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Comments: I felt good in the swim. I had a good rhythm and unlike last year, I never got startled/flustered/spooked. Just overall a good swim. I some how got aged up an additional year and ended up swimming with the 30-34 group. That was awesome. I found out from a friend that the 25-29 group was brutal. I think I might like life in my new age group next year. What would you do differently?: I still need to focus on slowing down enough so that I can effectively do bilateral breathing. I get so caught up in the speed of the race that I end up breathing just to my right side. It inst a problem but I would really like to focus on speed with breathing bilaterally.  Transition 1
Comments: I completely forgot how brutal the run up to T1 from the swim was. Luckily tri friend Kelly was at the bottom of the hill to cheer me on and to snap a picture. What would you do differently?: Hill repeats. It seems too many races have a steep hill from the swim to T1. I need to get better on hills. :)  Bike
Comments: Wow am I really in the top 25% of my age group for the bike at this event! Dang! I will be honest in saying that I forgot how tough this course could be. I am so thankful I had the experience from last year but even with that, I still make some mistakes. I didn't suck but I definitely used some excess energy where I should have conserved. I am getting better with comfort on the aero bars. I really need to work on my mount and dismount. This bike is so much harder to get on and off of. What would you do differently?: Drive the course the night before again. I think I just underestimated the major hill on this course. Transition 2
Comments: Oh gosh I don't even know where to get better here. This T2 time is actually slower than last year and I have no clue why. Rack placement, possibly. Different bike shoes which caused me to be much more cautious while running, who knows. Bottom line, running in tri shoes with shimano cleats is so much different than mountain shoes with eggbeaters cleats. It cost me some time but nothing worth sweating about What would you do differently?: Learn how to run with shimano cleats. :)  Run
Comments: So lets be honest here, the run is where I really suck it up. How does one go from being in the top 25% on the bike and the top 40% on the swim but then finish in the bottom half on the run. Seriously, I need some help in this area. Run overall was ok for me. Not a stellar pace and just a few seconds faster than last year. Not the improvement I was hoping for. THis was probably the most disappointing part of the race for me. Even if I could shave my time down to 10 minute miles, I would have cut off nearly 6 minutes which would have put me finishing 100 places higher overall. GAH! What would you do differently?: Run faster... enough said Post race
Warm down: I waited for Gen to cross the finish line and we got a print out of our unofficial times. Gen was a super speedster and finished in the top 100. We made our way over the the breakfast buffet and I ate a breakfast burrito just like last year. I later found Marni and congratulated her on an awesome race. She finished 6th over all and first in our age group. We collect the families and decided to head home! What limited your ability to perform faster: Running, running, running... I need a coach Event comments: I still really like this course. I know it is not my husband's favorite race to spectate but I would do it again in a heartbeat. Last updated: 2009-12-30 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 357/
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 37/98
I had a bagel pre race at about 4:30 in the morning. We were traveling with some friends and luckily the Hampton inn was nice enough to open the breakfast area early which put me in carb heaven. I also consumed a mini luna prior to the race start.
Well no warm up really. See I had planned to do a mini swim but the restroom was calling. Now what do you get when you have about 8 stalls and 1500 women at a women's only event... one long ass bathroom line. I was in the 3rd wave and was freaking out once they first wave went off and I still wasn't in a stall. Needless to say triathletes are the nicest people around and let me skip ahead in line. I knew I loved this sport for a reason.