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Comments: About halfway through the swim was when it hit me that I was TIRED and that racing was probably a stupid idea (having done the Timberman 70.3 the weekend before). But I just tried to stay steady and to bilateral breathing so I could glide a little more. I had no strength in my L arm - I really need to get my shoulder injury taken care of before next year. Drifted a little on the final straightaway, or could have been a little faster. What would you do differently?: Not do a half Iron the weekend before!! Fix my shoulder so that I can swim straight when I get tired ![]() Transition 1
Comments: There was a little bit of a run up from the water, but still that was a fairly ridiculous swim time. Not sure why I was so slow What would you do differently?: Rinse/dry off feet. Didn't have any water in my bottle and forgot to take my extra towel out of my bike, so just bypassed that step and carried on. ![]() Bike
Comments: As soon as I got on the bike, I wanted OFF! I just didn't feel right. Felt like I was pedaling funny, my feet were both asleep within a few miles and no amount of wiggling my toes was waking them up. I was pushing as hard as I could, and there were times in the flat sections that I could only muster up 14 mph! I was just tired. Ended up with the same pace as I had at Timberman (that had 31 more miles!) Also, back was killing me. There was a crash, so we had to slow down a little (turned out to be a friend of mine) and then it rained, so had to be a little cautious on the turns. What would you do differently?: Not take a week off from the bike, work on core. ![]() Transition 2
Comments: Was dizzy. Had vomited a little on the bike,and just felt sick. Really wanted to lay down more than I wanted to head out for a 6 mile run! ![]() Run
Comments: Was super tired at beginning of run, but started to feel stronger as the race went on (as evidence by my negative splits). Thought that I would walk the hill near the end, but felt strong when I got to it, so ran up. Finished at a good pace. ![]() Post race
Event comments: Would like to do this one again when I'm rested. However, even though I was pretty tired, I really enjoyed it. Last updated: 2009-05-12 12:00 AM
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United States
Sun Multisport Events
80F / 27C
Precipitation
Overall Rank = 533/660
Age Group = F30-34
Age Group Rank = 28/40
Overslept that morning, so was later than I'd like, and helped a friend set up their transition area (his first ever race), therefore, no warm-up. I barely had my suit on before the swim started.