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Comments: Hot water - no wetsuits. Pretty nervous at the start. Being my first race, it was really cool to watch the swim waves go off. I was in the last wave (first timers) so I got to watch everyone go off. Swam about as I had expected. Breaststroked about 1/3 of the distance to catch breath/sight/cough up Lum's Pond water). I was still getting in 10-20 strokes on the last stretch between rests and I never had panic/hyperventalating problems so I was pleased over all. Beat my goal of 30 min. for my first OW 1/2 mile swim. What would you do differently?: Try to swim more freestyle, but it's easy to say that sitting hear at the computer. I gave it my best and I'm not disappointed.  Transition 1
Comments: No wetsuit made this a piece of cake. Happy with T1. What would you do differently?: Bring a small cooler with ice to keep bottles and running hat cold.  Bike
Comments: Great bike. Felt like I didn't push it too hard and had a good time. What would you do differently?: Possibly drank more gatorade/water. Not sure if that would have helped on the run. Transition 2
Comments: Not much to do here since I don't have clipless peddles. Took my time getting a drink. Went down the wrong rack of bikes, but that didn't slow me down much.  Run
Comments: First mile was ok. I was taking it easy and going slow because I knew I was getting hot. Had to walk through the water station - not winded or out of energy, just overheated. Mentally tough to accept that I had to walk after all my training, but I had to...I was starting to get chills and goosebumps so I'm sure some sort of heat exhaustion was not far away. Had a hard time cooling down after the race. What would you do differently?: Not sure how much to attribute to the heat and how much to training. I think I wouldn't have had a problem running the entire distance if it weren't for the heat - I had done several bricks this length with no problems. Post race
Warm down: Hose on head and neck. Gatorade, water, banana. What limited your ability to perform faster: Heat - heat index 95-100 when we were finishing. Event comments: 3 stalls for the men and no porta pots. Waited in line 20-25 min. to use the bathroom which I would have liked to use to warm up, stretch, and mentally prepare. Last updated: 2005-08-16 12:00 AM
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Pirhana Sports
95F / 35C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 525/597
Age Group = First Timer
Age Group Rank = 34/46
Up at 4:45am, stretched and little in the shower to loosen up. Ate half a whole wheat english muffin w/ peanut butter and water. Left for the race at 5:30am - ate a powerbar and drank water on the way. For a first timer, the arrival at the race was pretty cool - great music and lots of people getting set up.
Racked bike and set up transition. Waited in line for 20 min. to use the bathroom then stretched, jogged for just a minute or two and took a quick swim to check the water. (wow the water was hot!)