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Comments: Even though I am an average swimmer, I lined up right at the front. I feel that it's a good experience for Ironman to be right up there. Indeed, the first 100m was the most violent triathlon swim experience in my racing history. I got pushed and elbowed, nearly swam over a couple times, but I survived. After the first bouy, I was passing a lot of those girls who were so eager to swim over me in the first 50 meters, but realized they went out too hard... Oh well, noobs :) The rest of the swim was pretty uneventful - I swam hard and kept a close eye on the buoys on the left. What would you do differently?: Try to draft? This has never worked for me yet.  Transition 1
Comments: Pretty good transition, but I am certainly on the slower side compared to the other girls in the top of my AG. Need to work on it I guess.  Bike
Comments: Went as hard as I could when I could. There were a few times when I got stuck behind slower people in the no-passing area in the first and last mile, but it wasn't that bad Transition 2
Comments: Again, I felt that it was pretty fast, but it's one of the slowest in the top 10 women, so I could work on it I guess... If I shaved off 40 seconds combined of my T1 and T2, I would have placed 3rd in my AG instead of 5th... What would you do differently?: Not a single particular thing, just generally move faster I guess  Run
Comments: Felt awesome and charged the whole way. Pretty happy with my performance. I had the fastest split amongst women. What would you do differently?: Stretch better afterwards to avoid injuring my calf again Post race
Warm down: Had some fruit and socialized. Did not stretch enough if at all, which was a big mistake. Never do this again! Stretching gets the first priority after finishing the race! What limited your ability to perform faster: I still feel I need to be faster on my bike with all the fancy setup that I have... Event comments: Great local race to kick off the tri season. It's great to go out there and see so many familiar faces. :) Last updated: 2009-06-02 12:00 AM
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United States
Arbor Schools
75F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 82/929
Age Group = F25-29
Age Group Rank = 5/49
I signed up for the race last minute - at 3pm on Friday. I had a pretty normal Friday evening: went out for dinner with some friends and had a couple beers. Not having to worry too much about nutrition and going to bed early prior to the race is a luxury - I love sprints! :)
I got my stuff packed the night before. In the morning I got up at 5:30, had some oatmeal and headed to Lake Sammamish State Park. It's quite a big event for a small local tri - almost 1000 participants in the tri, plus duathlon and 5K/10K folks, so there was some traffic near the park, but I still made it to transition by 6:30 or so, 50 minutes before my start.
I set up the transition area where I ran into my friend Rebecca. Then I headed to the beach via the Honey Buckets. They did a good job with the number of bathrooms given the number of people at the event - there was no line.
At the beach I ran into a few more friends, wished everyone good luck, then swam about 100-200 yards to warm up. Water was nice and toasty, felt even warmer than on Friday for OWS. Finally, Women 29 and under lined up at the swim start.