minimal as I was swimming in a straight line for most of the race. I started getting a little offline when I started to get a little tired, but I told myself to focus on technique and corrected that quickly. What would you do differently?: Push it a little harder. Swim did not even phase me.  Transition 1
Comments: T1 was slow for a couple reasons. There was a long run between the swim exit and transition. I knew coming in this was not going to be a fast transition. During my last OWS, I struggled with my wetsuit and I said that was not going to happen again. I was deliberate, but did not waste any extra time or energy getting it off. What would you do differently?: Do more OWS to work on wetsuit removal.  Bike
Comments: I did not want to push the bike too hard. My goal was 1hr. 20 min. I beat that by 8 min. I felt real good on the bike and after. I was passed by some guys who were just much better cyclist than I. I have no regrets with that. I'll just have to put in more time than them as my training continues. What would you do differently?: Push the bike a little harder. I held back quite a bit in preparation for the run, especially on the hills. Normally, I charge up them. Instead I just spun up them. Oh well. 19.7 is good for me. Transition 2
Comments: Decent transition. I had to tie my shoe laces which took some time. What would you do differently?: Get some Yanks!  Run
Comments: Good run for me. I told myself I was going to hold way back to prevent any more injury to my Achilles. My legs felt okay the entire time. I started to develop a side stitch at mile 2.5 and I looked down and my HR was pushing 180. That is way to high. I slowed down a bit to bring my HR back down. I did not like the end of the run. Setup is just cruel. Towards the end of the run, you ran right past the finish line, thinking your run was over~ Nope! You still had another just over 3/4 a mile left! I am not a runner. It was the best I had today. With more training, it will improve. What would you do differently?: Train properly. Try not to get hurt while training so I can run a faster pace. Post race
Warm down: None. Hung out under the shelter and drank three bottles of water and ate some fruit snacks. What limited your ability to perform faster: Being only my second season~ experience on the bike. Achilles tendinitis caused me to shorten my runs and sometimes not run for a week at a time. My original goal for this race was 2:30. When I injured my Achilles, I changed that to 2:40 to go slower on the run. I know I could have gone faster on the swim, bike, and run. Lesson learned. It was my first olympic and my third race ever so I'm happy. Event comments: Overall very happy with this race. Everything was well run by Setup Events. They definitely know what they are doing. Profile Album Last updated: 2008-10-21 12:00 AM
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Got up a little late. We didn't arrive at the hotel until 11:30 which means we got to bed around 12:15-12:30. Woke up around 5:30. Jumped in the shower to wake up. Grabbed a bite to eat - bagel with peanut butter. I usually don't eat breakfast, so this was new to me, but I knew I had to get something in my stomach.
Really did not do much of a warmup with the exception of getting in the water early to check out the temp. Took a few strokes and all of a sudden panic set in. This was only my second open water swim ever and the first time, I totally freaked! I am a good swimmer, but with the limited visibility, I began to panic. The first time I breaststroked the entire 1000m of an XTERRA race. (Luckily breaststroke was my specialty with I swam competitively.) I did it in 22 min. This time, I told myself to just relax. This seemed to work. Coming back in, I felt much better.